tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post5545141266811500461..comments2024-03-27T10:50:53.692-05:00Comments on Real Psychiatry: The Florida Psychotherapeutic Medication GuidelinesGeorge Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-11545791118012542062017-07-06T16:22:46.546-05:002017-07-06T16:22:46.546-05:00"The term "behavioral health care" ..."The term "behavioral health care" has nothing to do with managed care..."<br /><br />I disagree based on my experience as an employee of a managed care company.<br /><br />One day we were told that the stitched name plates on our lab coats was going to be changed from "psychiatry" to "behavioral health". I told them that would happen as soon as I was board certified in behavioral health. All of the mental health units were changed to behavioral health units. It occurred shortly after a take over by a managed care company.<br /><br />It is certainly political rhetoric since the term was meaningless a few years earlier.<br /><br />But it does have meaning.George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-90840794691795965842017-07-06T15:21:09.649-05:002017-07-06T15:21:09.649-05:00I would have used "psychiatric pharmacotherap...I would have used "psychiatric pharmacotherapeutic" rather than psychotherapeutic.<br /><br />The term "behavioral health care" has nothing to do with managed care, but encompasses care for psychiatric disorders as well as substance use disorders.moviedochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03617061594621924756noreply@blogger.com