Behavioral Health Management articles from May 2002

Behavioral Health Management archives from May 2002

What it will take to survive.(clinical treatment and management issues)(Editorial)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... "I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better." G.C. Lichtenberg In this issue we're focused on how clinical treatment in behavioral healthcare is becoming...

The uses--and abuses?--of the DSM. (Washington Insights).(Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Thirty years ago, Seymour L. Halleck, MD, wrote in his book The Politics of Therapy (Science House, 1971): Every encounter with a psychiatrist, therefore, has political implications.... When an individual is given a medical label,...

Upgrading IT functionality: a case study. (Technology Solutions).(Internet technology)
May 1, 2002... The public mental health system in Michigan is undergoing a period of dramatic change. At one time, the system provided management and services through county mental health agencies that were funded by the state using a cost-based,...

Mom, apple pie & behavioral health integration. (Cover Story).
May 1, 2002... Everyone salutes the idea--so, what's getting in the way? The more things change, the more they stay the same. This epigram describes the delivery of behavioral health services over the past 15 years. On one hand, managed behavioral health...

Recognition is growing of its possible role in adult psychiatric symptoms. (ADHD in adults: contemporary approaches) (Cover Story).
May 1, 2002... For many reasons, few topics in the mental health field evoke as much public discourse as the validity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Some argue that the disorder offers a medicalized excuse to explain normal human foibles....

ADHD medications: past and future. (Cover Story).(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
May 1, 2002... Medication has the greatest impact on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and has received the most scientific scrutiny of any treatment modality. We now have 65 years of experience with medication treatment, backed by 150...

Level-of-care guidelines: interview with Lollie Dubiel, director of Behavioral Health, Mickesson Health Solutions. (Cover Story).
May 1, 2002... Level-of-care guidelines--prompting clinicians in making admisision and referral decisions up and down the healthcare continuum--are not new. The American Society of Addiction Medicine has been publishing them for years. What's more, a private...

Children's mental healthcare: a growing crisis: an interview with Dr. Marilyn Benoit president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. (Cover Story).
May 1, 2002... Children are supposed to be happy and carefree, not wracked by the vicious cycles of obsessive-compulsive disorder, isolated by depression or agitated by attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Although recent terrorist events likely...

The play's the thing ... a powerful play shows addicts that there is hope. (Feature Article).("Visions")
May 1, 2002... One man steals from his wife's purse to get money for the bar, taking everything set aside for his child's birthday. Another loses his job because alcohol has begun to consume his life. An angry alcoholic finds himself in jail. Then there is...

Risperidone approved for new indication. (Product Spotlight).(Advertising)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... The FDA has approved the antipsychotic medication risperidone (Risperdal, Janssen Pharmaceutica Products), used in the management of schizophrenia, for an additional indication: delaying relapse in the long-term management of schizophrenia. ...

Educational seminars. (Product Spotlight).
May 1, 2002... The Health Cares Exchange Initiative, Inc. (HCEI), an educational public charity, has developed an interactive stress management seminar and a capacity-building seminar for urban and rural providers. The stress management seminar teaches the...

Survey and administrative tools. (Product Spotlight).(Advertising)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... TeleSage, Inc., has expanded its service bureau for measuring patient-centered outcomes, conducting clinical research surveys, providing clinician and patient reminders, and streamlining other mental healthcare administrative functions. ...

Mental health screening. (Product Spotlight).(Advertising)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Workplace Response is designed to help professionals in employee assistance (internal and external programs), occupational medicine, health promotion, wellness and human resources identify individuals with undiagnosed mental disorders that,...

Now I'm a believer. (Views from the Trenches).
May 1, 2002... As some of you know, Behavioral Health Management magazine began as Alcoholism and Addiction magazine. Back then, in the early 1980s, the 12-step model meant inpatient residential treatment for 28 days, and the Minnesota model was king. No...