Learning health systems: Driving real‐world impact in mental health and substance use disorder research

Welfare reform, substance use, and mental health.

Reform has transformed traditional entitlement to cash welfare under Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) into a transitional program known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF). Because of the new work requirements and the time-limited nature of assistance, policy makers are increasingly confronted with what to do when welfare recipients do not effectively make the transit...

A . Mental Health - Depression , Substance Use

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, other mental health problems, substance use, and driving: examination of a population-based, representative canadian sample.

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships among self-reported screening measures of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), other psychiatric problems, and driving-related outcomes in a provincially representative sample of adults 18 years and older living in the province of Ontario, Canada. METHODS The study examined the results of the Centre for Addictions a...

Mental Health and Mental Disorder

Mental Health and Mental Disorder. Edited by Arnold M. Rose. Routledge and Kegan Paul. 40s. The emergence of group methods in the treatment of mental illness in this country is still regarded with some suspicion by many workers in the mental health field. There is a tendency to consider the treatment of numbers of patients at the same time as a second best, though most people agree that the sho...

A proposal for comprehensive and specific essential mental health and substance use disorder benefits.