Psychiatr Serv 58:300-302, March 2007
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.58.3.300
© 2007 American Psychiatric Association
Best Practices: Implementation of a Consumer-Directed Approach in Behavioral Health Care: Problems and Prospects
Richard A. LaBrie, Ed.D.,
Cheryl Browne, Ph.D.,
Donald E. Christensen, Ph.D., M.B.A.,
Kristina L. Greenwood, Ph.D.,
John H. Straus, M.D.,
Michael S. Garmon, Ph.D.,
Debi A. LaPlante, Ph.D.,
Stephen Scher, Ph.D., J.D.,
Allyson J. Peller, M.P.H. and
Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D., C.A.S.
Consumer-directed care, a payment system designed to make patients aware of the costs of care, requires treatment seekers to be active participants in their health care. Core components of consumer-directed care, such as higher deductibles and increased decision-making responsibilities, might preclude its easy translation from medical to behavioral health care. Aspects of behavioral disorders will force providers, insurers, and patients to compensate for unique barriers to increasing self-care, such as stigma, neuropsychological complications, and poor self-efficacy. This column describes important components of consumer-directed care and the unique barriers that behavioral health care creates for those components. Possible best practices are suggested for surmounting those barriers.
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