Psychiatrist Networks In Medicare Advantage Plans Are Substantially Narrower Than In Medicaid And ACA Markets: Study examines psychiatrist networks in Medicare …

JM Zhu, MK Meiselbach, C Drake, D Polsky - Health Affairs, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
Medicare Advantage now covers twenty-eight million older adults, many of whom have
mental health needs. Enrollees are often restricted to providers who participate in a health …

School-based interventions for elementary school students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

GJ DuPaul, MJ Gormley… - Child and Adolescent …, 2022 - childpsych.theclinics.com
Interventions Five broad types of intervention have been used to address symptoms and
impairment exhibited by elementary school students with ADHD, including behavioral …

Mental health issues in transition-age adolescents and young adults with epilepsy

M Stefanidou, C Greenlaw, LM Douglass - Seminars in pediatric neurology, 2020 - Elsevier
Mental health disorders are prevalent in patients with epilepsy, and adolescents are at
particularly high risk. The reason for higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicide in young …

Low availability, long wait times, and high geographic disparity of psychiatric outpatient care in the US

CF Sun, CU Correll, RL Trestman, Y Lin, H Xie… - General Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To identify potential barriers to care, this study examined the general psychiatry
outpatient new appointment availability in the US, including in-person and telepsychiatry …

Medicaid Reimbursement For Psychiatric Services: Comparisons Across States And With Medicare: Study compares Medicaid payments for mental health services …

JM Zhu, S Renfro, K Watson, A Deshmukh… - Health …, 2023 - healthaffairs.org
Medicaid is characterized by low rates of provider participation, often attributed to
reimbursement rates below those of commercial insurance or Medicare. Understanding the …

Strong mind, strong body: The promise of mind–body interventions to address growing mental health needs among youth

LR Grasser, H Marusak - Mental health science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As the prevalence of childhood and adolescent anxiety, depression, and other mental health
concerns continues to rise, there has been an unprecedented increase in support of mind …

Psychiatrist participation in private health insurance markets: paucity in the land of plenty

NM Benson, C Myong, JP Newhouse… - Psychiatric …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Access to specialty mental health care may be poor because many psychiatrists
do not accept health insurance reimbursement, whereas many patients rely on insurance to …

Rise, and pronounced regional variation, in methylphenidate, amphetamine, and lisdexamfetamine distribution in the United States

SM Vaddadi, NJ Czelatka, BD Gutierrez, BC Maddineni… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
Background The prescription stimulants methylphenidate, amphetamine, and
lisdexamfetamine are sympathomimetic drugs with therapeutic use. They are designated in …

State policies associated with availability of mobile crisis teams

A Burns, N Menachemi, O Mazurenko… - … and Policy in Mental …, 2024 - Springer
Mobile crisis teams are comprised of multidisciplinary mental health professionals that
respond to mental health crisis calls in community settings. This study identified counties …

Telepsychiatry, hospitals, and the COVID-19 pandemic

NP Morris, ME Hirschtritt - Psychiatric Services, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Calls for social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic have renewed attention on the
utility of telepsychiatry. Although considerable evidence supports use of telepsychiatry in …