REACTIONS TO MANAGED CARE AMONG PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL-WORKERS

Although the delivery system for mental health care is undergoing unpr ecedented changes with managed care, few empirical assessments of prac titioners' responses exist. Directories of managed care providers were used to contact 139 providers of managed mental health care for an an onymous survey of experiences with case management and short-term ther apy. The differential effects of managed care on the practices of doct oral-level psychologists, master's-level psychologists, and social wor kers were examined.