title: Public therapy in the nineties: too tough cases, too few resources, too little time.
abstract: As resources dwindle, mental health practitioners are forced to treat more difficult cases in a briefer time frame. A clinical strategy is presented for accomplishing some of this aim, and a note of caution is offered about going along happily with the trend.
authors.affiliation: Wright Institute, Berkeley.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kupers
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006295:Health Resources; D006801:Humans; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D014481:United States