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Transforming Mental Health Systems and Programs

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The final report of The President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health (NFC; New Freedom Commission 2003) used the term “transformation” regarding changes needed in mental health care. Since the report was completed, “transformation” has become the buzzword for change in mental health. But having a new label does not make fundamental change any easier, and a new term for change says little about how to actually achieve change in mental health services and systems. How to achieve change for the better remains a vexing problem for advocates and for anyone who accepts responsibility in a mental health program or system.

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  1. New York State Office of Mental Health, 44 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY, 12209, USA

    Michael F. Hogan PhD

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  1. Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, The St. Luke's & Roosevelt Hospitals Columbia University College of Physician, New York, USA

    Hunter L. McQuistion

  2. Center for Public Service Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

    Wesley E. Sowers

  3. New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA

    Jules M. Ranz

  4. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

    Jacqueline Maus Feldman

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Hogan, M.F. (2012). Transforming Mental Health Systems and Programs. In: McQuistion, H., Sowers, W., Ranz, J., Feldman, J. (eds) Handbook of Community Psychiatry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3149-7_41

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