Overview The purpose of this chapter is to give psychiatric providers of consultation-liaison (C-L) services an understanding of the complex business aspects of their work. Understanding that appropriately adhering to the often-confusing guidelines for reimbursement can be stressful to clinicians…
Introduction First appearing in 1987 in an internally published collection of essays celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Psychiatry, George Murray's “Limbic Music” is a rare example of the medical literature producing actual literature .…
Key Points Every state in the US has passed legislation that makes physicians and other health professionals mandatory reporters for child and elder abuse and neglect. Abused children are at serious risk for behavioral, emotional, and learning disorders. Mental injury…
Key Points The finance of mental health care in the US has evolved from primarily a state-run asylum system to a mix of inpatient and outpatient care that is paid for by public and private funds. The US system of…
Key Points Short-term therapies typically last 12 to 36 sessions and focus on a single problem or symptom (called the focus or sector) by actively excluding less pivotal issues. Brief therapies differ from each other in how the focus is…