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Filled with solid research, clinical examples, and interviews, Is Long-Term Psychotherapy Unethical? makes a persuasive case for the cost-saving, practical, and goal-oriented use of short-term therapy. It challenges the profession to provide behavioral health care that is widely accessible, responsible, and ethical.

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In an era of managed care delivery systems which focus on both clinical quality and cost effectiveness, Austad has sought to examine the efficacy and ethics of long-term psychotherapy. She has succeeded in writing a book which will be a worthwhile resource for all current practitioners, regardless of their theoretical orientation and practice patterns. --Jeffrey I. Bragman, CEO, Health Marketing and Management, Healthcare Consultant <br> Should be required reading for everyone who practices psychotherapy in the 1990s. Of all active professionals in the field today, Carol Shaw Austad alone can lay claim to such fearless clarity of vision and old-fashioned common sense. --Steven E. Salmony, psychological consultant, Department of Social Services, State of North Carolina <br> Carol Shaw Austad has written a truly provocative book for the modern mental health practitioner attempting to survive in the rapidly changing world of mental health care reimbursement. Austad jars' theg

In an era of managed care delivery systems which focus on both clinical quality and cost effectiveness, Austad has sought to examine the efficacy and ethics of long-term psychotherapy. She has succeeded in writing a book which will be a worthwhile resource for all current practitioners, regardless of their theoretical orientation and practice patterns. --Jeffrey I. Bragman, CEO, Health Marketing and Management, Healthcare Consultant <br> Should be required reading for everyone who practices psychotherapy in the 1990s. Of all active professionals in the field today, Carol Shaw Austad alone can lay claim to such fearless clarity of vision and old-fashioned common sense. --Steven E. Salmony, psychological consultant, Department of Social Services, State of North Carolina <br> Carol Shaw Austad has written a truly provocative book for the modern mental health practitioner attempting to survive in the rapidly changing world of mental health care reimbursement. Austad jars' thea

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CAROL SHAW AUSTAD is associate professor of psychology at Central Connecticut State University and clinical psychologist at the Community Health Care Plan in Wallingford, Connecticut. She is the coeditor of Psychotherapy in Managed Health Care and author of numerous book chapters and journal articles on psychotherapy and managed care.

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