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William A Anthony

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PubMed2003

Another way of avoiding the "single model trap".

Another way to end the "model wars" (Hughes & Clement, 1999; IAPSRS, 1998) is to take what works best from different models and blend them. At two different sites, practitioners being trained to deliver ACT received additional training in the psychiatric rehabilitation and case management technology that had been previously developed at Boston University. Feedback from the practitioners indicated that the blending of these two "models" was helpful and additive. A 4-year period of data collection at one site using a simple pre-post test design showed inpatient days were reduced by about 90% for 80 individuals who were considered to be high utilizers of inpatient services. It appears that the integration of separately developed model approaches bears further study.

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PubMed2002

The integration of psychiatric rehabilitation services in behavioral health care structures: a state example.

This article describes a model for integrating psychiatric rehabilitation services in a managed behavioral health care structure. Psychiatric rehabilitation and managed care are two distinct developments in the provision of mental health services that have proceeded independently though they can have compatible methods and outcomes. Descriptive detail is provided about a state initiative in Iowa to provide psychiatric rehabilitation services to those with serious mental illness through the state-contracted managed behavioral health care corporation. The article describes factors leading to the program's implementation, service delivery structures, reimbursements, personnel requirements, and performance indicators. Evidence for supporting this innovation is provided through a case-controlled outcomes study of mental health service units used and their costs for participants and matched controls.

Adult↗