Handbook of Mental Health Administration and Management

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William H. Reid, Stuart B. Silver
Routledge, 2013 M08 21 - 568 pages
Clinicians who understand mental health care administration in addition to their clinical fields are likely to be valuable to the organizations in which they work. This handbook is an accessible source of information for professionals coming from either clinical or management backgrounds. Sections offer coverage in: mental health administrative principles, mental health care management, business, finance and funding of care, information technology, human resources and legal issues.
 

Contents

Mental Health Management Principles
1
Leadership and Training in Mental Health
22
Mental Health Services Delivery
41
Administrative Theory
57
The Dynamics of Organizational Change in Mental Health
74
Mental Health Care Management
99
of Changing Policy and Practice
149
Psychiatry
183
The Business Plan
283
Budget
293
Financial Analysis and Management
310
Payers and Players
324
Information and Information Technology
339
Information Trends for the Clinical Leader
362
Using Technology to Defragment a Mental Health
375
Principles of Human Resource Management
415

Organization
192
Psychiatric
206
Social Workers
218
Activities Therapies
227
Extraorganization Relationships
240
Ethical Issues in Mental Health Systems Leadership
261
Business Finance and the Funding of Care
275
Principles of Physician Recruiting
440
Working with an Attorney
462
Malpractice and Other Negligence
477
Leadership
512
Negotiation
527
Author Index
545
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William H. Reid, M.D., M.P.H., is the former Medical Director of the Texas Mental Health and Mental Retardation System and Chair of the National Council of State Medical Directors. He has been a senior manager in many mental health settings, and is past president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. He is currently clinical or adjunct professor at three Texas medical schools and lives and practices in Horseshoe Bay, Texas.

Stuart B. Silver, M.D., is the former Director of the Mental Hygiene Administration of the State of Maryland and past president of the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. Currently, he is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clinical Associates, PA, a multi-specialty medical group.

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