A comprehensive guide for purchasing decisions.

Mental healthcare and substance use treatment centers usually have tight budgets, meaning many purchasing decisions must be made carefully (especially in today's economy). Managers and frontline staff need accurate and up-to-dare information to make value- and price-conscious choices. To help you with this critical task, we offer the 2009 edition of Addiction Professional and Behavioral Healthcare's Resource Guide.

In this year's edition, we have further refined the product and service categories. The companies in the Resource Guide represent the vast universe of products and services used by mental health and substance use treatment professionals. If you are looking for a type of vendor not represented in this year's edition, please let us know. We'll seek out those vendors for the 2010 Resource Guide.

We offer our thanks to those companies that provided updated listings for this year's edition, as well as the advertisers whose ongoing support makes this publication possible. A special thank-you also goes out to this year's Resource Guide sponsors:

PLATINUM SPONSOR

Core Solutions (www.coresolutionsinc.com)

SILVER SPONSORS

Credible Behavioral Healthcare Software (www.credibleinc.com)

Health Care Software, Inc. (HCS) (www.hcsinteractant.com)

Let us know how you use the Resource Guide, as well as anything we can do to make the 2010 edition more effective for you. And remember, when the print edition isn't handy, the Resource Guide is also available online at www.addictionpro.com and www.behavioral.net.

Nicole Casement

Group Publisher

Addiction Professional and Behavioral Healthcare

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