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Author:   Arthur Lazarus
Publisher:   American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Imprint:   American Psychiatric Press Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.771kg
ISBN:  

9780880481151

ISBN 10:   0880481153
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   01 April 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contributors. Preface. Section I: Practice and Policy. Are psychiatrists replaceable? Is private practice compatible with managed care? What is the role of the primary care physician in managed mental health care? Are practice guidelines useful in managed care? Section II: Clinical Issues. Can managed care improve mental health outcomes for children and adolescents? Is public behavioral health care manageable? Will academic psychiatry survive managed care? How is resistance to managed care manifested? Is managed care ethical care? Section III: Utilization Review. When is psychiatric hospitalization required? Should the ASAM criteria be adopted as a national standard? Who decides what is medically necessary? How effective is utilization review? Section VI: Research and Training. Can research on managed care inform practice and policy decisions? Does managed mental care offset costs related to medical treatment? Can psychotherapy be conducted effectively in manged care settings? Can psychiatrists be retrained for the future? Section V: Administration and Management. What factors should managed behavioral health programs consider when designing their operations? How should the profit motive be used in managed care? Can providers and payers collaborate? Do employers want mental health and substance abuse benefits for their employees? Can psychiatrists become efficient managers? Section VI: Health Reform. Can managed competition reform mental health care? Does consolidation in health care mean that bigger is better? Will the transition into integrated networks appear seamless? Who will manage the managers? Afterword: is managed care psychiatry's internecine war? Index.

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The editor is to be congratulated for assembling such an authoritative authorship and for exacting such good writing out of his contributors. - Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D., American Journal of Psychiatry

Author Information

Arthur Lazarus, M.D., is Medical Director of Northwestern Institute of Psychiatry in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a nationally recognized teacher and expert on psychopharmacology, managed care, and behavioral health care administration. He has written three books and more than 75 articles.

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