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[Training Behavioral Healthcare Provessionals] succeeds admirably as an introduction and overview and should stimulate discussion and creative responses to the challenges currently facing behavioral healthcare and the training of its future providers. --John K. Larson, MD, St. Luke's Medical Center This volume gives a rare and useful look across disciplinary training lines. --W. Lawrence McFarland, MEd, Familystrength, Keene, NH Managed care has changed the learning curve of every mental health professional. At last thre is a book which provides an overview of the forces changing the training of behavioral healthcare professionals today along with very practical suggestions for teachers and students. Every training program in behavioral healthcare should have a copy. --Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., president, medical director, and chief executive officer, Sheppard Pratt Recent changes in the delivery of behavioral healthcare services have mandated a shift in the focus of professional training programs. Dr. Schuster's book is a valuable contribution to this process. The comprehensive approach to interdisciplinary training issues provides a framework for addressing these important issues. --Allen S. Daniels, Ed.D., chief executive officer, University Managed Care

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JAMES M. SCHUSTER is associate professor of psychiatry at Allegheny University, Pittsburgh Campus. He is the director of consultation and emergency psychiatric services and director of managed care services for psychiatry at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. MARK R. LOVELL is the director of the section of psychology and neuropsychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also associate professor of psychiatry at the Pittsburgh campus of Allegheny University. ANTHONY M. TRACHTA is director of managed care for psychiatric services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

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