Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and significance -- The service system of public psychiatry -- Recovery and recovery oriented practice -- Community supports and inclusion -- Integrated healthcare -- Substance use disorders and systems of care -- Public health concepts in public psychiatry -- The interplay between forensic psychiatry and public psychiatry -- Children, adolescents and young adults in the publicly funded system of care -- Hospital services -- Outpatient behavioral care services -- Clinical competence in outreach and for special populations -- Cultural competence and public psychiatry -- Global mental health -- Education and workforce development in public psychiatry -- Evidence-based public psychiatry -- Administrative best practices in public psychiatry.