
Treatment of Suicidal Patients in Managed Care
Suicide remains all too common in the United States. As the ninth leading cause of death -- responsible for 30,000 deaths annually -- it is also one of the more preventable causes of death
Increasingly, mental health clinicians must care for suicidal patients within managed care systems. Managed care''s cost-driven focus on rapid assessment and triage, narrowly restrictive hospital admission criter...
Suicide remains all too common in the United States. As the ninth leading cause of death -- responsible for 30,000 deaths annually -- it is also one of the more preventable causes of death
Increasingly, mental health clinicians must care for suicidal patients within managed care systems. Managed care''s cost-driven focus on rapid assessment and triage, narrowly restrictive hospital admission criter...