Privatization of mental health services: the Massachusetts experiment

Article Abstract:

The privatization of mental health care in Massachusetts, which the conservative administration of Republican Governor William Weld initiated to control costs by turning state-run services over to the private sector, has raised a number of issues. The policy, which has included both aftercare and inpatient services, has produced unfortunate consequences such as overcrowding. Moreover, privatization is intensifying the struggle for the remaining government support and may actually promote greater centralization despite the intentions of its proponents.

Social aspects, Laws, regulations and rules, Social policy, Massachusetts, Privatization, Privatization (Business)

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School-based mental health program development: a case study of interorganizational collaboration

Article Abstract:

The author provides a case study of a program conducted by the New York City Board of Education and the NYC Department of Mental Health that provided on-site mental health services for public school students. The process of developing the program's inter-organisational collaboration is examined.

Analysis, Case studies, Schools, New York, New York, Organizational research

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From strategy to reality, the enactment of New York's Family Heath Plus program

Article Abstract:

Family Health Plus is assessed, the New York program dating from late 1999 which offered fully subsidized health insurance to the state's working poor. The state's cigarette tax and money earned in the national tobacco settlement provided the financing.

Care and treatment, Finance, Poor, Health insurance

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