Reports from Dartmouth College Advance Knowledge in Mental Health (Policy Implications of the Mental Health Treatment Study)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Research findings on Mental Health are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting from Lebanon, New Hampshire, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "The Social Security Administration's Mental Health Treatment Study (MHTS) produced positive mental health, employment, and quality of life outcomes for people on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The investigators discuss major policy implications."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Dartmouth College, "First, because integrated, evidence-based mental health and vocational services produced clinical and societal benefits, the authors recommend further service implementation for this population. Second, because provision of these services did not reduce SSDI rolls, the authors recommend future research on prevention (helping people avoid needing SSDI) rather than rehabilitation (helping beneficiaries leave SSDI). Third, because integrating mental health, vocational, and general medical services was extremely difficult, the authors recommend a multifaceted approach that includes streamlined funding and infrastructure for training and service integration."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Fourth, because insurance coverage for people with disabilities during the MHTS (pre-Affordable Care Act) was chaotic, the authors recommend that financing strategies emphasize functional-not just traditional clinical-outcomes."

For more information on this research see: Policy Implications of the Mental Health Treatment Study. Psychiatric Services, 2016;67(10):1138-1140. Psychiatric Services can be contacted at: Amer Psychiatric Publishing, Inc, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Ste 1825, Arlington, VA 22209-3901, USA (see also Mental Health).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting R.E. Drake, Dartmouth College, Psychiat Res Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, United States. Additional authors for this research include W. Frey, M. Karakus, D. Salkever, G.R. Bond and H.H. Goldman.

Keywords for this news article include: Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, North and Central America, Mental Health, Dartmouth College.

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