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Psychological testing in the age of managed behavioral by Mark E. Maruish

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By Mark E. Maruish

Written through a famous specialist in evaluate hired by way of a wide controlled behavioral healthcare association (MBHO), this ebook seeks to supply psychologists who depend upon checking out as a vital part in their perform, a advisor on tips on how to continue to exist and thrive within the period of controlled behavioral healthcare. It additionally deals principles on tips on how to capitalize at the possibilities that controlled care offers to psychologists. The target is to illustrate that regardless of the tightening of the reins on authorizations for reimbursable trying out, mental trying out can proceed to play a major function in mental perform and behavioral healthcare provider supply. The booklet offers rules for: *increasing the chance of having assessments licensed via MBHOs; *using inexpensive/public area evaluation tools; *ethically utilizing mental checking out in MBHO settings; *capitalizing at the circulate to combine basic care and behavioral healthcare by utilizing mental trying out; and *designing and enforcing results evaluation structures inside MBHO settings. meant for practising psychologists and different behavioral future health practitioners hired through MBHOs in direct provider supply, care administration or supervisory positions, in addition to for graduate scientific or counseling psychology scholars who will probably paintings in MBHO settings.

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1998) to speculate many possible scenarios for the future of assessment. , forensic assessment), using computer-based testing, or, in some cases, referring testing out to another psychologist. Another large-scale, testing-specific survey was conducted by Camara, Nathan, and Puente (1998; also published in 2000) to investigate which tests were most frequently used by 933 clinical psychologists and 567 neuropsychologists; the time required to administer, score and interpret these tests; and other aspects of test use in the era of managed care.

However, for the general purpose of this chapter, Ford's (2000) conceptualization of managed care will serve as a good reference. Page 3 An Historical Perspective Like many others, Miller (1996) views the impetus for the rise of today's system of managed care as the health care cost increases that were appearing under the traditional indemnity or fee-for-service insurance system that was prevalent in the United States during the 20th century. The increase of health care expenditures from 6% to 12% of the gross national product between the years 1965 and 1990 is cited as evidence of the failure of indemnity plans to control costs.

And as in the Phelps et al. (1998) survey, the results indicated a move for practitioners to align themselves more with the medical side of the health care industry. Moreover, a reluctance to diversify their practices beyond the traditional activities was again noted. The New Jersey Psychological Association Survey Rothbaum, Berstein, Haller, Phelps, and Kohout (1998) reported the results of a 1996 survey of 812 members of the New Jersey Psychological Association (NJPA). The purpose of the survey was to assess the types of problems NJPA members had been experiencing with managed mental health care.

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