PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - IK Packer
TI  - Privatized managed care and forensic mental health services
DP  - 1998 Mar 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 123--129
VI  - 26
IP  - 1
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/26/1/123.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/26/1/123.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1998 Mar 01; 26
AB  - Managed care for mental health services, which began in the private, commercial sector, has spread over the past few years to the public mental health sector as well. Recently, states have begun considering whether to include the forensic population within their privatized managed care systems. This article explores some of the complexities and special challenges unique to forensic services and notes some of the problems that might be incurred if the forensic population were included in a managed care system.