This expanded edition of Charles and Beverly Browning's strategy-filled bestseller is the mental health professional's guide to every aspect of the uncharted world of managed care. Updated for the DSM-IV, it demonstrates in simple language how to get on provider panels, receive regular referrals from case managers, and handle phone contacts confidently and persuasively.

The Brownings provide strategies and methods for writing successful treatment plans that win session approval and extension of treatment for your clients. They offer a short course in effective brief therapy - the approach preferred by managed care organizations - and show you how to convincingly demonstrate the high quality of your services through simple outcomes research.

1. Written by clinicians, for clinicians, this valuable reference tool for practice and program survival helps you adapt your talents, skills, and abilities to grow and thrive in a new era of behavioral healthcare.