Publications
The Bazelon Center produces booklets, issue
papers and manuals that analyze and interpret major federal laws,
policies
and regulations that affect the rights of people with mental
disabilities and access to services for adults and children with
disabilities.
Latest Publications
The publications featured below are just a few of the Bazelon Center's
many reports, guides and other resources. To find others,
click on the "publications" link on any of bazelon.org's issue
area pages or choose a topic from the list on the left of this
page
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VOTE. It's Your Right.
68-page booklet explains the right to vote and offers practical approaches to overcoming the widespread myth that people with mental disabilities lack the capacity to cast a ballot. It includes a chart listing each state's laws that affect the voting rights of people with mental disabilities.
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Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights!
This 27-page guide for college and university students who want to seek help for mental illness or emotional distress was developed by the Bazelon Center's Leadership 21 committee to explain legal rights and treatment options (Sept. 2008)
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In the Driver's Seat
40-page guide to help consumers and other advocates obtain policies that give consumers a primary role in their recovery planning and greater control over how resources are spent to meet their needs. Includes examples of existing programs’ approaches to self-directed care. Fact sheets summarize important aspects such as financing.
Download free, or purchase in hard copy via the Bazelon Center’s online bookstore. |
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Moving
On: Federal Programs to Assist Transition-Age Youth with
Serious Mental Health Conditions
Moving On is a collection of fact sheets providing
essential information about 57 federal programs that can assist
transition-age youth with serious mental health conditions.
Areas covered range from mental health and substance abuse
services to education, housing and juvenile justice. Bulk discounts
available on request. 166 pages, November 2005. [Item CY-8,
$21 plus shipping]
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Integration
of Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Report on a Roundtable
Discussion of Strategies for Private Health Insurance
This publication presents major points from a 2004 roundtable
convened to discuss strategies for integration of primary care
and behavioral health in the context of private health insurance.
Roundtable participants included health care leaders with expertise
in primary care, mental health and substance abuse services,
and public and private-sector health plan policy, purchasing
and administration. [Item IN-3 $4, shipping and handling included]
(Feb. 2005)
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Get
it Together: How to Integrate Physical and Mental Health
Care for People with Serious Mental Disorders
Get it Together examines model programs for improving
integration and coordination of behavioral health and primary
health services for adults and children with serious mental disorders
who rely on the public mental health system for their care. It
summarizes findings of a series of studies and offers recommendations
for policymakers. [Item IN-1 $14 plus $4 shipping and handling]
(August 2004)
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Obtaining Bazelon Center Publications
- Purchase publications from the online bookstore. Printed copies
of the Bazelon Center publications are available for purchase by cliking the "add to cart" link next to any publication on our website.
- Download reports from this site. Excerpts and related materials
are available for free download for many of the Bazelon Center's
publications,
and the full text of some can be downloaded in HTML or PDF file formats.
- Order by mail.Print out an order form and mail your order to the Bazelon Center.
- Order by phone or e-mail. To place your order, call the publications
desk at 202-467-5730 x 110, or e-mail pubs@bazelon.org.
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