Improving Mental/Behavioral Health Services: A Conversation with Joyce Wale (October 14th)
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Listen Now Despite recent efforts to improve care delivery for mental health and substance use conditions, for example, passage in 2008 of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, mental health and substance use conditions remain both woefully under-diagnosed and treated. For example, one recent study of emergency department patients showed psychiatric illnesses were under-diagnosed in 75 percent of patients. Compounding under diagnosis is the fact that these conditions are highly correlated with common chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes - making successful treatment for these illnesses far more difficult and costly. With major healthcare delivery and financial reforms now being tested under the Affordable Care Act, for example the Primary Care Medical Home and the Accountable Care Organization, there exists today an opportunity to improve substantially diagnosis and treatment for these conditions.
Improving Mental/Behavioral Health Services: A Conversation with Joyce Wale (October 14th)
Improving Mental/Behavioral Health Services…
Improving Mental/Behavioral Health Services: A Conversation with Joyce Wale (October 14th)
Listen Now Despite recent efforts to improve care delivery for mental health and substance use conditions, for example, passage in 2008 of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, mental health and substance use conditions remain both woefully under-diagnosed and treated. For example, one recent study of emergency department patients showed psychiatric illnesses were under-diagnosed in 75 percent of patients. Compounding under diagnosis is the fact that these conditions are highly correlated with common chronic conditions such as heart disease and diabetes - making successful treatment for these illnesses far more difficult and costly. With major healthcare delivery and financial reforms now being tested under the Affordable Care Act, for example the Primary Care Medical Home and the Accountable Care Organization, there exists today an opportunity to improve substantially diagnosis and treatment for these conditions.