Economics And Mental Health

Author : Denise Razzouk
Publisher : Springer
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319552668

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Mental Health Economics by Denise Razzouk Pdf

The main objective of this work is to provide a book with high quality content that becomes a reference and support for graduate course (Mental Health, Public Health and Epidemiology) and for research in the domain of health economics applied to mental health. Also this book might be useful for policymakers on formulating mental health policies. Key messages of this book are based on: a) mental illness represent a huge cost for society and for health care; b) health economics applied to mental health could help in the optimization of resource allocation for mental health care and for better decision making in terms of balancing costs and benefits; c) interventions and treatment should be also chosen in general medical practice and in public decision-policy according to cost-effectiveness, burden of disease and equity principles; d) quality of care is related with better outcomes, higher quality of life for clients, and with lower costs for society and health system (best value for money); e) it is possible to decrease the burden of mental disorders with cost-effective treatments. The book is divided in four main topics: 1. Introduction to Health Economics applied to Mental Health – this section is an overview of basic principles, concepts and methods used in Economics and Health Economics to enable students to make critical appraisal of Health Economics texts and also to design research studies in this topic. 2. Health Economics applied to the evaluation of quality and costs of Mental Health Services – this section presents results of Brazilian studies on the costs of mental health care (hospital, outpatient care, residential care, informal care), methods on the measurement of costs and it discusses issues related with public policies decisions and quality of mental health car in the low and middle income countries context. There is also an overview of quality indicators of mental health care and instruments to evaluate mental health services and costs.3. Health Economics applied to evaluate treatment of mental disorders - This section presents a review of cost-effectiveness of pharmacological treatments and other interventions applied for treating the most burdensome mental disorders such as depressive and anxiety disorders, bipolar disorders, psychosis, alcohol and drug disorders, dementia, and hyper attention deficit disorders. 4. Health Economics, burden and indirect costs of mental disorders - This section highlights the social and economic burden caused by mental illness under societal perspective focusing on stigma, unemployment, indirect costs in the workplace (absenteeism and presenteeism), the relationship between poverty and mental disorders, global health and social determinants of mental health and on the costs of mental disorders (depression, anxiety, psychosis, alcohol and drug disorders). We present some instruments to measure indirect costs of mental disorders.

Author : Thomas G. McGuire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Mental health policy
ISBN : OCLC:246269652

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Economics and Mental Health by Thomas G. McGuire Pdf

This paper is concerned with the economics of mental health. We argue that mental health economics is like health economics only more so: uncertainty and variation in treatments are greater; the assumption of patient self-interested behavior is more dubious; response to financial incentives such as insurance is exacerbated; the social consequences and external costs of illness are formidable. We elaborate on these statements and consider their implications throughout the chapter. Special characteristics' of mental illness and persons with mental illness are identified and related to observations on institutions paying for and providing mental health services. We show that adverse selection and moral hazard appear to hit mental health markets with special force. We discuss the emergence of new institutions within managed care that address long-standing problems in the sector. Finally, we trace the shifting role of government in this sector of the health economy

Author : Richard G. Frank,Willard G. Manning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015054240224

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Economics and Mental Health by Richard G. Frank,Willard G. Manning Pdf

How do health insurance regulations affect the care of person with mental illness? And how do such persons, in turn, affect the economy through lost productivity, reduced labor supply, and deviant behavior at the workplace? In Economics and Mental Health, Richard G. Frank and Willard G. Manning Jr., bring to gether a distinguished group of health care economists to explore the new and rapidly growing feild of mental health economics. The authors begin by dicsussing the issue of care for severely mentally ill patients as it is influenced by differing modes of reimbursement. They then offer labor market analyses that shed light on the economic costs of mental illness. They analyse the interaction of health insurance and the demand for mental health care. And they present case studies that outline experimental systems of delivering health care.

Author : Ruth F.G Williams,D.P. Doessel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351738507

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The Economics of Mental Health Care by Ruth F.G Williams,D.P. Doessel Pdf

This title was first published in 2001. This original study of mental health care presents a conceptual approach to the nature of the industry’s multiple outputs. It pays special attention to the economic role of government, and also uses conventional economic theory to analyze the fact that the needs and wants of people with mental illnesses and their care-givers are frequently neglected.

Author : Emily Hewlett,Valerie Moran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Equality
ISBN : OCLC:1409052122

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Making Mental Health Count by Emily Hewlett,Valerie Moran Pdf

Author : Ruth F. G. Williams,D. P. Doessel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 113873487X

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The Economics of Mental Health Care by Ruth F. G. Williams,D. P. Doessel Pdf

Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of Keywords -- Introduction -- 1 Economics and Mental Health Care -- Appendix 1.1 Accounts of Five Persons with Very Disabling, Chronic Mental Disorders -- 2 Some Methodological Issues -- 3 The Welfare Economics of Mental Health Care -- Appendix 3.1 Differences between Mental and Physical Illnesses -- 4 A Survey of the Economics of Mental Health Care -- 5 The Outputs of Mental Health Care: I -- Appendix 5.1 The Characteristics Theory of Consumer Demand -- 6 The Outputs of Mental Health Care: II -- 7 The Role of Government in Mental Health Care: A Normative Analysis -- 8 Mental Health Care in the Household Sector -- 9 Multiple Inputs: The Role of Social Capital in Community-Based Strategies -- 10 Co-Production and Community-Based Services -- 11 Summary and Future Research -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Author : Thomas G. McGuire,Burton Allen Weisbrod
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Federal aid to community mental health services
ISBN : UOM:39015053780691

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Economics and Mental Health by Thomas G. McGuire,Burton Allen Weisbrod Pdf

Author : Xuezheng Qin,Chee-Ruey Hsieh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789819942091

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Economic Analysis of Mental Health in China by Xuezheng Qin,Chee-Ruey Hsieh Pdf

This book uses an economic approach to analyze the socioeconomic causes and consequences of mental health disorders in China, with a special focus on mental depression. Based on a nationally representative dataset, we first investigate the prevalence and distribution of depression and depressive symptoms among China’s adult population, and then use several econometric methods to estimate the multi-dimensional disease burden of the mental disorder, such as its direct medical costs, its indirect economic costs, and its hidden costs on social trust and life satisfaction. In addition, we specifically address the socioeconomic determinants of mental health by examining how the relative and absolute economic status may determine people’s mental depression. Lastly, we propose an analytical framework to evaluate the four major hurdles that cause the treatment gaps of mental health care, and discuss the policy options to overcome such hurdles and to address the unmet mental healthcare needs in China and other developing countries. The book may facilitate our understanding on the complex determinants and implications of the rising prevalence of mental health disorders in developing countries like China. In addition to the students, teachers, and researchers in the fields of health economics and public health, the book may also be of interest to health policy makers and non-government agencies who are concerned with addressing the global mental healthcare challenges using economic policy tools.

Author : Martin R. J. Knapp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015034867724

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The Economic Evaluation of Mental Health Care by Martin R. J. Knapp Pdf

This work analyzes the economics of mental health care, covering areas such as cost analysis methods, estimating costs, evaluation of psychiatric reprovisioning, comparative equity on community-based care, reduced-list costing, decision analysis, and an evalution of costs from 1860 to 1986.

Author : Robert D. Weitz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0789007800

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Psycho-Economics by Robert D. Weitz Pdf

Develop new ways to provide ethical, effective mental health services in a world of managed care! Psycho-Economics gives psychologists and mental health care administrators suggestions for handling the changes that have come with the advent of managed care. Using empirical research and practitioner accounts, this informative book assesses the impact of managed care, suggests ways to ameliorate its negative effects, and proposes ideas for the improvement of the managed care system and mental health care in general. Psycho-Economics takes a clear look at the ways in which the managed care system has altered the practice of mental health care. While acknowledging its positive effects on accountability and provision of a broader variety of care options, the chapter authors also note its powerful negative effects, including cutbacks in length of treatment, potential abuses of confidential medical records, and over-prescribing of mood-altering drugs. Yet the book also offers hope for psychologists, social workers, and other counselors. By developing diversified areas for professional practice, collaborating with primary care physicians, and creating corporate education opportunities, psychologists can contribute their expertise to people who might otherwise have never sought them out. Moreover, mental health professionals can embrace new opportunities in treating substance abuse, behavioral health, and such specialized areas as forensic psychology, domestic violence, crisis counseling, and employee screening. These areas and other new developments offer you a chance to build a solid practice devoted to serving society's needs. Psycho-Economics: brings practitioners effective, innovative approaches to clinical practice in relation to managed mental health care fosters awareness of the means by which managed care affects the quality of care that clients receive points out the steps that can be taken to minimize the negative effects that managed care dictates on the quantity and quality of mental health care highlights ethical and legal considerations that should be of concern to providers of mental health services encourages discussion of the future of the managed care system and its impact on providers and clients Psycho-Economics is a survival guide which will help contemporary practitioners like you maintain ethical and effective practices while coping with the administrative expectations of managed care systems.

Author : Christopher B. Barrett,Michael Carter,Jean-Paul Chavas,Michael R. Carter
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226574301

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The Economics of Poverty Traps by Christopher B. Barrett,Michael Carter,Jean-Paul Chavas,Michael R. Carter Pdf

What circumstances or behaviors turn poverty into a cycle that perpetuates across generations? The answer to this question carries especially important implications for the design and evaluation of policies and projects intended to reduce poverty. Yet a major challenge analysts and policymakers face in understanding poverty traps is the sheer number of mechanisms—not just financial, but also environmental, physical, and psychological—that may contribute to the persistence of poverty all over the world. The research in this volume explores the hypothesis that poverty is self-reinforcing because the equilibrium behaviors of the poor perpetuate low standards of living. Contributions explore the dynamic, complex processes by which households accumulate assets and increase their productivity and earnings potential, as well as the conditions under which some individuals, groups, and economies struggle to escape poverty. Investigating the full range of phenomena that combine to generate poverty traps—gleaned from behavioral, health, and resource economics as well as the sociology, psychology, and environmental literatures—chapters in this volume also present new evidence that highlights both the insights and the limits of a poverty trap lens. The framework introduced in this volume provides a robust platform for studying well-being dynamics in developing economies.

Author : Vikram Patel,Harry Minas,Alex Cohen,Martin Prince
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199920181

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Global Mental Health by Vikram Patel,Harry Minas,Alex Cohen,Martin Prince Pdf

This is the definitive textbook on global mental health, an emerging priority discipline within global health, which places priority on improving mental health and achieving equity in mental health for all people worldwide.

Author : Christina A. Roberto,Ichirō Kawachi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199398331

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Behavioral Economics and Public Health by Christina A. Roberto,Ichirō Kawachi Pdf

Behavioral economics has potential to offer novel solutions to some of today's most pressing public health problems: How do we persuade people to eat healthy and lose weight? How can health professionals communicate health risks in a way that is heeded? How can food labeling be modified to inform healthy food choices? Behavioral Economics and Public Health is the first book to apply the groundbreaking insights of behavioral economics to the persisting problems of health behaviors and behavior change. In addition to providing a primer on the behavioral economics principles that are most relevant to public health, this book offers details on how these principles can be employed to mitigating the world's greatest health threats, including obesity, smoking, risky sexual behavior, and excessive drinking. With contributions from an international team of scholars from psychology, economics, marketing, public health, and medicine, this book is a trailblazing new approach to the most difficult and important problems of our time.

Author : N. Sartorius,R.I.G. Holt,M. Maj
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783318026047

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Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Disorders by N. Sartorius,R.I.G. Holt,M. Maj Pdf

This publication presents evidence about the magnitude and severe consequences of comorbidity of mental and physical illnesses from a personal and societal perspective. Leading experts address the huge burden of co-morbidity to the affected individual as well as the public health aspects, the costs to society and interaction with factors stemming from the context of socioeconomic developments. The authors discuss the clinical challenge of managing cardiovascular illnesses, cancer, infectious diseases and other physical illness when they occur with a range of mental and behavioral disorders, including substance abuse, eating disorders and anxiety. Also covered are the organization of health services, the training of different categories of health personnel and the multidisciplinary engagement necessary to prevent and manage comorbidity effectively. The book is essential reading for general practitioners, internists, public health specialists, psychiatrists, cardiologists, oncologists, medical educationalists and other health care professionals.

Author : Sally-Anne Gross,George Musgrave,Laima Janciute
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781911534907

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Well-Being and Mental Health in the Gig Economy by Sally-Anne Gross,George Musgrave,Laima Janciute Pdf

A response is needed to the numerous issues spurred by the expansion of the gig economy, where flexible patterns of employment prevail in contrast to permanent jobs. In this context of the exponential growth of the digital economy and underlying business models the largest nationwide study of its kind into the impact of the working conditions in the UK music industry ‘Can Music Make You Sick?’ has been conducted by MusicTank/University of Westminster. This research suggests the need to consider the future of work not only from an economic or employment law perspective but from a mental health one too. What are the psychological implications of precarious work and how are factors such as financial instability, the feedback economy and personal relationships reflected in mental health outcomes or connected to the business relationships most musicians and other gig economy participants work under? Authors Sally-Anne Gross, George Musgrave and Laima Janciute consider which policy measures may help or harm gig economy workers including the taxation of self-employed workers, a universal basic income, education around mental health issues and access to mental health support.