Psych Systems Opens First Program

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News American Psych Systems, Inc. opened the first of its alternative behavioral health programs in the Washington, D.C. area on September 1, 1992. The program will provide acute mental health services for both adults and adolescents in a day treatment model. "As the competition for better care and better pricing among managed behavioral health programs increases, a problem with the present delivery system is apparent - the lack of intensive behavioral health services in non-hospital settings. These 'alternative' programs will be the cornerstone of the behavioral health delivery . . .