1. A note from the editor

   • Saul Feldman

   EditorialNotes Pages: 201 - 202

2. Local-state government relations and the development of public sector managed mental health care systems

   • Michael J. Austin
   • Stephen R. Blum
   • Niaz Murtaza

   Articles Pages: 203 - 215

3. Planning for managed mental health services in Los Angeles county

   • Areta Crowell
   • Toni DelliQuadri
   • Michael J. Austin

   Articles Pages: 217 - 232

4. Realigning local-state relations: Grassroots mental health restructuring in the Pacific northwest

   • Stephen P. Reinig
   • Ralph Hawley

   Articles Pages: 233 - 245

5. State-local government partnership: Development of children's mental health services in Wake County

   • James W. Kirkpatrick Jr.
   • Martha Knisley
   • Stephen R. Blum

   Articles Pages: 247 - 259

6. Building a capitated public mental health service for seriously mentally ill adults: The Baltimore experience

   • Deborah Agus
   • Stephen R. Blum
   • Stephen T. Baron

   Articles Pages: 261 - 271

7. An evolving managed care system: Public mental health services in San Francisco

   • Susan Penner

   Articles Pages: 273 - 287

8. Building the foundation for managed mental health care in Alameda County

   • Marye Thomas
   • Barbara Majak
   • Niaz Murtaza

   Articles Pages: 289 - 299

9. Interagency collaboration for children's mental health services: The San Mateo County model for managed care

   • Beverly Abbott
   • Pat Jordan
   • Niaz Murtaza

   Articles Pages: 301 - 313

10. Decentralized state-local government relations and the evolution of managed behavioral health services in Franklin County

    • Philip H. Cass
    • Stephen R. Blum

    Articles Pages: 315 - 325

11. A public-private sector venture in managed mental health: Solano County's experience

    • Gale Bataille
    • Ken Anderson
    • Susan Penner

    Articles Pages: 327 - 344

12. Toward managed behavioral health services in Philadelphia

    • Estelle B. Richman
    • Nancy Lucas
    • Stephen R. Blum

    Articles Pages: 345 - 356

13. Acknowledgement to our reviewers

    Acknowledgments Pages: 357 - 357