Training Behavioral Healthcare Professionals: Higher Learning in an Era of Managed Care: Higher Learning in the Era of Managed Care (Jossey-Bass Managed Behavioral Healthcare Library) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0787907952 ISBN 13: 9780787907952

Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1997

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Presents innovative changes in conventional educational programs along with new methods to train professionals in the clinical and administrative skills they need to offer superior service. Covers such topics as accountability, case management, outcome measures, practice guidelines, brief therapy and multidisciplinary teamwork.

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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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How can clinicians receive the necessary training and information to take on the challenges and opportunities of working in the real world of today's managed healthcare?The editors of Training Behavioral Healthcare Professionals present innovative changes in conventional educational programs as well as new methods to train professionals in the clinical and administrative skills they need to offer superior service. This essential resource is written by practicing behavioral healthcare clinicians working within the managed care environment. These experts outline information on such key topics as accountability, case management, outcome measures, practice guidelines, brief therapy and multidisciplinary teamwork. The contributors also identify new approaches and courses that can be added to educational programs to better prepare clinicians to meet the challenges of working in the new behavioral healthcare environment. RecommAndations included classes on practice management, healthcare economics, computerization, marketing, and new treatment modalities.

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With the tremAndous changes caused by managed care, behavioral healthcare professionals of all disciplines are currently experiencing profound shifts in what is expected from them on the job. Clinicians today need to provide brief, effective, and accountable services under the constraints of new policies, procedures, and third-party management. Yet many of these sweeping changes are not reflected in the curriculum of graduate mental health programs. How can clinicians receive the necessary training and information to take on the challenges and opportunities of working in the real world of today's managed healthcare?The editors of Training Behavioral Healthcare Professionals present innovative changes in conventional educational programs as well as new methods to train professionals in the clinical and administrative skills they need to offer superior service. This essential resource is written by practicing behavioral healthcare clinicians working within the managed care environment. These experts outline information on such key topics as accountability, case management, outcome measures, practice guidelines, brief therapy and multidisciplinary teamwork. The contributors also identify new approaches and courses that can be added to educational programs to better prepare clinicians to meet the challenges of working in the new behavioral healthcare environment. RecommAndations included classes on practice management, healthcare economics, computerization, marketing, and new treatment modalities.This book is designed to be of value to clinicians in all mental health disciplines including students, teachers, and clinicians who are psychiatrists, psychologists, master's-level therapists and social workers, and psychiatric nurses. To succeed in the new mental healthcare market, it is vital clinicians master the skills necessary to satisfy the increasing demand for services within a framework of limited resources.

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• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0787907952
• ISBN 13: 9780787907952
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 180
• Herausgeber: Schuster James M., Lovell Mark R., Trachta Anthony M.
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