Time Limited Therapy

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This paper studies how managed health care (HMOs) have affected mental health treatment. The paper studies the effects of HMO policies on counseling services -- as opposed to hospitalization. The paper also focuses on policies to limit the number and duration of therapy session. The paper leans toward being critical of these policies, but focuses on a quantitative analysis of the situation and their costs and benefits.

Outline:
Effects of Managed Care In Counseling
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"Today a majority of patients are covered by managed mental health care organizations (Kent, 2000). Some studies suggest as many as 170 million people are covered by m managed care mental health programs (Joseph, 1997). One of the problems associated with managed care is capitation agreements, which allow managed care organizations to monitor patient utilization of services. Case and care managers are appointed that review services, though in the case of mental health services primarily psychiatric nurses are responsible for this function (Kent, 2000). The most often cited complication of managed therapy is that managed care "intrudes in the therapy process" (Kent, 7). This violates among other things, client confidentiality and prevents psychologist autonomy with respect to the style of practice they wish to recommend (Kent, 2000)."

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