THE BTA TREATMENT PLANNING GUIDE

Empirical research has clearly demonstrated the efficacy of psychotherapy and other clinical interventions over the past several decades.  Whereas the mental health professions once struggled with the question "is psychotherapy effective?" research has progressed to the more challenging question "what are the qualities of effective interventions?"  The answer is now well established.  Effective treatment depends on...

• planned, systematic forms of practice...
• that are well-explicated and specific about the...
• problems the therapist and client seek to resolve...
• the goals (and/or objectives) they seek to accomplish...
• and the procedures to be used to achieve results.

The BTA Treatment Planning Guide provides the foundation for this kind of systematic approach to planning and documenting clinical interventions.  It helps you effectively master the elements of a well formulated, culturally competent treatment plan that capitalizes on a client's strengths.  Features include...

• Diagnostic Frameworks which hellp you validate your diagnostic impression
• Co-occurring Diagnoses which can complicate treatment of the principal diagnosis
• Diagnostic Formulations which link functional impairments to the principal diagnosis
• Treatment Protocols, Goals and well sequenced treatment Objectives for a variety of commonly encountered clinical problems and clinical risks

Over 165 pages covering fifteen mental disorders and twenty-four commonly encountered psychosocial problems. 

Price: $45 (includes sales tax and shipping by Priority Mail)

THE BTA TREATMENT PLAN DOCUMENTATION GUIDE

for use in California's Public Behavioral Health Care Services

The BTA Treatment Plan Documentation Guide contains all of the information covered in the BTA Treatment Planning Guide described above, with additional information relevant to the Recovery Vision, Medi-Cal Consolidation medical necessity issues, and State policy on treatment of co-occurring disorders.  The Guide has been adopted by several California County Behavioral Health Care Services as a desk reference for use by staff.

Assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and progress monitoring are presented as elements of evidence based practice, consistent with the findings of scientific studies of outcome effectiveness.  This handy reference guide presents staff with sound princiiples of clinical documentation as it pertains to Medi-Cal and Medicare regulatory compliance, legal liability issues, and validation of differential diagnosis and medical necessity.

Over 200 pages covering fifteen adult and child mental disorders, and twenty-four commonly encountered psychosocial problems.  Special Chapter on assessment, treatment planning and medical necessity in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health.

Price: $45 (Includes sales tax and shipping by Priority Mail.  Volume discounts available to public service departments and their contractors.)