Issue 1

Editors' Note .... 6

ARTICLES
Consideration of Special Populations in the Drug Treatment System of a Large Metropolitan Area .... 7 Margaret L. Polinsky, M.S., Ph.D., Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D., and Christina E. Grella, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Benefits and Costs of Supported Employment from Three Perspectives .... 22 Robin E. Clark, Ph.D., Haiyi Xie, Ph.D., Deborah R. Becker, M.Ed., and Robert E. Drake, M.D., Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Utilization Management Analysis for Children’s Mental Health Services .... 35 Jeanette M. Jerrell, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Collaboration Between a State Alliance for the Mentally Ill and a State Mental Health Authority in Monitoring the Consequences of Downsizing .... 43 Carol J. Evans, Ph.D., and Chuck McGee, M.A.   ABSTRACT

Using Client Satisfaction Surveys to Evaluate and Improve Services in Locked and Unlocked Adult Inpatient Facilities .... 51 Lorian Baker, Ph.D., Peter J. Zucker, Ph.D., and Mary Jane Gross, R.N., M.N.   ABSTRACT

An Ecological Model for School-Based Mental Health Services for Urban Low-Income Aggressive Children .... 64 Marc S. Atkins, Ph.D., Mary McKernan McKay, L.C.S.W., Ph.D., Patrice Arvanitis, B.A., Lorna London, Ph.D., Sybil Madison, M.S., Catherine Costigan, Ph.D., Penny Haney, M.A., Andrea Zevenbergen, Ph.D., Laura Hess, Ph.D., David Bennett, Ph.D., and Dolores Webster, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

BRIEF REPORTS
Services Utilization Before and After the Prospective Payment System by Patients with Somatization Disorder .... 76 Mingliang Zhang, Ph.D., Brenda M. Booth, Ph.D., and G. Richard Smith, Jr., M.D.   ABSTRACT

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Dually Diagnosed Clients: Results of a Statewide Survey of County Administrators …. 83 Nancy K. Young, Ph.D., and Christine E. Grella, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Oklahoma City: Disaster Challenges Mental Health and Medical Administrators .... 93 Phebe Tucker, M.D., Betty Pfefferbaum, M.D., J.D., Robert Vincent, Ph.D., Sharron D. Boehler, R.N., M.N., M.B.A., and Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Developing an Integrated Information System for Specialized Addiction Treatment Agencies .... 100 Alan C. Ogborne, Ph.D., Kathy Braun, and Brian R. Rush, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Geographic Market Areas for Psychiatric and Medical Outpatient Treatment .... 108 John C. Fortney, Ph.D, A. Elizabeth Lancaster, B.S., Richard R. Owen, M.D., and Mingliang Zhang, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

BOOK REVIEW
Return to Community: Building Support Systems for People with Psychiatric Disabilities, by Paul J. Carling .... 117 Ardis Hanson, M.L.S. REVIEW

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Issue 2
Special Issue Editor's Note .... 132 Mario Hernandez, Ph.D.
Dedication: Lawrence W. Rouse, Ph.D.: December 31, 1954--August 20, 1996 .... 135 Marcia G. Toprac, Ph.D.

ARTICLES
The Ecology of Outcomes: System Accountability in Children's Mental Health .... 136 Mario Hernandez, Ph.D., Sharon Hodges, M.B.A., Ph.D., and Michelle Cascardi, Ph.D.  ABSTRACT

A Multi-Stakeholder-Driven Model for Developing an Outcome Management System .... 151 J. Randy Koch, Ph.D., Allen Lewis, Ph.D., and Dwight McCall, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Multi-Agency Outcome Evaluation of Children's Services: A Case Study .... 163 Shirley A. Beck, M.S.S.A., Pamela Meadowcroft, Ph.D., Matthew Mason, Ph.D., and Edward S. Kiely, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Managing what You Measure: Creating Outcome-Driven Systems of Care for Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance .... 177 Abram Rosenblatt, Ph.D., Norman Wyman, M.F.C.C., Don Kingdon, Ph.D., and Craig Ichinose, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

The Development of a Statewide Continuous Evaluation System for the Texas Children's Mental Health Plan: A Total Quality Management Approach .... 194 Lawrence W. Rouse, Ph.D., Marcia G. Toprac, Ph.D., and Nancy A. MacCabe, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Program Specification: A Precursor to Program Monitoring and Quality Improvement. A Case Study from Boysville of Michigan .... 208 Sue Ann Savas, M.S.W., William M. Fleming, Ph.D., and Erika E. Bolig, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Managing Care across Systems to Improve Outcomes for Families and Communities .... 217 Charles L. Usher, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

COMMENTARIES
Outcomes and Accountability from a Family Perspective .... 230 Trina W. Osher, M.A. COMMENTARY

From Many into One: Addressing the Crisis of Quality in Managed Behavioral Healthcare at the Millennium .... 233 Ronald W. Manderscheid, Ph.D. COMMENTARY

Issue 3 - August 1998
Special Section:

Managed Care as a Platform for Cross-System Integration ....253 Benjamin M. Ogles, Ph.D., Steven C. Trout, M.A., D. Kevin Gillespie, R.N., M.H.S.A., and Kathleen S. Penkert, M.S.W., A.C.S.W.   ABSTRACT

Designing a System for Managing the Performance of Mental Health Managed Care: An Example from New York State's Prepaid Mental Health Plan….270 Sharon Carpinello, R.N., Ph.D., Chip J. Felton, M.S.W., Elizabeth A. Pease, R.N., M.S., Mary DeMasi, Ph.D., and Sheila Donahue, M.A.   ABSTRACT

Privatized Medicaid Managed Care in Massachusetts: Disposition in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Emergencies.....280 Joanne Nicholson, Ph.D., Stephen Dine Young, M.A., Lorna J. Simon, M.A., William H. Fisher, Ph.D., and Anne Bateman, R.N., Ed.D.   ABSTRACT

COMMENTARY
Implementation of Medicaid Managed Mental Health Care in Iowa: Problems and Solutions......294 Barbara M. Rohland, M.S., M.D.   ABSTRACT

ARTICLES
Using Incarceration Rates to measure Mental Health Program Performance...301 John A. Pandiani, Ph.D., Steven M. Banks, Ph.D., and Lucille M. Schacht, M.S.   ABSTRACT

The Americans with Disabilities Act, Mental Disability, and Employment Practices....313 Teresa L. Scheid, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Use of the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scales (CAFAS) as an Outcome Measure in Clinical Settings....326 Kay Hodges, Ph.D., Maria M. Wong, Ph.D. and Mark Latessa, M.S.W.   ABSTRACT

Characteristics of Short-Stay Admissions to a Psychiatric Inpatient Service...338 Daniel Yohanna, M.D., Nina J. Christopher, B.A., John S. Lyons, Ph.D., Sheldon I Miller, M.D., Marcia Slomowitz, M.D., and Janice K. Bultema, M.S.N., R.N., C.N.A.A.   ABSTRACT

The Formal Mental Health Care Burden among Recently Deinstitutionalized Patients....347 Partha Deb, Ph.D., and Ann M. Holmes, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

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Issue 4 - November 1998
ARTICLES
Managed Care and Medication Compliance: Implications for Chronic Diseases....367 Lucy C. Kihlstrom, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

Managed Care and Technical Efficiency in Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Units....377 Jeffrey A. Alexander, Ph.D., John R. C. Wheeler, Ph.D., Tammie A. Nahra, M.A.E., M.H.S.A., and Christy H. Lemak, M.B.A., M.H.A  ABSTRACT

Consumers as Mental Health Providers: First Person Accounts of Benefits and Limitations....397 Carol T. Mowbray, Ph.D., David P. Moxley, Ph.D., and Mary E. Collins, Ph.D.   ABSTRACT

A Brief Medical Necessity Scale for Mental Disorders: Reliability, Validity, and Clinical Utility....412 Peter Roy-Byrne, M.D., Joan Russo, Ph.D., Leora Rabin, M.D., Karen Fuller, M.S.W., Craig Jaffe, B.S., Richard Ries, M.D., Christos Dagadakis, M.D., and David Avery, M.D.   ABSTRACT

Interactions Between Group Homes and Neighbors: Neighbor Preferences...425 James R. Cook, Ph.D.  ABSTRACT

BRIEF REPORTS
Professional vs. Family-Led Support Groups: Exploring the Differences....437 Susan A. Pickett, Ph.D., Tamar Heller, Ph.D. and Judith A. Cook, Ph.D.  ABSTRACT

Managing Smarter: A Decision Support System for Mental Health Providers....446 Lakshmi Mohan, Ph.D., Les Muse, M.H.A., and Claire McInerney, M.S. ABSTRACT

Personal Privacy vs. Public Accountability: A Technological Solution to an Ethical Dilemma....456 John A. Pandiani, Ph.D., Steven M. Banks, Ph.D., and Lucille M Schacht, M.S. ABSTRACT

BOOK REVIEWS
Social Work in Mental Health: Trends and Issues, edited by Uri Aviram....470 Collect Browne, Dr. P.H.   REVIEW

Achievement and Addiction: A Guide to the Treatment of Professionals, by Edgar P. Nace....471 Laura L. Post, M.D. REVIEW

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