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Psycho-Economics - Managed Care in Mental Health in the New Millennium (Paperback)
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Psycho-Economics - Managed Care in Mental Health in the New Millennium (Paperback)
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Develop new ways to provide ethical, effective mental health
services in a world of managed care Psycho-Economics gives
psychologists and mental health care administrators suggestions for
handling the changes that have come with the advent of managed
care. Using empirical research and practitioner accounts, this
informative book assesses the impact of managed care, suggests ways
to ameliorate its negative effects, and proposes ideas for the
improvement of the managed care system and mental health care in
general. Psycho-Economics takes a clear look at the ways in which
the managed care system has altered the practice of mental health
care. While acknowledging its positive effects on accountability
and provision of a broader variety of care options, the chapter
authors also note its powerful negative effects, including cutbacks
in length of treatment, potential abuses of confidential medical
records, and over-prescribing of mood-altering drugs. Yet the book
also offers hope for psychologists, social workers, and other
counselors.By developing diversified areas for professional
practice, collaborating with primary care physicians, and creating
corporate education opportunities, psychologists can contribute
their expertise to people who might otherwise have never sought
them out. Moreover, mental health professionals can embrace new
opportunities in treating substance abuse, behavioral health, and
such specialized areas as forensic psychology, domestic violence,
crisis counseling, and employee screening. These areas and other
new developments offer you a chance to build a solid practice
devoted to serving society's needs.Psycho-Economics: brings
practitioners effective, innovative approaches to clinical practice
in relation to managed mental health care fosters awareness of the
means by which managed care affects the quality of care that
clients receive points out the steps that can be taken to minimize
the negative effects that managed care dictates on the quantity and
quality of mental health care highlights ethical and legal
considerations that should be of concern to providers of mental
health services encourages discussion of the future of the managed
care system and its impact on providers and clients
Psycho-Economics is a survival guide which will help contemporary
practitioners like you maintain ethical and effective practices
while coping with the administrative expectations of managed care
systems.
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