Clergy-Provided Mental Health Services

Strategies For Pricing Publicly Provided Health Services

This paper has benefited from comments by Jacques Van der Gaag and George Schieber. The authors also gratefully acknowledge financial support from the World Bank and the National Institute of Aging. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or t...

Mental Health Services

Transforming mental health services.

Specialist teams have had a major impact on service delivery in England. Their effectiveness is now being questioned and integrated teams are developing in some areas. However, the gains made in terms of improved access, engagement and early intervention must not be lost.

Community mental health services.

A. Credentialing and re-credentialing shall be conducted and documented for at least the following health care professionals employed or individually contracted by GCCMH through its Human Resources Department: 1. Physicians (M.D.s or D.O.s), including board certification or board eligibility, if applicable 2. Physician's Assistants Certified 3. Psychologists (Licensed, Limited License, or Tempo...

Mental Health Services

reign of Edward II there was a Statute whose object (interpreted in modern English) was "to protect the lands of idiots" (i.e. "natural fools") and "to provide for the safe keeping of the lands and tenements of lunatics" (i.e. "persons of unsound mind")?a legislative distinction made between the two groups which was maintained throughout the centuries until the term "mentally disordered" was ev...