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Research and Reports
Jun 25, 2020
This collaboration between the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Mental Health America, and the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and…
Jan 27, 2020
Mental Health America (MHA) conducted a survey with Qualtrics to explore similarities and differences in answers to our Work Health Survey questions across…
Aug 01, 2019
This report combines several research methods to offer actionable policy recommendations for producing measurable improvements in the lives of individuals.
Jul 17, 2019
This report explores the data from the nearly 300,000 LGBTQ individuals who took a mental health screen from 2017-2019. Through this analysis, we highlight…
Jun 21, 2019
The 2019 Workplace Health Survey measured the attitudes and perceptions of nearly 10,000 employees in the US. Survey questions were designed to explore…
May 15, 2019
Value-based payment initiatives, such as the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), offer the possibility of using financial incentives to drive…
Mar 01, 2019
This paper explores the incentive misalignment that arises from current APM design; outlines an approach to building on APMs using a construct of “Net…
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's Opportunity to Pursue a New Strategy for Behavioral Health
Feb 01, 2019
This 2018 update offers the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) an opportunity to review new evidence as well as to consider a new overall…
Dec 03, 2018
Businesses can lead the nation in securing the necessary investment in the healthy development of children and families. This paper explores how business…
Oct 31, 2018
For the fifth year in a row, Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health Report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of…
Oct 12, 2018
The screening most often taken by users online has been the depression screen (the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 or PHQ-9). Today, an average of 2,700…
Oct 01, 2018
While awareness campaigns and policy changes are important parts of supporting mental health and wellbeing on campus, new programmatic solutions led by…
Aug 01, 2018
This article explores how the community development and health care sectors can partner to improve mental health, using the specific example of the…
Apr 20, 2018
Cognitive, affective, and behavioral health (CAB) conditions are among the costliest and fastest growing in the United States. An array of interventions is…
Nov 18, 2017
For the fourth year in a row, Mental Health America (MHA) released its annual State of Mental Health Report, which ranks all 50 states and the District of…
Nov 16, 2017
Sixteen organizations dedicated to advancing the health of children shared their responses to a March 2017 Request for Information from the Center for…
Oct 18, 2017
With support from the Faas Foundation, Mental Health America (MHA) embarked on a two-year research project on workplace mental health with the launch of…
Jul 18, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) recognizes the need for schools to support the whole child and specifically acknowledges the importance of student…
Jan 01, 2017
Mental Health America annual State of Mental Health Report 2017, provides 2014 data on how many Americans are not receiving the necessary treatments for…