Rehabilitation Planner

The Rehabilitation Psychology Treatment Planner provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payers, and state and federal review agencies.

• Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized treatment plans for neuropsychological rehabilitation
• Organized around 25 main presenting problems, from depression and impaired judgement to substance abuse, aggression, anxiety, and others
• Over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describe the behavioral manifestations of each relational problem, long-term goals, short-term objectives, and clinically tested treatment options
• Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem or DSM-IV(TM) diagnosis
• Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payers and accrediting agencies (including HCFA, JCAHO, and NCQA)

This Treatment Planner is designed for rehabilitation psychologists and neuropsychologists working with adult patients who have cognitive disorders due to injuries or illnesses affecting the brain. It is targeted toward the types of problems that are customarily seen in acute and outpatient medical rehabilitation facilities. These include the affective, psychiatric, behavioral, and psychosocial issues most commonly encountered when working with neurobehavirally-involved patients.

This Treatment Planner provides a thorough introduction to neuropsychological and rehabilitative treatment planning and contains all of the necessary elements for developing fromal treatment plans for clients who have suffered illness and/or injuries to the brain. Clinicians can quickly develop treatment plans by selecting appropriate statements from a wide variety of well-crafted, measurable descriptions.

Features

• Includes sample treatment plan to guide even novices in preparing case plans that meet HCFA requirements
• Organized by 25 main presenting problems, this Planner contains over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describing the behavioral manifestations of the neurocognitive problem, long-term goals/short tem objectives of treatment, and treatment options.
• Workbook format provides readers with space to record their own customized goals, objectives, and interventions.
• Available for purchase in book form alone, or with a diskette that contains the data in the book that can be imported into TheraScribe 3.5

Booknews

This handbook outlines the elements necessary to develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the requirements of insurers and government agencies. Organized around 25 main presenting problems, from depression and impaired judgment to substance abuse, aggression, and anxiety, the book provides approximately 1,000 statements describing the disorders' behavioral manifestations, long-term treatment goals, short-term objectives, and clinical options. A sample treatment plan is included, conforming to the requirements of most third-party payers and accrediting agencies. Jongsma is a consultant. Rusin is a clinical psychologist and teaches rehabilitation medicine at Emory University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

ARTHUR E. JONGSMA, Jr., PhD, is the series editor for the bestselling PracticePlanners. He is also the founder and Director of Psychological Consultants, a group private practice in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

MICHELE J. RUSIN, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and a member of the faculty of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. She has worked in acute inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation since 1982, and now specializes in psychotherapy with persons who have neuropsychological impairments and their families.