Gettysburg, Pennsylvania -- OPEN MINDS has announced significant enhancements to its flagship publication, OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst.  OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst subscribers will now receive round the clock technical assistance through the Management Discussion Forum, a subscriber only email discussion group with OPEN MINDS research and consulting team on strategy and management issues.

Subscribers will also have access to an online search feature which will enable them to access information required for marketing, operations, financial and strategic plans through round-the-clock access to an exclusive on-line OPEN MINDS Health & Human Service Management Archive (an electronic library of 14 years of past issues of OPEN MINDS periodical publications & our collection of industry publications, white papers, government reports & other important documents with industry information).

Subscribers will now receive the monthly newsletter in a three-hole punched, paper version, which will also be delivered by e-mail in PDF format at no additional charge.

Monica Oss, President and Publisher said “OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst has been redesigned to help subscribers deal with information overload and find exactly the information they need, when they need it.  The addition of the Management Discussion Forum also provides access to the advice and consultation that behavioral health and social services executives need to incorporate our information into their strategic planning and to put the management models we highlight into practice in their organizations.”

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst is their acclaimed monthly newsletter that provides all the breaking news in the field and the analysis that interprets how these developments affect behavioral health and social services organizations.  The publication includes up-to-the-minute news stories, industry profiles of leading organizations, industry data such as critical benchmark information on spending, utilization, length of stay, and case rates as well as monthly in-depth analysis of trends that shape the future including predictions and analysis of potential threats & opportunities.

OPEN MINDS is a behavioral health and social service industry research and management-consulting firm. The company’s stock in trade is analyzing and disseminating information on the business, marketing, and financing aspects of behavioral health, child welfare, senior services, and human services.  The firm was founded in 1987 and has three service divisions – information products, professional education, and research and management consultation services. The company commenced operations in April 1988 with the publication of the first issue of its flagship monthly publication. OPEN MINDS has developed a wide array of products and services – periodicals and books, datasets and database, education programs, research, and consultation services.

For more information contact: Monica Oss, President, OPEN MINDS, 163 York Street,  Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325-1933, 717-334-1329, fax: 717-334-0538, E-mail: openminds@openminds.com or visit the Web site at http://www.openminds.com.