Laurel J. Kiser, Ph.D., M.B.A., is a psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Maryland School of Medicine. She received a doctorate from Indiana University in 1981 and completed internships and postdoctoral training in child clinical psychology. In 1986, she obtained a Master”s of Business Administration from University of Memphis. Dr. Kiser”s career focus has been on the delivery and evaluation of alternative mental health services. Specifically, she has been involved in developing, directing and researching child and adolescent partial hospitalization services since 1979. In 1994, she expanded her experiential base by organizing an academic, managed care division with responsibility for 33, 000 covered lives. She served as a member of the Board of Directors and as President of the Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare (AABH) (formerly the American Association for Partial Hospitalization). She led development of a conceptual model for ambulatory levels of care and is co-editor of a book on system integration. In addition to her services research on partial hospitalization, Dr. Kiser has directed two statewide studies of the Tenn Care Partners Program, Tennessee”s managed Medicaid behavioral healthcare carve-out. Her current research focus is on the protective role of rituals and routines within families, schools, and neighborhoods. Her articles appear frequently in the professional literature and she is a regular presenter and invited lecturer at national conferences.Lawrence L. Kennedy, M.D., is a psychiatrist and former Director of Partial Hospitalization at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Kennedy has had a long-term association with the Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare as a presenter at conferences, a board member and a former editor of the journal Continuum: Developments in Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare. He has been on the faculty of the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry for over 30 years, is a supervising and training psychoanalyst at the Topeka Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute. He is a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. Dr. Kennedy has taught and supervised individual and group psychotherapy for over 30 years. He has written and presented at a wide array of conferences in the United States and abroad on borderline conditions, group psychotherapy, partial hospitalization, boundary violations in non-hospital settings and program development. He is currently in private practice in Topeka, Kansas.Paul M. Lefkovitz, Ph.D., is Executive Director of St. Vincent Hospital Stress Centers, a comprehensive behavioral health system located in Indianapolis, Indiana. He also serves as an Associate Professor (Volunteer) in the Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Lefkovitz is a licensed clinical psychologist. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1974. He was a Board Member and President of the American Association for Partial Hospitalization (currently Association for Ambulatory Behavioral Healthcare) and currently serves as a member of its National Advisory Panel. He is also a Board Member of the Mental Health Association in Indiana and the Indiana Mental Health Memorial Foundation. He was Associate Editor of the journal, Continuum: Developments in Ambulatory Behavioral Health Care and was co-author of Standards and Guidelines for Partial Hospitalization. Since 1974, his work has focused on conceptualizing, researching, and operationalizing the behavioral health continuum of care and has found fruition in frequent contributions to the professional literature, presentations at national conferences and consultative activities.
1 Ebook di Paul M. Lefkovitz
Laurel J. Kiser & Paul M. Lefkovitz: The Integrated Behavioral Health Continuum
Until recently, behavioral health was defined within the strict dichotomy of inpatient and outpatient care — a dichotomy that failed to mirror the range and complexity of human experience and clinic …
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