Textbook of Administrative Psychiatry New Concepts for a Changing Behavioral Health System

Name: Textbook of Administrative Psychiatry New Concepts for a Changing Behavioral Health System
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ISBN: 9780880487450

ISBN-10: 0880487453

ISBN-13: 9780880487450

Edition: 2nd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: John A. Talbott, Robert E. Hales

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Description:

This definitive textbook provides the practitioner and student of administration in behavioral healthcare with a compendium that includes an overview of the evolving behavioral health system, core and new administrative psychiatry concepts, new roles for behavioral health players, how selected behavioral health systems are changing, the trend toward integrated systems, law and ethics, and future issues.

Book details

List price: $141.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication date: 5/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.190
Language: English

Robert E. Hales, M.D., is a nationally renowned psychiatrist. He is professor & chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, & the author of more than 125 scientific publications. He & his wife, Dianne Hales, one of the country's most widely published authors of books & articles on health subjects, are also the co-authors of the definitive, award-winning reference work "Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health."



Contributors


Introduction




Overview of the Evolving Behavioral Health System



Introduction




The Private Sector: History, Current Status, and Future Implications




The Evolving Behavioral Health System: The Public Sector: Past, Present, and Future




Core Administrative Psychiatry Concepts



Introduction




Organizational Theory




Leadership




Planning: Organizational Responses to Uncertainty in Unstable and Complex Environments




Continuous Quality Improvement: Principles of Implementation in Behavioral Healthcare




Training in Administrative Psychiatry: Current Challenges




The Medical Director's Role in Organized Care Delivery Systems




New Administrative Psychiatry Concepts



Introduction




Behavioral Health Network Establishment




Behavioral Health Network Maintenance




Staffing Behavioral Health Systems




Capitated Financing and Population-Based Care




Behavioral Health Outcomes: Patient and System




Health Information and Confidentiality




New Concepts for a Changing Behavioral Health System



Introduction




Changing Roles in Primary Behavioral Healthcare




Changing Roles for Psychiatrists




Changing Roles of Mental Health Professionals




Changing Careers




Changing Roles for Primary Consumers in Community Psychiatry




Changing Family Roles




How Selected Behavioral Health Systems Are Changing: Toward Integrated Systems



Introduction




Private Psychiatric Hospitals




Managed Behavioral Healthcare Organizations




Psychiatric Services in the Veterans Health Administration




Psychiatric Services in the Military




State and County Agencies




Health Maintenance Organizations




Physician-Hospital Organizations




Behavioral Group Practice




Children's Services




Law and Ethics



Introduction




Administrative Psychiatry: Practice and Legal Regulation




Criminal Law




American Prisons




Ethics



Conclusion: Future Issues for Administrative Psychiatry



Glossary


Index