CLP 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Managed Care, Abnormal Psychology
Document Summary
A growing emphasis on preventing disorders and promoting mental health. The community mental health approach has given rise to the prevention movement: correct the social conditions that underlie psychological problems, helps individuals at risk for developing disorders. Prevention programs have been further energized by the growing interest in. Positive psychology: clinical practitioners teach people coping skills that may. Encourage them to pursue psychological wellness, meaningful activities and enriching relationships. In response to growing diversity in the united states, multicultural. Multicultural psychologists seek to understand how culture, race, ethnicity, gender, and similar factors affect behavior and thought and how people of different cultures, races, and genders may different psychologically. Today the dominant form of insurance coverage is the managed care. Program: at least 75 of all privately insured persons in the united states are enrolled in managed care programs, reimbursements for mental disorders tend to be lower than those for mental disorders. Legislation: us congress federal parity law, affordable care act.
