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Mental Health/ Substance Abuse Topics
- Impact of Health Care Reform
- Financing, Regulation, and Quality
- Prevention and Intervention Strategies
- Surveys and Data Systems
- Selected Publications
Related Projects
- Children with Special Health Care Needs in Managed Care Plans
- Community Treatment Alternatives for Children/Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbances
- Medicaid Behavioral Health Policies and Services
- Medicaid: Comparative Effectiveness Research in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
- Medicaid: Developing Quality Measures for Schizophrenia
- Medicaid Financing of State and County Psychiatric Hospitals
- Mental Health Issues in Context of Health Reform
- Mental Health Parity: California
- Mental Health Training for Medical Assistants in Pediatric Primary Care
- National Estimates of Mental Health Insurance Coverage
- National Mental Health Services Survey
- National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services
- Project Access: Improving Care for Children/Youth with Epilepsy
- Residential Treatment in the Child/Adolescent Mental Health Service System
- Rethinking Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Co-Occurring Physical and Behavioral Conditions
- SOAR: SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery
- Survey of Revenues and Expenses of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Providers
- Veterans Residential Rehabilitation Programs
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Research
Mental health and substance abuse problems are among the leading causes of disability. Mathematica is committed to conducting research, evaluations, and surveys that contribute to the development of policies and intervention strategies to prevent and treat mental health and substance abuse problems. Our work has answered some of the major questions that challenge policymakers, administrators, providers, and consumers.
- How might reforms impact delivery of mental health and substance abuse services?
- How are mental health and substance abuse service systems responding to changes in financing, regulation, and quality standards?
- What are promising prevention and intervention strategies?
- What surveys and data systems provide mental health and substance abuse information?
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How might reforms impact delivery of mental health and substance abuse services? |
Health care reforms have the potential to improve the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services. Mathematica has helped policymakers understand how changes in health care coverage may shape the public and private mental health service sectors and has examined the effects of mental health parity laws on the use and costs of services.
Related projects:
- Identifying Mental Health Policy Issues in the Context of Healthcare Reform
- Evaluation of Mental Health Parity in California and Vermont
- National Estimates of Mental Health Insurance Coverage
- Issues in Medicaid Financing of State and County Psychiatric Hospitals
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How are mental health and substance abuse service systems responding to changes in financing, regulation, and quality standards? |
Mental health and substance abuse services are provided within an increasingly complex framework of regulatory practices, reimbursement policies, and quality standards. Mathematica has evaluated the quality of mental health and substance abuse services and has identified strategies that states and communities use to administer and finance a broad array of services for children and adults.
Related projects:
- Developing Quality Measures for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Schizophrenia
- Enhancing the Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness in Medicaid
- Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Residential Rehabilitation Programs
- Residential Treatment in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service System
- Children with Special Health Care Needs in Managed Care Plans
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What are promising prevention and intervention strategies? |
Despite advances in the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance abuse problems, there remains a considerable need for services and limited resources to implement evidence-based interventions in community settings. We have developed and evaluated prevention and intervention programs that target a range of populations, including those who are homeless, living in medically underserved communities, and racial and ethnic minorities.
Related projects:
- Rethinking Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries with Co-Occurring Physical and Behavioral Health Conditions
- Evaluation of the SOAR Initiative to Help Homeless Individuals Access SSI/SSDI Benefits
- Mental Health Training for Latino Paraprofessionals in Primary Care
- Evaluation of Project Access for Children and Youth with Epilepsy
- Implementation Evaluation of Bright Beginnings and Personal Best
- Community Alternatives to Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities for Children and Youth
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What surveys and data systems provide mental health and substance abuse information? |
High-quality data is critical for tracking trends and informing policy decisions. Mathematica has developed sophisticated data systems that are used to estimate the prevalence of mental health and substance abuse problems and examine the costs, quality, and outcomes of services.
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