Author: Michael Goodman

Jeffrey P. Bjorck, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary”s Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, California. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice. Dr. Bjorck obtained his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Delaware, having completed his internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He has served on the faculty of Fuller Seminary”s Graduate School of Psychology for the past 9 years, where his teaching responsibilities include courses in Psychometric Theory, MCMI-III Assessment, Human Learning, and Multimodal Therapy. Dr. Bjorck also conducts empirical research, including the ongoing psychometric evaluation of the Patient Impairment Lexicon, which provides the basis for the Patient Impairment Profile system outlined in this text and its companion, Managing Managed Care II: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals (Goodman, et al. 1996).Janet A. Brown, R.N., C.P.H.Q., is a consultant in quality, utilization, and risk management with psychiatric and medical-surgical, acute and ambulatory, healthcare organizations, all of which are now positioning for managed care. Ms. Brown has 22 years of experience in the evaluation, development, and implementation of effective strategies, systems, and processes to meet federal and state regulations, accreditation standards, and review requirements, as well as managed care and employer/payer information needs. Ms. Brown is the author of The Healthcare Quality Handbook: A Professionals Resource and Study Guide, currently in its 14th edition, and serves as instructor for quality management professionals preparing for the certification examination. She has chaired the national Healthcare Quality Educational Foundation and was the 1995–1996 president of the National Association for Healthcare Quality.Michael Goodman, M.D. (1945–1996), was a clinical psychiatrist in private practice in Beverly Hills and Pasadena, California. He attended Tufts Medical School and completed his psychiatry residency at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Goodman served for 14 years as a physician advisor with the former California Professional Standards Review Organization and its current successor, California Medical Review, Inc. He was also a consultant in managed mental healthcare with treatment programs and practitioner groups participating in newer managed deliver models. Dr. Goodman was an assistant professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, Los Angeles, California. He was also a mental healthcare consultant for the American Medical Association”s Doctors Advisory Network, which provides “hands-on” assistance with managed care to members of the American Medical Association. He died on June 17, 1996.