Open AccessFoundations’ Roles In Transforming The Mental Health Care System
Author(s) -
Lauren LeRoy,
Margaret Heldring,
Elise Desjardins
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
health affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.837
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 2694-233X
pISSN - 0278-2715
DOI - 10.1377/hlthaff.25.4.1168
Subject(s) - mental health , work (physics) , foundation (evidence) , health care , resource (disambiguation) , medicine , nursing , psychology , gerontology , political science , psychiatry , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , computer network , law
This paper highlights topics explored in a meeting of health grantmakers and mental health experts convened by America's HealthTogether in February 2006. The meeting's aim was to review the evidence on the burden of mental illness, explore the causes and consequences of a poorly functioning mental health care system, and stimulate discussion about philanthropy's role in responding to a national call for transformation of that system. The meeting identified several priorities for foundation work. Examples of current work in these areas, from Grantmakers In Health's Resource Center database, are presented.