Manage or Perish?: The Challenges of Managed Mental Health Care in Europe

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Understanding Managed Care....Pages 1-9
The Future of Psychiatrists under Managed Care....Pages 11-21
For-Profit Managed Care in the USA....Pages 23-42
The American Experience with Managed Care....Pages 43-55
Managed Care and American Psychotherapy....Pages 57-63
Private Practice and Managed Care....Pages 65-70
Health Economics and Services for Children with Mental Health Problems in the Usa....Pages 71-73
Is Psychiatric Rehabilitation Something Special to Managed Care in the USA?....Pages 75-78
Introduction to Plenary Session II “Managed Care in European Countries”....Pages 79-80
Managed Care in Europe....Pages 81-93
Transcultural Perspectives of the Management of Mental Health Care....Pages 95-100
Managed Mental Health Care in the UK....Pages 101-113
Managed Care in Germany....Pages 115-122
Managed Mental Health Care in France....Pages 123-129
The Minimal Psychiatric Summary (M.P.S.) and the Current Organization in Mental Health Care....Pages 131-142
Minimal Psychiatric Summary....Pages 143-151
Managed Care in Scandinavian Countries....Pages 153-159
Manage or Perish....Pages 161-166
New Models of Financing....Pages 167-172
The Provision of Mental Health Care in the Russian Federation....Pages 173-180
Functional and Dysfunctional Aspects of the 1990 Reform of The Health-Care System....Pages 181-188
The French Public Psychiatric Team Confronted with the Demand for New Collaboration....Pages 189-194
The German Social Insurance Program’s Role in the Rehabilitation of Mentally Ill Patients....Pages 195-197
Models of Health Care Systems in Europe....Pages 199-206
Managed Care and Quality Assurance Methods in Mental Health in Latin America....Pages 207-212
Almost a Revolution....Pages 213-221
Challenges of Managed Mental Health Care in the South East Mediterranean Region....Pages 223-232
Cost Management of Mental Patients’ Care....Pages 233-237
Quality of Life Assessment in Schizophrenia....Pages 239-248
Traditional Methodology and Outcome Assessment in Studies on the Course of Schizophrenia....Pages 249-258
Comparison of Antipsychotics in Randomized Clinical Trials....Pages 259-266
Methodological Problems of Schizophrenia Trials in Community Settings....Pages 267-276
Antidepressant Use and Clinical and Economic Outcomes in a Primary Care Psychiatry Center in Spain....Pages 277-288
Assessment of the Impact of Long-Term Lithium Prophylaxis on the Course of Bipolar Disorder....Pages 289-293
Cost Effectiveness in the Prevention of Suicide....Pages 295-309
Economic Aspects of Anxiety Disorders....Pages 311-316
Cost and Management of Bipolar Disorders....Pages 317-324
Major Depression....Pages 325-333
From Supply and Demand to Need and Demand....Pages 335-346
Outcome Measures and Cultural Factors in Managed Care: A Literature Review....Pages 347-357
Use of the EPCAT Model of Care for Standard Description of Psychiatric Services....Pages 359-368
Total Quality Management in Mental Health....Pages 369-373
Research and Communication of Mental Health Data....Pages 375-380
Assessing Psychotherapy Outcome....Pages 381-389
Ethical Problems in the Practice of Psychiatrists under Managed Care....Pages 391-395
Managed Care....Pages 397-400
Does Managed Care Threaten the Therapeutic Relationship? Or When a Third Party Comes between a Doctor and Patient....Pages 401-409
When the Therapeutic Team Becomes Dysfunctional Because of Managed Care....Pages 411-416
Cherish or Perish....Pages 417-420
Ethical and Legal Dimensions of Medical Confidentiality in European Law of Human Rights....Pages 421-427
Care of People with Psychiatric Subthreshold Disorders....Pages 429-439
Ethical Committees As a Guarantee of Observation of Human Rights in Managed Care Systems....Pages 441-444
Unmet Needs and Cost Containment....Pages 445-452
The Patient’s View of Managed Psychiatry....Pages 453-456
The Young Psychiatric Patients’ Rights....Pages 457-468
Manage or Perish, Or Choosing to Live without Neuroleptic Drugs....Pages 469-474
What the Patients Tell Us....Pages 475-484
The Role of Advocacy in an Era of Managed Care....Pages 485-490
Alternatives to Psychiatry and Managed Care....Pages 491-495
A Cost-Effective Strategy....Pages 497-503
Practicing Treatment with Informed Consent....Pages 505-513
How Could Academic Psychiatry Survive Managed Care?....Pages 515-519
Is Managed Care Good for Research and Education?....Pages 521-528
Implications of Managed Care for the Training of Psychiatrists....Pages 529-534
The Impact of Managed Care on Residency Training in the Americas....Pages 535-545
Maximizing Research Opportunities in Today’s Managed Care Environment....Pages 547-549
Unexpected Advantages in Service Design and Research from Cost-Containment Strategies....Pages 551-555
Standardized Service Assessment in Italy....Pages 557-572
The Andalusian Case Register for Schizophrenia....Pages 573-583
Support Functions of the Social Networks of Psychiatric Patients and the General Population....Pages 585-593
Reduction in Costs but Increased Family Burden: Home Care of the Mentally Ill....Pages 595-601
Social Networks and Health Burden on Care-Givers....Pages 603-611
Back Matter....Pages 613-621