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Managed Mental Health: A Primer for Counselors
Author(s) -
FOOS JAMES A.,
OTTENS ALLEN J.,
HILL LARRY K.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.1991.tb01516.x
Subject(s) - mental health , managed care , service delivery framework , service (business) , business , nursing , mental health care , mental health service , service provider , health care delivery , health care , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , marketing , political science , law
The mental health service delivery system is experiencing a transformation attendant to rapidly developing cost containment mechanisms. This article reviews various aspects of the new managed mental health care systems and details the gains and losses the various mental health service provider professions may experience depending upon how each responds to the changing demands of alternate service delivery systems. Recommendations are presented regarding how counselors can establish a solid base in the new managed mental health care system.