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06/17/2014
Not only does the 25 to 34 age group account for the highest number of ED visits for misuse of alprazolam, it also accounts for a three-fold increase in visits over just six years.
Not only does the 25 to 34 age group account for the highest number of ED visits for misuse of alprazolam, it also accounts for a three-fold increase in visits over just six years.
Not only does the 25 to 34 age...
06/17/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Blog
06/12/2014
In the future, our society will be remembered according to how well we have cared for our children, our elders, and our people with disabilities. Do we actually value all people equally? Or, do we only give lip service to this principle? Or,...
In the future, our society will be remembered according to how well we have cared for our children, our elders, and our people with disabilities. Do we actually value all people equally? Or, do we only give lip service to this principle? Or,...
In the future, our society will...
06/12/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
06/02/2014
With few precedents for mental-health parity, legal teams are examining the criteria insurers use to authorize coverage and the burdens they place on patients.
With few precedents for mental-health parity, legal teams are examining the criteria insurers use to authorize coverage and the burdens they place on patients.
With few precedents for...
06/02/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Blog
05/30/2014
Efforts to promote good health and to prevent disease always are preferred strategies over efforts to treat disease. Yet, we spend far too little time, attention, and effort on either of these strategies. Both remain very underdeveloped in...
Efforts to promote good health and to prevent disease always are preferred strategies over efforts to treat disease. Yet, we spend far too little time, attention, and effort on either of these strategies. Both remain very underdeveloped in...
Efforts to promote good health...
05/30/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
05/27/2014
Expect about 40 percent of the people in the Medicaid expansion population to have a behavioral healthcare condition, whether their state has opted for expansion or not.
Expect about 40 percent of the people in the Medicaid expansion population to have a behavioral healthcare condition, whether their state has opted for expansion or not.
Expect about 40 percent of the...
05/27/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
05/20/2014
Medication use to treat anxiety disorders can lead to addictive behaviors when patients attempt to manage symptoms with medication alone
Medication use to treat anxiety disorders can lead to addictive behaviors when patients attempt to manage symptoms with medication alone
Medication use to treat anxiety...
05/20/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
05/16/2014
Interventions need to be built that will improve the emotional functioning of the individual, protect public safety and also contain or reduce costs. The trick is to balance these three areas.
Interventions need to be built that will improve the emotional functioning of the individual, protect public safety and also contain or reduce costs. The trick is to balance these three areas.
Interventions need to be built...
05/16/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Blog
05/16/2014
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be expected to foster a dramatic transformation in health service delivery systems operated and supported by counties, including mental health, substance use, and intellectual development/developmental...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) can be expected to foster a dramatic transformation in health service delivery systems operated and supported by counties, including mental health, substance use, and intellectual development/developmental...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA)...
05/16/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
Blog
05/14/2014
Why is the aspect of celebration lacking in the field of mental health? Are we too busy to stop, to pause and celebrate a success? Or much more ominous, do we fear that the success is only temporary and we will see this person again? Is this...
Why is the aspect of celebration lacking in the field of mental health? Are we too busy to stop, to pause and celebrate a success? Or much more ominous, do we fear that the success is only temporary and we will see this person again? Is this...
Why is the aspect of celebration...
05/14/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive
05/13/2014
Replacing long-term psychiatric facilities, the current correctional system is a ‘de facto’ holding tank for the mentally ill. 
Replacing long-term psychiatric facilities, the current correctional system is a ‘de facto’ holding tank for the mentally ill. 
Replacing long-term psychiatric...
05/13/2014
Behavioral Healthcare Executive

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