Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, & Behavioral Health Care: Resurgence & Revolution
OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Cover Story Fifteen years of the application of managed care to mental health treatment has caused two notable shifts in the delivery of outpatient mental health services - a shifting role for psychiatrists and a decrease in psychotherapy visits. The role of psychiatrists has shifted - with much less use of psychiatry time for psychotherapy and an increased focus of psychiatrists on diagnosis and medication management. Psychiatric physicians, historically considered the "experts" in psychotherapy, are primarily being used by managed behavioral health organizations to provide psychopharmacology and medication management services for consumers . . .
