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You are here > Home > Reading Lists & Books > Behavioral Health & Social Work Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management Books This Guide offers reading suggestions for clinical managers, practice managers and executives working in behavioral health, social work and psychiatry. Jump to the book list. We have made it our goal to collect the very best titles for you here - so that you may access them all in one place. Before exploring the selections below, please bookmark this page first. This will allow you to use this page as future reference - to return for more browsing, as time permits.    If you wish, you may also purchase any of these book through Amazon.com. To buy a particular book, simply add it to your shopping cart after you learn about the book by following its link. If you would like more than one, simply return to this page and click additional titles. Your shopping cart will remain open and accessible to you. It's easy. This list is also perfect for just browsing, at your leisure, without purchasing.  101 Careers in Social Work - Dec 2008 Accreditation Process Guide for Behavioral Health Care - The Joint Commission Accreditation - please see our Compliance Resources here (The) Addiction Counselor's Documentation Sourcebook, 2e - 2005 (The) Addiction Progress Notes Planner, 3e - Jul 2009 Addiction Treatment Homework Planner, 3e - May 2009 (The) Addiction Treatment Planner, 4e - May 2009 Becoming an Effective Supervisor: Workbook for Psychotherapists - Apr 2000 Behavioral Healthcare Informatics: Practical Guide for the Clinician - Mar 2006 Billing & Reimbursement - please see our finance & accounting resources Building Your Ideal Private Practice: A Guide for Therapists - 2000 Casebook for Clinical Supervision: A Competency-based Approach - APA, Jun 2008 (The) Clinical Documentation Sourcebook: Mental Health Practice, 3e - 2005 Clinical Supervision: A Competency-Based Approach - May 2004 Clinical Supervision: A Handbook for Practitioners - Aug 2003 Clinical Supervision in the Helping Professions - 2002 Clinical Supervision: What to Do & How to Do It - 2003 Coding Books - please go to coding resources page Coding & Billing: Behavioral Health - MMI, Contexo, current edition Coding & Payment Guide: Behavioral Health Services - current editions Complete Mental Health Directory - current edition Compliance Books - please see our Law & Compliance Resources here Complying with CMS' Psychosocial Guidance - HCPro, Feb 2007 Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Behavioral Health Care (CAMBHC) - The Joint Commission  CPT Handbook for Psychiatrists, 3e - Apr 2004 Customer Service Books - please see our quality improvement resources Directory of Healthcare Recruiters - always current  Documentation & Reimbursement for Behavioral Healthcare - AHIMA, Mar 2005 Documentation in Supervision: Focused Risk Management Supervision System - 2002 DSM-IV-TR Casebook, 4e - APA, Jan 2002 DSM-IV-TR Casebook & Treatment Guide for Child Mental Health - APA, May 2009 DSM-IV-TR Guidebook - APA, Apr 2004 DSM-IV-TR Mental Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology & Treatment - June 2004 DSM-IV-TR, Text Revision, 4e - APA, 2000 (The) Effective Health Care Supervisor, 6e - Sep 2006 Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation - 2002 Entering Private Practice: A Handbook for Psychiatrists - Sep 2005 Essentials of Private Practice: Streamlining Costs, Procedures & Policies - Jan 2005 Ethical & Legal Issues for Mental Health Professionals: A Comprehensive Handbook - 2005 Ethical Reasoning for Mental Health Professionals - Jan 2006 Ethics & Reform - please see our full collection of ethics resources Finance & Reimbursement - please see our billing & accounting resources Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision, 4e - Sep 2008 Fundamentals of Psychiatric Treatment Planning, 2e - APA, Mar 2003 Generating Wealth in the Mental Health Profession: Sales Principles and Strategies - Oct 2008 Getting Started in Private Practice: The Complete Guide to Building Your Mental Health Practice - Oct 2004 (The) Group Therapy Treatment Planner - Jan 2005 Group Medical Appointments (GMAs) - Apr 2006 Haimann's Healthcare Management - newest edition Handbook for the New Health Care Manager, 2e - 2000 Handbook of Mental Health Administration & Management - Nov 2002 Handbook of Psychiatric Measures, 2e - Jan 2008 Health Care Ethics for Psychologists - Aug 2004 (The) Health Care Manager's Human Resources Handbook - current (The) HIPAA Compliance Kit: Psychotherapeutic Practice - Apr 2005 How to Build a Thriving Fee-for-Service Practice - 1999 Human Resources - please see our personnel resources Improving Mental Health Care: Commitment to Quality - APA, 2002 Improving Mental Healthcare: Guide to Quality Improvement - APA, Nov 2005 Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental & Substance-Use Conditions - Mar 2006 (The) Indispensable Health Care Manager - 2002 Interventions Following Mass Violence & Disasters: Strategies for Mental Health - Jan 2006 Law - please see our compliance & accreditation resources Lean - please see our performance improvement resource page Legal Books - please see our compliance & accreditation resources Malpractice Books - please see our Law & Compliance Resources here Managing Clinical Supervision: Ethical Practice & Legal Risk Management - 2001 Mastering the Financial Dimension of Your Practice - Aug 2004 Medical Records - please see our health information management resources Money & Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines - May 2005 New Handbook Of Counseling Supervision, 2e - Aug 2005 Nurse's Handbook of Behavioral & Mental Health Drugs, 3e - Sep 2008 Nursing - please review our nursing management books Observation Status: Guide to Compliant Site of Service Designations - Oct 2006 (The) Paper Office: Ethically, Legally, Profitably, 4e - Sep 2008 Patient Safety Books - please see our risk management resources Patient Satisfaction Books - please see our quality improvement resources PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals, 3e - Oct 2007 PDR Guide to Pediatric & Adolescent Mental Health -  Jan 2009 Personality Disorders - Apr 2005 (The) Portable Ethicist for Mental Health Professionals, with HIPAA Update, 2e - Jun 2008 (The) Portable Lawyer for Mental Health Professionals, 2e - Apr 2004 (The) Portable Mentor: Expert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology - Jun 2008 Primary Care Consultant: The Next Frontier for Psychologists - APA, Feb 2005 Psychiatry in Law / Law in Psychiatry, 2e - Mar 2009 (The) Quality Handbook for Health Care Organizations: Tools & Programs - 2004 Quality Improvement - please see our quality & customer service resources Regulations - please see our compliance & accreditation resources Restraint and Seclusion: Model for Eliminating Use in Healthcare - Jun 2005 Resumes for Social Service Careers - 2006 Risk Management - please see our safety & patient safety resources Service Line Success: Eight Essential Rules - ACHE, newest edition Six Sigma - please see our performance improvement resource page (The) Social Services Guide for Long-Term Care - May 2007 Social Work Career Development: A Handbook for Job Hunting - NASW, 2005 Standards for Behavioral Health Care (SBHC) - The Joint Commission, 2006-2007 Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 8e - Dec 2008 (The) Successful Therapist - Aug 2005 Suicide Prevention: Toolkit for Implementing National Patient Safety Goal - The Joint Commission, May 2008 Suicide Risk Assessment FAQs: A Guide to Compliance with National Patient Safety Goal - HCPro, Oct 2008 Suicide Risk Assessment: Strategies & Tools for Joint Commission Compliance - HCPro, Mar 2007 Supervision in Social Work, 4e - 2002 Technology - please see our information & technology resources Therapeutic & Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived Client Suicide - Jun 2005 (The) Therapist's Advertising & Marketing Kit - 2002 Tracking Mental Health Outcomes - 2001 Twelve Months to Your Ideal Private Practice: A Workbook - Oct 2003 (The) Well-Managed Mental Health Practice: Guide to a Successful Practice, Group, or Clinic - Jul 2007 Writing & Defending Your Expert Report - Jan 2002 We have also selected Legal, Compliance & Administrative books for you. 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