New Mental Health Diseases and Conditions Study Findings Have Been Reported from Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc. (Update On Funding Ips Supported Employment Services In the Ips Learning Community): Mental Health Diseases and Conditions

2022 APR 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Researchers detail new data in Mental Health Diseases and Conditions. According to news reporting from Lebanon, New Hampshire, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Impact and Implications Individual placement and support (IPS) services effectively assist people with serious mental illness to gain and benefit from competitive integrated employment, yet states have been unable to meet the demand. A funding survey of the 24 states in the IPS Learning Community demonstrates how each state uses multiple sources.”

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc., “State and federal policy leaders could coordinate efforts to develop a more efficient funding strategy to encourage expansion of IPS services. Individual placement and support (IPS) is the evidence-based supported employment approach for people with serious mental illness. Because funding is the major barrier for states to implement IPS and increase access, the IPS Learning Community collected information about sources of IPS funding from 24 member states. In early 2020, IPS employment leaders from the public mental health authority and the state vocational rehabilitation (VR) authority completed a questionnaire identifying sources of funding for IPS in their states. The main sources of funding were Medicaid, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) block grants, state and county government, the Ticket to Work program, and the federal-state VR programs. Conclusions and Implications for Practice: Funding IPS services requires braided funding from multiple sources. This complicated method limits scaling up services statewide.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Solving this funding problem would require coordinated action from federal and state agencies.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Update On Funding Ips Supported Employment Services In the Ips Learning Community. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 2022. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal can be contacted at: Educational Publishing Foundation-american Psychological Assoc, 750 First St, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Deborah R. Becker, Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc., Lebanon, NH 03766, United States. Additional authors for this research include Sandra Langfitt Reese and Claire Courtney.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000516. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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