child mental healthfamily and youth engagementfiscal strategiesBackground Previous research suggests a disconnect on both policy and practice between advocates and state leaders in child mental health.doi:10.1111/hex.12191Janice L. CooperLiberia Mental Health Initiative Carter Center Atlanta GA USAYumiko ...
There is debate about the correspondence between prevalence estimates of mental disorders from large epidemiologic surveys and the measurement of need for psychiatric services in the community. There is also a growing consensus that a significant proportion of cases remains untreated in the community. Th...
Steven Ross JohnsonandJaclyn Jeffrey-WilenskyDec. 4, 2024 Cuts Could End Medicaid for Millions Trigger laws tied to federal funding could swiftly end Medicaid expansion in some states, putting more than 3 million adults at risk of losing their health coverage. ...
In turn, US. health policy in the 20th century has been inherently flawed. The short-term general hospital-the "doctors' workshop"-emphasizing acute care and surgery, has been the cornerstone...
Mental health policy arises out of the interaction of many different variables. These include (but are not limited to) the composition of the population of persons with severe mental illnesses; the means of dealing with disease and dependency; concepts of the etiology and nature of mental disorder...
BackgroundDramatic changes have occurred in mental health treatments during the past decade. Data on recent treatment patterns are needed to estimate the
Instant Expert: Mental Health When the heart breaks down, it beats irregularly or not at all. A bone can chip or snap. But when the complex network of neurons in our brain fails to function normally, the result can be a near-endless variety and combinations of mental illnesses. It's nor...
The issue of mental health has gained greater attention in recent years and became especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic. The most common forms of mental illness in the United States are depression and anxiety, with women more likely to report mental illness than men. Over the past...
Mental Health in the United States: Health Care and Well Being of Children With Chronic Emotional, Behavioral, or Developmental Problems—United States, 2001 JAMA. 2005;294(20):2567-2569. doi:10.1001/jama.294.20.2567 Full Text MMWR. 2005;54:985-989 3 tables omitted The needs of children wit...
Using a nationally representative sample of outpatient mental health facilities (MHTFs), we evaluated service composition and facility, client characteristics, and geographic differences in availability of telehealth. Given the variations among US states’ telehealth coverage policies and reimbursements ...