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Abby's Deal: A History of Concord Massachusetts Community Mental Health Center
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by John Merrifield; M.D.
Sales Rank: 2258153
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List Price: $19.00
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Cover Type: Paperback with 296 pages
Published by: Peter E. Randall Publisher January 1, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 193180754X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1931807548
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Product Review
This is the book for anyone interested in the community mental health movement Dr. Merrifield chronicles the hopes and struggles of the early pioneers of providing community services. --Marylou Sudders, former Commissioner of Mental Health, Massachusetts
One can only hope that the health planners of today will listen to some of his hard earned wisdom. --Peter B. Randolph, M.D, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Past Director/Superintendent, Bay Cove CMHC, Boston, Massachusetts
A fascinating history of the major changes in the treatment of mental illness through the past 50 yearsan inside look at thetransition from state-run mental hospitals to community-based care. --Win Hindle, Former Chair Emerson Health Care Foundation;Member of the Board of Directors of Emerson Hospital. Win Hindle, Former Chair Emerson Health Care Foundation;Member of the Board of Directors of Emerson Hospital.
Product Description
Community mental health centers led the transformation from custodial state mental hospital to community-based care. Abby s Deal illuminates the people, the issues, and the work at historic Concord s CMHC, from the 1960s to the present. Ideas, funding, politics, and people take their places in this instructive, sometimes personal account. This case history, based on Dr. Merrifield s experience as Director of Inpatient Services at the CMHC, many interviews, and thoughtful research, asks, Did this CMHC fail?
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