Behavioral Health Management articles from March 2002

Behavioral Health Management archives from March 2002

Driven by demographics.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
March 1, 2002... We've spent the past few issues of Behavioral Health Management addressing the likely changes in the field arising from a host of environmental factors, such as technology, new pharmaceuticals, and changing public and private policy related to...

Court says "let's get physical" about mental illness. (Washington Insights).
March 1, 2002... Since the mid-1990s, lawyers and special interest groups have attempted to use the provisions of the 1990 federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to secure equitable treatment and disability benefits for behavioral health patients. These...

Teen substance abuse: treatment lessons learned from TennCare.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2002... Four studies performed recently in Tennessee focusing on teen access to publicly funded substance abuse treatment indicated that 21 to 31% of Tennessee's youth were using or dependent on substances and potentially in need of treatment or...

Outdoor treatment for adolescents with problem behaviors: an outcomes study.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2002... Outdoor behavioral healthcare (OBH) seeks to integrate current knowledge of adolescent substance abuse treatment with the unique developmental needs of the adolescent through the dynamics inherent in group living in an outdoor environment. The...

Cultural competency: the challenges posed by a culturally diverse society and steps toward meeting them.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2002... The '90s saw increased awareness of the need to provide improved services to our increasingly diverse American society. Cultural competency became the politically correct language to include in any performance plan or contract terms for the...

Schizophrenia not just a young person's disorder; interview with Dilip V. Jeste, MD, Estelle and Edgar Levi Chair in Aging, and professor of psychiatry and the neurosciences, University of California at San Diego.(Cover Story)(Interview)
March 1, 2002... The hit movie A Beautiful Mind has been hailed as a moving and largely accurate portrayal of the struggle of one man (in this case, as it happens, a mathematical genius) with schizophrenia. The film, while very useful in showing remission of...

Elder care: caring for the caregivers.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2002... A 1998 study found that U.S. business spends well over $11 billion a year as a result of elder caregiver issues, and that number is growing exponentially. A recent Wall Street Journal article, "Firms Try Harder but Often Fail to Help Workers...

Therapeutic art and programs. (Product Spotlight).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... The Fine Art of Feelings, Inc., has replenished inventory of its popular healing art. Treatment professionals can purchase the art to aid in clients' self-exploration, emotional healing and spiritual growth. The art products feature "The...

Accreditation survey preparation. (Product Spotlight).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Syntro, LLC, has announced publication of a new system for NCQA accreditation survey preparation for managed care organizations: Step by Step: NCQA Survey Preparation. The system consists of a manual to provide supportive, effective and...

The behavioral healthcare business. (Views From The Trenches).(Brief Article)
March 1, 2002... Looking at the current recession, the pundits have poked it three times and declared it done. However, most behavioral health managers have received their budgets and are still faced with prerecession lower allocations. Have we figured out why...