title: From programs to lives: a comment.
abstract: Reviewed the article by Bond et al., and suggested that the perspective used to frame the issues distorts the nature of the problems we currently face in mental health policy. The conventional evaluative frame is no longer useful in the "inclusionary" system of care that operates. Researchers should study lives, placing programs in the background and putting the person in the foreground.
authors.affiliation: School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60201.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D001242:Assertiveness; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*