"Managed care is about to seek a divorce from the DSM.

"The main question now is who should take charge of helping people 
change the behaviors that threaten their health, and the answer lies 
more with market forces than with science.

"Rather than training medical professionals to better understand DSM 
disorders, patients might be better served by having behavior 
specialists focus with patients on achieving health-promoting changes.

"The behavioral healthcare industry has the better skill set (better 
than disease management, medicine, science) for reducing overall 
healthcare costs and improving patient outcomes.

"More important than the complexity of comorbidity is the need for a 
commitment to a holistic approach.  When attention is given to the 
patient's mind and body, many subclinical problems ... will be found 
to have a critical impact on health status.

"Desired outcomes for each patient (could have) primacy over their diagnoses."

Edward R Jones, 
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MBHOs Will Seek a Divorce From The DSM, Behavioral Healthcare, June 2006, p 53





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