Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow articles from February 2003

Behavioral Healthcare Tomorrow archives from February 2003

Evidence-based practice: keep aiming at target. (Letter from the Editor).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
February 1, 2003... Certainly the behavioral health field can't boast of great success in terms of a widespread use of evidence-based practices. Despite a proliferation of practice guidelines and a growing body of research on treatment effectiveness, many field...

Antipsychotics and children: wide disparities in prescribing. (Clinical Report).
February 1, 2003... Among psychiatric inpatient youth, physicians are known to prescribe atypical antipsychotics more for aggression than for psychosis, and these clinicians agree closely with research experts on what the optimal prescribing strategies are. ...

Community provider services: growing demand, fewer resources. (Advocacy).
February 1, 2003... A nationwide poll of community behavioral healthcare providers recently undertaken by the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH) paints a bleak picture of providers doing more and more with less and less. It's an effort...

Software and technology: critical tools for implementing evidence-based treatment. (Special Report: Evidence-Based Practices).
February 1, 2003... No other behavioral health treatment approach is more intertwined with software and technology than evidence-based treatment (EBT). While provider training, organizational values and leadership goals drive much of today's clinical practice,...

Integrating evidence-based practice with quality management. (Special Report: Evidence-Based Practices).
February 1, 2003... Emphasis on use of research to support clinical practice is long-standing. The emergence of the evidence-based practice movement has generated renewed interest and support for utilization of research findings as the basis for practice and...

Evidence-based practice in managed care: more propaganda than reality? (Special Report: Evidence-Based Practices).
February 1, 2003... The behavioral healthcare field has long acknowledged that research findings as to what interventions are most effective frequently do not translate in actual practice. Interventions that are reportedly effective in controlled studies are...

'We are the evidence'--consumers seek shift in research focus. (Special Report: Evidence-Based Practices).
February 1, 2003... For people who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness, especially those within the consumer-survivor recovery movement, the term "evidence-based treatment" can inspire both hope and fear. The hope is that the push toward...

I'm a psychologist, not a prescriber. (Commentary).
February 1, 2003... Long before I ever thought of becoming a Ph.D.-level psychologist, I served two summers as a chaplaincy intern at a Midwestern tertiary-care teaching hospital, where patients, as well as the medical and nursing staff who cared for them, were...

National Council's 2003 Training Conference focuses on practical solutions. (Conference Preview).
February 1, 2003... The Annual Training Conference of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH) has enjoyed a long reputation as a content-rich, curriculum-driven gathering of behavioral healthcare professionals from around the country....

A clinical perspective: identifying and analyzing loss exposures. (Risk Management).
February 1, 2003... In the last risk management column, we outlined implementation of a five-step risk management decision-making process to control insurance costs (see October 2002 issue). These steps include: * Identifying and analyzing loss exposures...

A Message of Hope for Treating Trauma-Related Disorders. (Book Review).(Book Review)
February 1, 2003... Treatment of Stress Response Syndromes Mardi J. Horowitz, M.D. American Psychiatric Publishing Inc., Washington, D.C. (800-368-5777), 2003. ISBN: 1-58562-107-2. Paperback, 117 pages. This compact volume of treatment...