Behavioral Health Management articles from September 1995

Behavioral Health Management archives from September 1995

Psychological testing: does it have a future?(Editorial)
September 1, 1995... A significant on-going debate between providers and managed care organizations (MCOs) concerns the future of psychological testing. More and more frequently, providers are being questioned by managed behavioral health officials as to the need,...

Accept federal money, lose free speech? (on whether behavioral health services that accept federal funding should be able to comment on government programs and legislation)
September 1, 1995... Should private sector groups (e.g., behavioral health care providers) that receive Federal government funds (e.g., grants) to provide services or conduct research forfeit their right to comment on government programs or legislation? If...

Psychological testing: past and future. (interview with Clarity Health Assessment Systems Inc.'s Barry Schlosser)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1995... The multi-question, multi-test, often multi-hour battery of psychological tests so beloved of the psychological profession is going the way of the dinosaur (pre-Steven Spielberg), thanks to managed care. And in its place - what? "Something more...

New directions for psychological testing: how psychological testing can be reoriented to become managed-care friendly.(Cover Story)
September 1, 1995... In graduate school, I was taught that the unique province of clinical psychologists was psychological assessment. It is not surprising, then, that many psychologists feel threatened as managed care organizations (MCOs) become increasingly...

A managed care approach to psychological testing: far from discounting psychological testing entirely, managed care can enhance its therapeutic usefulness.(Cover Story)
September 1, 1995... Traditionally, both psychologists performing testing as well as recipients of testing had free rein in both the types and number of tests given, as well as in the time allotted for testing and report writing. It was not uncommon for psychologists...

Psychological testing in brief psychotherapy: how testing, appropriately applied, can enhance managed care's "therapy of choice."(Cover Story)
September 1, 1995... Psychological testing can be a valuable, even necessary, adjunct to brief psychotherapy, helping to keep the therapeutic process focused, efficient, and effective. One corollary of brief psychotherapy indicates that the patient's main cluster of...

Relating psychological testing to prognosis and outcomes. (illustration of which patients are most likely to be helped)(Cover Story)
September 1, 1995... As we strive to answer the question of "who gets better with what treatments at what costs," it is important to identify those factors that influence outcomes for specific diagnoses. One approach is through psychological testing to assess patient...

Value Behavioral Health's protocols for psychological testing.
September 1, 1995... Value Behavioral Health (VBH), one of the largest managed behavioral health organizations in the nation (21 million covered lives as of March 1994), has developed precise and detailed protocols for the use of psychological tests. Julie...

Reorienting CD treatment for dual diagnosis. (chemical dependency)
September 1, 1995... Increasing numbers of people who present for chemical dependency treatment exhibit psychiatric comorbidity. The size of this population can be determined from the results of a number of studies of psychiatric comorbidity. One such study, the...

Dual diagnosis: a psychiatric perspective.
September 1, 1995... The problems cited by Shulman have been very real and continue to exist for many individuals seeking help for their addiction and coexisting psychiatric disorder. Fortunately, things are changing within medicine and the health care system in...