Mental Health and Illness

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Apr 25, 2025

Innovations in Veteran Suicide Prevention: A Discussion with Policy Experts

The RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute hosted a webinar to discuss innovations in veteran suicide prevention.
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Apr 22, 2025

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

This brief summarizes a report on mental health and wellness programs specific to law enforcement and first responders to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop a research agenda for future wellness efforts.
Research

Apr 22, 2025

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Authors conducted a literature review and interviews about mental health and wellness programs specific to law enforcement and first responders to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security develop a research agenda for future wellness efforts.
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Apr 16, 2025

Preventing Veteran Suicide: A Landscape Analysis of Existing Programs, Their Evidence, and What the Next Generation of Programs May Look Like

In this report, the authors analyze current and emerging activities to prevent veteran suicide, introducing the RAND Suicide Prevention Activity Matrix, a framework that organizes current approaches and their evidence.
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Apr 15, 2025

California's ACEs Aware Initiative Has Made Substantial Early Progress, but Sustained Investment Is Needed

California launched a historic effort to improve health by screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences. Almost 45,000 individuals have been trained, and several million Medi-Cal beneficiaries have been screened, but continued investment is needed.
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Apr 15, 2025

Understanding Trajectories of Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Clinics Serving Medi-Cal Beneficiaries

The authors identify clinics with different trajectories of screening for adverse childhood experiences and conduct qualitative interviews with a subset of these clinics to explore the factors related to beginning and sustaining screening efforts.
Press

Apr 7, 2025

California Mental Health Funding Gap Exceeds $9 Billion Annually; Services Need Expansion to Aid All Those in Need

California's county mental health systems require a substantial infusion of resources—more than $9 billion of initial additional investment—to meet the state's critical need for evidence-based outpatient mental health services among adults.
Research

Apr 7, 2025

Funding the Service Gap for Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services in California: A Simulation-Based Cost Analysis of Specialty Care

The authors estimate the current cost of providing outpatient mental health care in the California public mental health care system and the cost of a fully funded system in which all eligible individuals receive evidence-based care.
Project

Apr 7, 2025

CalMHSA: Evaluation of California's Statewide Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives

The RAND Corporation is evaluating California's statewide prevention and early intervention programs (CalMHSA), which aim to reduce negative outcomes for people experiencing mental illness.
Research

Apr 3, 2025

Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm

We developed and tested a new quality measure to assess timeliness of follow-up mental health care for youth presenting to the emergency department with suicidal ideation/self-harm.
Research

Mar 7, 2025

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

This study assessed the competency of three widely used large language models to distinguish appropriate versus inappropriate responses when engaging individuals who exhibit suicidal ideation.
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Mar 5, 2025

Race and Ethnicity and Diffusion of Telemedicine in Medicaid for Schizophrenia Care After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Post-COVID-19 pandemic onset, diffusion of telemental health care for Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia was only associated with agency type; however, time to first telemental health care visit was slower for minorities relative to Whites.

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The Value of Caregivers to Veterans' Health, Wellness, and Recovery

Depression Care in Low-Income Countries Can Improve Mental Health, Physical Health, and Family Dynamics

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Innovations in Veteran Suicide Prevention: A Discussion with Policy Experts

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Preventing Veteran Suicide: A Landscape Analysis of Existing Programs, Their Evidence, and What the Next Generation of Programs May Look Like

California's ACEs Aware Initiative Has Made Substantial Early Progress, but Sustained Investment Is Needed

Understanding Trajectories of Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Clinics Serving Medi-Cal Beneficiaries

California Mental Health Funding Gap Exceeds $9 Billion Annually; Services Need Expansion to Aid All Those in Need

Funding the Service Gap for Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services in California: A Simulation-Based Cost Analysis of Specialty Care

CalMHSA: Evaluation of California's Statewide Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives

Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Race and Ethnicity and Diffusion of Telemedicine in Medicaid for Schizophrenia Care After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Value of Caregivers to Veterans' Health, Wellness, and Recovery

Depression Care in Low-Income Countries Can Improve Mental Health, Physical Health, and Family Dynamics

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Innovations in Veteran Suicide Prevention: A Discussion with Policy Experts

A Research Agenda to Support Mental Health and Wellness Programs for Federal First Responders and Law Enforcement

First Responder and Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Research Development

Preventing Veteran Suicide: A Landscape Analysis of Existing Programs, Their Evidence, and What the Next Generation of Programs May Look Like

California's ACEs Aware Initiative Has Made Substantial Early Progress, but Sustained Investment Is Needed

Understanding Trajectories of Screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Clinics Serving Medi-Cal Beneficiaries

California Mental Health Funding Gap Exceeds $9 Billion Annually; Services Need Expansion to Aid All Those in Need

Funding the Service Gap for Adult Outpatient Mental Health Services in California: A Simulation-Based Cost Analysis of Specialty Care

CalMHSA: Evaluation of California's Statewide Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Initiatives

Development and Testing of an Emergency Department Quality Measure for Pediatric Suicidal Ideation and Self-Harm

Competency of Large Language Models in Evaluating Appropriate Responses to Suicidal Ideation: Comparative Study

Race and Ethnicity and Diffusion of Telemedicine in Medicaid for Schizophrenia Care After Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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