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Adult Mental Health Services in a Health Maintenance Organization

The authors describe an adult mental health service within a health maintenance organization and present information on the department’s setting, staffing patterns, programs, and philosophy. They believe that the emphasis on brief focal psychotherapy, the staff of mental health care providers who are committed to this type of setting, and the thorough integration of the program into the larger HMO system all contribute to the provision of high-quality services at a reasonable cost.

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