Behavioral Health Disability Innovations in Prevention and Management
Behavioral Health Disability Innovations in Prevention and Management Pamela A. Warren It{u2019}s a frequent occurrence: a sick worker is treated for physical symptoms, but receives little care for the accompanying psychological problems. The employee is put on ineffective medication, is suspected o...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
2011.
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| Colección: | Springer eBooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32850906*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Overview of the scope of psychological and behavioral health disability
- Overview of the lack of coordination of treatment
- Overview of lack of coordination among all professionals involved in the psychological and behavioral health disability process
- True psychological concerns versus psycho-social concerns
- Comorbidity and psychological concerns
- present multiple perspectives from different types of professionals involved in the psychological and disability process. -Primary Care Medicine and Psychological and Behavioral Health Disability
- Epidemiological and prevalence of psychological and behavioral health concerns in primary care medicine
- Discussion of usual care treatment process: strengths and weaknesses
- Determining current psychological functioning: strengths and weaknesses
- Referral and coordination of treatment considerations: strengths and weakness in current process
- Medicalization: The process of taking everyday occurrences and identifying them as medical concerns
- Malingering and symptom exaggeration
- Patient compliance issues: limitations and strategies for improved management
- Appropriate documentation of limitations in functioning
- Treatment outcomes: Strategies for addressing individual{u2019}s return to work
- Occupational Medicine
- Epidemiological and prevalence of psychological and behavioral health concerns in Occupational Medicine
- Discussion of usual care treatment process: strengths and weaknesses
- Determining current psychological functioning: strengths and weaknesses
- Referral and coordination of treatment considerations: strengths and weakness in current process
- Medicalization: The process of taking everyday occurrences and identifying them as medical concerns
- Symptom exaggeration and malingering
- Patient compliance issues: limitations and strategies for improved management
- Appropriate documentation of limitations in functioning
- Treatment outcomes: Strategies for addressing individual{u2019}s return to work
- Psychology
- Epidemiological and prevalence of psychological and behavioral health concerns in Clinical Psychology
- Discussion of usual care treatment process: strengths and weaknesses
- Determining current psychological functioning: strengths and weaknesses
- Appropriate psychological testing
- Symptom exaggeration and Malingering
- Referral and coordination of treatment considerations: strengths and weakness in current process
- Medicalization: The process of taking everyday occurrences and identifying them as medical concerns
- Patient compliance issues: limitations and strategies for improved management
- Appropriate documentation of limitations in functioning
- Treatment outcomes: Strategies for addressing individual{u2019}s return to work
- Psychiatry
- Epidemiological and prevalence of psychological and behavioral health concerns in Psychiatry- Discussion of usual care treatment process: strengths and weaknesses
- Determining current psychiatric functioning: strengths and weaknesses
- Psychological testing
- Symptom exaggeration and Malingering
- Referral and coordination of treatment considerations: strengths and weakness in current process
- Medicalization: The process of taking everyday occurrences and identifying them as medical concerns
- Appropriate documentation of limitations in functioning
- Treatment outcomes: Strategies for addressing individual{u2019}s return to work
- Rehabilitation
- Epidemiological and prevalence of psychological and behavioral health concerns in Psychiatry
- Discussion of usual care treatment process: strengths and weaknesses
- Determining current psychiatric functioning: strengths and weaknesses
- Rehabilitation assessment and testing
- Symptom exaggeration and Malingering
- Referral and coordination of treatment considerations: strengths and weakness in current process
- Medicalization: The process of taking everyday occurrences and identifying them as medical concerns
- Patient compliance issues: limitations and strategies for improved management
- Appropriate documentation of limitations in functioning
- Treatment outcomes: Strategies for addressing individual{u2019}s return to work
- Legal Perspective
- Plaintiff versus defense perspective on psychological and behavioral health disability
- State legislative considerations
- Federal considerations: FMLA and ADA
- HIPAA limitations with disability
- Legal perspective in defining appropriate outcome
- Employer Perspective
- Maintaining a productive workplace
- Workplace absence policy: Strengths and weakness in current employer policies
- Problematic workplace behaviors that serve as catalysts for filing for a psychological disability claim
- Obtaining required documentation: strengths and weaknesses in current process
- Gaps in communication with treating professionals
- Appropriate workplace accommodations
- Helping the employee stay at work
- The insurer and psychological/behavioral health disability
- Insurer perspective
- Case management perspective
- Current issues in providing insurance coverage for psychological, behavioral health, and co-morbid claims
- Current identified drivers of psychological disability claims
- Strategies for effective management
- Future Directions
- Summarization/recap
- Recommendations for initiating immediate change in the process
- Implications for long-term change
- Implications for future research.
