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Managed behavioral health care conference.


Journal cover.
Ten papers based on the conference are published in a special double edition of Administration and Policy in Mental Health, March, 2005. To obtain a copy, contact the guest editor, Donald Shepard, or visit the publisher's web site, www.springerlink.com

Table of contents of special issue.

Additional conference materials and reports, not in the special issue, are provided below.

Agenda. Feb. 3, 2004, 2 pages.
Managed behavioral health care conference.

Where We've Been and Where We're Going
Elizabeth Childs

Looking to the Future: A Federal Policymaker’s Perspective
Ronald W. Manderscheid

The National Context
Brian Cresta

Managed Behavioral Health Care in Massachusetts: A Trade Association Perspective
Elizabeth Funk and Richard H. Beinecke

Provider Perspective
Philip Shea and Richard H. Beinecke

Consumer Voice--Not Yet Consumer Choice: A Personal Experience
Moe Armstrong and Richard H. Beinecke

Selected Bibliography, 12 pages.

Biographies of speakers, 12 pages.

Complete audio recordings totaling almost 7 hours are available from the managed behavioral health care conference on Feb. 3, 2004. They are divided into nine files or segments, each containing about 45 minutes of playing time. The files are in Windows Media Format (WMA) with an average size of about 45 mb each. A fast internet connection is advised to play or download. See the agenda above for complete names of speakers, their roles, and the titles of talks. Left click on each segment to begin playing, or right click to download and save the file. Each segment will play with Windows Media Player, Real Player, or a similar player.

Segment 1: Shepard (introduction), Cresta, Leff (moderator), Hurwitz, Shepard (researcher), Frank (begin)

Segment 2: Frank (end), Upshur, Research Panel Questions

Segment 3: Leff (moderator), Beinecke, Cavanaugh, Larson (begin)

Segment 4: Larson (end), Delman

Segment 5: Shepard (introduction), Childs (talk and questions)

Segment 6: Callahan (modertor), Lane, Botticelli

Segment 7: Funk, Armstrong, Shea, Norton (begin)

Segment 8: Norton (end), Stakeholder Questions

Segment 9: Shepard (introduction), Manderscheid


Feedback is welcomed via e-mail to shepard@brandeis.edu.



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