Presents innovative changes in conventional educational programs along with new methods to train professionals in the clinical and administrative skills they need to offer superior service. Covers such topics as accountability, case management, outcome measures, practice guidelines, brief therapy and multidisciplinary teamwork.
JAMES M. SCHUSTER is associate professor of psychiatry at Allegheny University, Pittsburgh Campus. He is the director of consultation and emergency psychiatric services and director of managed care services for psychiatry at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. MARK R. LOVELL is the director of the section of psychology and neuropsychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is also associate professor of psychiatry at the Pittsburgh campus of Allegheny University. ANTHONY M. TRACHTA is director of managed care for psychiatric services at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.