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This 8 page paper discusses some of the concepts of managed care and the issues facing behavioral health management. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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of the issues surrounding behavioral health management. Discussion Behavioral management has unique challenges for the health professional. Simply stated, the field is difficult because it deals with human behavior, which
is extremely unpredictable, while medicine and surgery deal with issues of the body, and there are far more clear-cut guidelines for dealing with that side of things. That is, a
doctor knows the symptoms of a disease or injury and knows what to do; its also likely that there is only a limited range of treatments possible. But if he
is dealing with behavioral management, the options for treatment are much more far-ranging, as are the conditions. More specifically, Kongstvedt notes that there have been many things that have changed
in behavior management. Among the factors that make behavioral management a challenge are the fact that advances in psychological and pharmacological techniques have allowed more behavior disorders to be
given effective treatment; and there has been a "greater acceptance of mental illness and chemical dependency as illness with biological origins," which in turn has increased patient load by making
sufferers more willing to seek treatment (Kongstvedt, 2003, p. 333). Behavioral management benefits were often excluded from early managed care programs, limited access to treatment; and "significant benefit restrictions for
treating serious mental illnesses and addictions," have prompted advocates at the national level to work to have mental health benefits included in programs along with physical benefits (Kongstvedt, 2003).
What this means is that in general, it has taken a great deal of effort to convince people that mental health problems deserve at least as much attention as physical
conditions, and they still remain (relatively) poorly understood. Part of the problem is that mental and emotional illnesses tend to be chronic and long-term, and do not always show immediate
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