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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1207

Dr. Sharfstein's Introduction: This month's column increases the evidence of the cost-effectiveness of psychiatric interventions and expands the literature on cost-offset studies. Outpatient mental health services for patients with somatization disorder are an effective way of reducing expensive inpatient care. Third-party limitations on out-patient psychiatric services are penny-wise and pound-foolish.

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