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Emotional "Reciprocity" Aids Both the Mentally Ill and Their Caregiving Families
May 1, 1997 | Program Result Report
The State University of New Jersey, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, studied the factors involved in the provision of informal, household-based care to seriously mentally ill people by their families.
How Do Doctors Decide What Care is Necessary for Mental Health Problems?
November 1, 1996 | Program Result Report
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care documented the implicit criteria used to determine "medical necessity" related to mental health, and the influences of financial incentives and organizational arrangements on medical necessity decisions.
Papers Commissioned to Inform 2008 Conference on Developing a Mental Health Research Agenda
February 1, 2008 | Program Result Report
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on Mental Health Policy Research commissioned a series of working papers to stimulate agenda building and encourage future funding of mental health research.
Brief Education Program Has Lasting Positive Effect on Families Caring for Mentally Ill Relatives
July 11, 2008 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family-to-Family Education Program, a widely used program for families of persons with serious mental illness.
Early Detection and Intervention for the Prevention of Psychosis
September 1, 2008 | Evaluation
This evaluation is of a program designed to replicate the PIER Program, which uses evidence-based psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions in the early identification and treatment of adolescents and young adults with severe mental illness.
2001 Campaign Educates the Public about Mental Illness and Associated Addictions
March 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
The American Association for World Health developed materials, collaborations and educational programs as part of a yearlong World Health Day campaign launched on April 6, 2001.
Social Security and Mental Illness
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
In this paper, the authors address the issues relating to the largest group of Social Security beneficiaries: people with psychiatric disabilities.
The Role of Mental Health Factors, Behavioral Factors, and Past Experience in the Prediction of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy in Adolescence
January 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Rapid repeat pregnancies (RRPs) in adolescents are poorly understood, even though they are some of the pregnancies at highest risk for poor outcomes. This study showed that aggression was associated with higher risk of an RRP, but life history factors such as abuse and depression were not.
The Catholic Social Services Outreach Project
January 1, 2009 | Book
In this chapter of the Anthology, Digby Diehl, a freelance writer and frequent Anthology contributor, chronicles the work of Catholic Social Services to bring mental health and substance abuse counseling to the Lakota Sioux living on or near reservations in rural South Dakota. Like many of the up-close-and-personal stories featured in the Anthology, this project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Local Initiative Funding Partners program.
Depressing News: Mental Health Care is Under-Treated in Primary Care Settings
November 30, 2000 | Program Result Report
In 1998, Susan Bumagin, an independent researcher and writer located in Gloucester, Mass., investigated the issues involved in optimizing treatment of depression in the primary care setting.