Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow articles from August 2002

Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow archives from August 2002

Taking the cause to the Max. (Letter from the Editor).
August 1, 2002... Sometimes, when a colleague or a news source would rant and rave about the abrasive style of mental health activist Max Schneier, I'd be sure to tack on to my words of agreement, "But I wish we had 10 more Maxes." What a foolish comment,...

Giving hope to troubled adolescents: diverse treatment approach emphasizes self-control skills. (Clinical Report).
August 1, 2002... Agencies providing our-of-home mental health services for troubled adolescents are facing tougher challenges. Many psychiatric units have been relegated to short-term crisis intervention, so the number of youths with severe problems being...

Strange bedfellows for mental health parity. (Advocacy).
August 1, 2002... What do the American Hospital Association (AHA), American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association (AMBHA), American Medical Association (AMA), American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, Federation of American...

A new word in serious mental Illness: recovery; field begins to engage in debate with major implications for services. (Cover Story).
August 1, 2002... Seventeen men and one woman have come together in a small classroom in a handsomely renovated factory building, the Errera Community Care Center of the Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in West Haven, Conn. For the next hour, they...

Benefits managers' views on MH/SA raise cause for concern: corporate officials rank behavioral benefits low in value, outcomes, disability prevention. (Feature).
August 1, 2002... Although employee-benefits managers have considerable impact on insurance coverage for behavioral healthcare, little information is available regarding these decision-makers' opinions about mental health. Indeed, at the end of 1999 the...

Implementation strategies: possible failure or renewed hope of success? (Special Report).
August 1, 2002... The implementation of your new software is finally on its way. No doubt you went through the same tedious process every organization goes through when selecting a new software vendor. Your committees met for the past year defining...

Electronic treatment planning systems: myths and considerations.
August 1, 2002... With the proliferation of electronic management systems being introduced into the market, issues related to the appropriate use of such tools are inevitably going to arise. The use of electronic treatment planners in the behavioral healthcare...

Reinventing BHIT: a new conference for a new era. (Commentary).
August 1, 2002... The behavioral healthcare industry is in another period of significant change. In the past year, behavioral health managers and practitioners have had to deal with the aftermath of school shootings, terrorism and workplace violence. Managers...

A facility evolves and comes full circle.(reveiw of "Gracefullky Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital")
August 1, 2002... Gracefullky Insane: The Rise and Fall of America's Premier Mental Hospital Alex Beam Public Affairs, New York (800-386-5656), 2002. ISBN: 1-891620-75-4 Hardcover, 255 pages. This history of McLean Hospital in the Boston...

Ten tips for success with your lender. (Financing).
August 1, 2002... For behavioral health provider agencies, the financing prognosis for the foreseeable future remains mutually upbeat. But as interest rates remain relatively low, the number of loan seekers will increase, and would-be borrowers best be...

Achieving a collaborative justice solution. (Mover).
August 1, 2002... Trace the beginnings of Marion County, Ind.'s mental health court in Indianapolis, and it will take you back to a case of "Greyhound therapy," a judge's words and the woman who took them to heart. It was 1995 and Sara Lynn Carson got a...