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By Robert A. Dorwart and Sherrie S. Epstein. 184 pp. Westport, Conn., Auburn House, 1993. $45. ISBN 0-86569-002-2.

In this monograph, two policy analysts from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University examine the role of the private sector in the provision of mental health care in the United States, from the earliest private asylums to today's managed-care systems. The book has three sections. The first presents the history and evolution of mental health services. The second summarizes the results of three national surveys carried out in 1988 and 1989, which collected data on populations served and services offered from administrators of psychiatric hospitals, psychiatrists, and directors of community mental health centers. The third provides . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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