Psychiatric Services for Addicted Patients by American Psych... - 9780890422762

Psychiatric Services for Addicted PatientsA Task Force Report of the American Psychiatric Association\nAuthor(s): American Psychiatric Association\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, United States\nImprint: American Psychiatric Association Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780890422762, 978-0890422762\nSynopsis\nThe original task force report, completed in the summer of\n1994, reflected the current state of addiction treatment and provided\nrecommendations for improving these services in the future. That monograph\nis reproduced in this book, which accomplishes the following:\n\n Define psychiatrists' current roles and practices in the treatment of\nsubstance-dependent patients in relationship to that of other practitioners,\nwith particular attention to issues such as dual diagnosis, methadone\ntreatment, and detoxification\n Develop suggestions for appropriate\nfunding mechanisms for the payment of addicted patients' treatment in the\ncontext of managed .