Between Mind, Brain, and Managed Care: The Now and Future World of Academic Psychiatry

Written by a distinguished group of experts in the field of academic medicine, Between Mind, Brain, and Managed Care: The Now and Future World of Academic Psychiatry is the most documented study on this topic to date, providing readers with a blueprint for the future of academic psychiatry. Through case examples, survey data, and financial data, this book thoroughly reviews the educational, research, clinical, and financial challenges facing academic psychiatry. The authors emphasize the importance of the public sector to psychiatry and describe the impact changes in funding psychiatric services have on the educational and research efforts of academic health centers nationwide.

This book should be read by anyone interested in academic psychiatry, including academic and full-time psychiatrists, other academic leaders, residents, and medical students. Between Mind, Brain, and Managed Care will benefit the reader with a comprehensive look at the future opportunities of academic psychiatry as we approach the next century.

Roger E. Meyer, M.D., is senior scholar in residence at the Association of Academic Health Centers in Washington, D.C.

Christopher J. McLaughlin is program associate and manager of information technology at the Association of Academic Health Centers in Washington, D.C.