Last December I wrote an article summarizing some of the consequences that the economic recession has brought to the Mental Health Care System and how the inadequacy of some policies and practices have surfaced along with it. Today I’d like to expand on that topic mostly centering in the challenges that Residential Treatment Facilities which [...]
In: Psychology
25 Dec 2009The crisis has spread to everywhere and even when signs of recovery are spotted here and there we are not out of the storm yet. Actually, we may have to wait for one or two more years to be back to “normal”.
The Mental Health Care System is no exception to this and is being hit [...]
In: Management
21 Nov 2009During times of crisis, tightening your belt will help you cut costs and take shed from the storm, but you won’t get any advantage against the competition. Key during these times is to embrace the moment and increase your market share and/or differentiate from the competition by providing an excellent service while others retreat to [...]
In: HR| Management
14 Jul 2009I’ve been doing a lot of job interviews lately. Evidently, the market being flooded with applicants is one of the side effects of the crisis. My organization, instead of laying people off has been steadily hiring and this is due to the high turnover rate of the industry.
As any other organization, we have a “hiring [...]