Ed Jones, PhD

Perspectives

Access to Care Should Be Our Field’s Top Priority

01/04/2022

Our gap in access to care exceeds that of other fields in healthcare. It may be our most fundamental problem, and it is an issue derived from many sources. Three drivers deserve special attention.

Our gap in access to care...

01/04/2022

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

An Appeal to Health Plans to Close Essential Funding Gaps

09/06/2022

Norm Ryan , MD;

Ed Jones , PhD;

Behavioral and primary care are key US healthcare segments that are underfunded, and the deficits will not be reversed without bold thinking.

Behavioral and primary care are...

09/06/2022

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

Right Executive is Critical in This Era of Healthcare Consolidation

04/17/2023

Ed Jones , PhD;

With health systems increasingly managing and paying for behavioral services, we must ask who is an ideal leader for a chronically underfunded field losing its autonomy.

With health systems increasingly...

04/17/2023

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

Beware Shortcomings in a Strategy of Psychotherapy Specialization

01/15/2024

Ed Jones , PhD;

Our field has long resisted measuring outcomes, and trust in specialists could prolong our time in the dark. Measurement-based care should apply to every behavioral clinician in every setting.

Our field has long resisted...

01/15/2024

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

FDA Decisions Could Impact Our Field Broadly

07/26/2021

Ed Jones , PhD;

The FDA is a regulator of medical products, including drugs and devices. As these products grow and impact consumers and a wide range of professional services, those in our field should be paying attention.

The FDA is a regulator of...

07/26/2021

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

A Resilience Model for Anti-Stigma Campaigns

03/21/2022

Ed Jones , PhD;

Our anti-stigma strategy for behavioral health rests on the premise that public attitudes will change as people understand the medical nature of these problems. Attitudes are not changing, and we need a new message.

Our anti-stigma strategy for...

03/21/2022

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

Therapists Have No Guarantees in Tomorrow’s Healthcare Economy

11/21/2022

Ed Jones , PhD;

Carrie Singer , PsyD;

Many people covet a career as a psychotherapist. Testimony to therapy’s need and value can be found almost daily in the media. Yet our large and dynamic healthcare economy is making modification of some aspects of a therapy career likely in...

Many people covet a career as a...

11/21/2022

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

Opportunity Costs of Prioritizing Tech (Techniques and Technologies) Over Clinicians

07/31/2023

Ed Jones , PhD;

Business owners in behavioral healthcare might want to reconsider their investment priorities. A priority has been to fund the best clinical techniques and technologies.

Business owners in behavioral...

07/31/2023

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

Beyond the Constraints of Categorical Thinking: Issues of Finance

10/12/2021

Ed Jones , PhD;

Psychotherapy is the most valuable service derived from the psychosocial approach to healthcare. A psychosocial focus also facilitates a major reorientation for our field, abandoning categorical thinking and offering a different basis for...

Psychotherapy is the most...

10/12/2021

Behavioral Healthcare Executive

Perspectives

Does Cannibalizing Therapy Make Good Business Sense?

07/05/2022

Ed Jones , PhD;

Cannibalization involves harvesting or salvaging part of a product to build another one. This may lead to a valuable new product, but an essential component from the original is missing in the new creation. Psychotherapy is going through this...

Cannibalization involves...

07/05/2022

Behavioral Healthcare Executive