Behavioral Health Management articles from July 1994

Behavioral Health Management archives from July 1994

Pragmatism. (managed care plans for behavioral health care) (Editorial)
July 1, 1994... What is treatment success? Well, what if "success" were defined this way: restoring the behavioral health patient to effective day-to-day functioning, with or without the patient's having achieved "psychological insight?" That would...

Reducing workplace violence. (Editorial)
July 1, 1994... We have all seen the shocking headlines over the years -- a disgruntled employee arms himself and guns down fellow workers. This sends a shiver of fear through everyone who works for a living, and rightfully so. The fact is, however, that such...

Dealing with depression in the workplace: an interview with Harold H. Bloomfield, MD. (Cover Story)
July 1, 1994... Data recently published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry documented perhaps one of the most underrecognized problems in American health care: clinical depression is the scourge of the workplace. According to the Analysis Group, a business...

Results from an equifax privacy poll. (on concerns about medical confidentiality)
July 1, 1994... Approximately one-fourth of all Americans believe that their medical information has been improperly disclosed during medical claims transactions. Nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned that their medical information is being seen by...

EAPs vs. MCOs: resolving the conflict. (Employee Assistance Programs, Managed Mental Health Care Organizations)(includes related information)
July 1, 1994... An employee is informed that she will be laid off at the end of the week. She is a single parent, with no child support, few friends, and is estranged from her family of origin. She is despondent, depressed, and feels hopeless about the future....

Measuring behavioral treatment: interview with Peter L. Brill, MD, founder and President, Integra. (measurement and rating of psychiatric services) (Interview)
July 1, 1994... Integra has developed a research-based instrument, called COMPASS, that ventures to measure patient and provider experience in therapy, thereby yielding data firm enough on which to base insurance coverage and provider networking decisions....

Drug testing technology: a matter of choice. (includes result of Employer Testing Survey)
July 1, 1994... With more and more employers testing for drug and alcohol use as both a pre-employment screen and an ongoing monitor of employee performance and responsibility (see "Employer Testing Survey," p. 28), the market for substance abuse testing is...

Suzanne Somers: from personal pain to society's gain? (discussion about events leading to the founding of the Suzanne Somers Institute and Family Center) (Interview)
July 1, 1994... Virtually anyone with a TV set knows who Suzanne Somers is -- the silly, high-spirited "Chrissie" of "Three's Company," the vivacious "Carol" of "Step by Step," Johnny Carson's favorite guest poet, Richard Dreyfuss's unattainable blonde in...

On-the-job relapse prevention: a model for adapting relapse prevention techniques to the worksite.
July 1, 1994... Occupational Relapse Management (ORM) is a specialized strategy that integrates relapse prevention therapy with managed behavioral health care and employee assistance programming to prevent relapse in the workplace. The strategy is best suited...

Gambling addiction: the nation's dirty little secret.
July 1, 1994... Big Julie and the Lemon Drop Kid. Sky Masterson and Nicely-Nicely Johnson. Regret the Horseplayer and Benny Southstreet. To one generation, the image of the gambler is shaped by the characters of short story writer Damon Runyon. Writing in...