Issue Brief
No. 786
| Date: | NOVEMBER 22, 2002 | ||
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| Author: | Veronica V. Goff, Consultant | ||
| Summary: | This issue brief discusses the most recent findings on depression prevalence and cost; examines trends in outpatient treatment, including the dramatic growth in antidepressant use; discusses efforts to improve treatment in primary care; and explores possible public policy avenues for improving treatment access and quality. | ||
| Related Materials: |
See also the entry for the related Forum session (June 6, 2004).
Other related Forum products include a paper on Medicaid and mental health services (Background Paper No. 66, October 23, 2008), a paper on declining inpatient psychatric capacity (Issue Brief No. 823, August 1, 2007), and a Forum session on behavioral health in the workplace (July 20, 2007). |
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