Health Affairs Special on Mental Health-May/June 2009 - Volume 28, Number 3 Mental Health Care: Better, Not Best

May/June 2009 - Volume 28, Number 3

Mental Health Care: Better, Not Best

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From the Editor

Mental Health Care In America: Not Yet Good Enough Susan Dentzer [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Where We Are Now

Better But Not Best: Recent Trends In The Well-Being Of The Mentally Ill Sherry A. Glied and Richard G. Frank [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendices] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends In Mental Health Cost Growth: An Expanded Role For Management? Richard G. Frank, Howard H. Goldman, and Thomas G. McGuire [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives

PERSPECTIVE: After Parity—What’s Next David L. Shern, Kirsten K. Beronio, and Henry T. Harbin [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Implementing Mental Health Parity: The Challenge For Health Plans Keith Dixon [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Voluntary Patient Assistance Programs: Additional Federal Oversight Unwarranted Ken Johnson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Reforming Patient Assistance Programs: Perfect World Meets Real World Myrl Weinberg [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Patient Assistance Programs: Information Is Not Our Enemy Niteesh K. Choudhry, Joy L. Lee, Jessica Agnew-Blais, Colleen Corcoran, and William H. Shrank [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Care Continuum

PROLOGUE: Along The Care Continuum [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Changing Role Of The State Psychiatric Hospital William H. Fisher, Jeffrey L. Geller, and John A. Pandiani [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental Illness In Nursing Homes: Variations Across States David C. Grabowski, Kelly A. Aschbrenner, Zhanlian Feng, and Vincent Mor [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving Quality And Diffusing Best Practices: The Case Of Schizophrenia Marcela Horvitz-Lennon, Julie M. Donohue, Marisa E. Domino, and Sharon-Lise T. Normand [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State Variations In The Out-Of-Pocket Spending Burden For Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Samuel H. Zuvekas and Chad D. Meyerhoefer [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Report From The Field

REPORT FROM THE FIELD: Starvation Diet: Coping With Shrinking Budgets In Publicly Funded Mental Health Services Steve Bogira [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspective

PERSPECTIVE: Hospital Psychiatry For The Twenty-First Century Steven S. Sharfstein and Faith B. Dickerson [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Mental Health Crises And Public Policy: Opportunities For Change? Michael F. Hogan and Lloyd I. Sederer [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Pharmaceuticals

PROLOGUE: Pharmaceuticals & Psychotropic Drugs [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Pediatric Antidepressant Use After The Black-Box Warning Susan H. Busch and Colleen L. Barry [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Antidepressant Reformulations: Who Uses Them, And What Are The Benefits? Haiden A. Huskamp, Alisa B. Busch, Marisa E. Domino, and Sharon-Lise T. Normand [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dual Eligibles With Mental Disorders And Medicare Part D: How Are They Faring? Julie M. Donohue, Haiden A. Huskamp, and Samuel H. Zuvekas [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Federal Policy

PROLOGUE: Transforming Federal Policy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Social Security And Mental Illness: Reducing Disability With Supported Employment Robert E. Drake, Jonathan S. Skinner, Gary R. Bond, and Howard H. Goldman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental Health Care For Iraq And Afghanistan War Veterans M. Audrey Burnam, Lisa S. Meredith, Terri Tanielian, and Lisa H. Jaycox [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Improving Mental Health Treatments Through Comparative Effectiveness Research Philip S. Wang, Christine M. Ulbricht, and Michael Schoenbaum [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Bibliography] [Reprints & Permissions]

State Policy

PROLOGUE: Evolution In State Policy [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental Health System Transformation After The Virginia Tech Tragedy Richard J. Bonnie, James S. Reinhard, Phillip Hamilton, and Elizabeth L. McGarvey [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The ‘Millionaires Tax’ And Mental Health Policy In California Saul Feldman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Racial Disparities In Involuntary Outpatient Commitment: Are They Real? Jeffrey Swanson, Marvin Swartz, Richard A. Van Dorn, John Monahan, Thomas G. McGuire, Henry J. Steadman, and Pamela Clark Robbins [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

MARKETWATCH: Drug Company–Sponsored Patient Assistance Programs: A Viable Safety Net? Niteesh K. Choudhry, Joy L. Lee, Jessica Agnew-Blais, Colleen Corcoran, and William H. Shrank [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Financial Penalties For The Unhealthy? Ethical Guidelines For Holding Employees Responsible For Their Health Steven D. Pearson and Sarah R. Lieber [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Case Study] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Colombia’s Universal Health Insurance System Ursula Giedion and Manuela Villar Uribe [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: How Much Do Patients’ Preferences Contribute To Resource Use? Denise L. Anthony, M. Brooke Herndon, Patricia M. Gallagher, Amber E. Barnato, Julie P.W. Bynum, Daniel J. Gottlieb, Elliott S. Fisher, and Jonathan S. Skinner [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Appendix Exhibits][Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Unrecognized Vulnerabilities Jane Pauley [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Coming Out Of The Shadows Fred Frese [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Wealth, Income, And The Affordability Of Health Insurance Didem M. Bernard, Jessica S. Banthin, and William E. Encinosa [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Measuring Efficiency: The Association Of Hospital Costs And Quality Of Care Ashish K. Jha, E. John Orav, Allen Dobson, Robert A. Book, and Arnold M. Epstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH REPORT: Addressing Homelessness Among People With Mental Illnesses: A Model Of Long-Term Philanthropic Effectiveness Ruth Tebbets Brousseau [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 28 May] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: Cause And Coincidence In Autism Rick Mathis [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Obesity: Global Causes Require Global Solutions Cliona Ni Mhurchu [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Overtreated, Or Overregulated? Richard A. Epstein [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Medicare And Mental Health Parity Laysha Ostrow and Ron Manderscheid [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Rewarding Innovation In Drug Discovery Gilberto Lopes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Patient Choice: Critical For Obtaining Value Randall Walker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Infrastructure For A Learning Health Care System: CaBIG Kenneth H. Buetow and John Niederhuber [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

CaBIG: The Author Responds Lynn Etheredge [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical Device Market: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It Stephen J. Ubl [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medical Device Market: An Author Responds Jeffrey C. Lerner [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Evidence Dilemma And Cultural Change Neil A. Holtzman [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Evidence Dilemma: The Authors Respond Muin J. Khoury [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Goals Of Postgraduate Physician Training Roger K. Howe [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicine As A Job, Not A Calling? Mark Hutchins [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Being There For Patients: Another View Kimberly D. Manning [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Culture Changes In Teaching Hospitals Ronen Marmur [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Work Hours: A Resident’s View Teri Sanor [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Disappearing Doctors: The Author Responds Janet R. Gilsdorf [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

Erratum [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web Exclusives

Beyond Incrementalism? SCHIP And The Politics Of Health Reform Jonathan B. Oberlander and Barbara Lyons (published online 17 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

INTERVIEW: Eliminating Neglected Diseases In Poor Countries: A Conversation With Andrew Witty Susan Dentzer (published online 19 March 2009) [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Affording Shared Responsibility For Universal Coverage: Insights From California Rick Curtis and Ed Neuschler (published online 24 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table Of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

Designing Health Insurance Market Constructs For Shared Responsibility: Insights From California Rick Curtis and Ed Neuschler (published online 24 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Long And Winding Road: Reflections On California’s ‘Year Of Health Reform’ Marian R. Mulkey and Mark D. Smith (published online 24 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Early Results From Thailand’s 30 Baht Health Reform: Something To Smile About Kannika Damrongplasit and Glenn A. Melnick (published online 31 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Which Households Are At Risk Of Catastrophic Health Spending: Experience In Thailand After Universal Coverage Tewarit Somkotra and Leizel P. Lagrada (published online 31 March 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Annex 1] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reducing Health Care Hazards: Lessons From The Commercial Aviation Safety Team Peter J. Pronovost, Christine A. Goeschel, Kyle L. Olsen, Julius C. Pham, Marlene R. Miller, Sean M. Berenholtz, J. Bryan Sexton, Jill A. Marsteller, Laura L. Morlock, Albert W. Wu, Jerod M. Loeb, and Carolyn M. Clancy (published online 7 April 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix Figure 1] [Reprints & Permissions]

Beyond Parity: Primary Care Physicians’ Perspectives On Access To Mental Health Care Peter J. Cunningham (published online 14 April 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Will Americans Support The Individual Mandate? Tara Sussman, Robert J. Blendon, and Andrea Louise Campbell (published online 21 April 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Trends In Medicaid Physician Fees, 2003–2008 Stephen Zuckerman, Aimee F. Williams, and Karen E. Stockley (published online 28 April 2009) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix Table] [Reprints & Permissions]

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