B ehavioral health conditions, including mental illness and substance use disorders, are widespread among Medicaid's highneed, high-cost beneficiaries, many of whom also have chronic physical conditions. Over half of all Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities are diagnosed with a mental illness.1 For those with common chronic conditions, health care costs are as much as 75 percent higher for ...

ehavioral health conditions, including mental illness and substance use disorders, are widespread among Medicaid's highneed, high-cost beneficiaries, many of whom also have chronic physical conditions. Over half of all Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities are diagnosed with a mental illness.1 For those with common chronic conditions, health care costs are as much as 75 percent higher for th...

chronic arsenic poisoning (arsenicosis) is a global health risk, and it has been reported to improve the fitness, especially in altitudinal sickness in therapeutic dose. scarcity of systematic study on psychiatric co-morbidities in arsenicosis motivated us to conduct this research. the aim of this study was to estimate the co-morbid psychiatric disorders in patients with arsenicosis and to exam...

Bipolar disorder is a chronic, recurrent mental illness characterized by extreme episodes of depressed and manic mood, interspersed with less severe but highly variable mood fluctuations. Here, we develop a novel mathematical approach for exploring the dynamics of bipolar disorder. We investigate how the dynamics of subjective experience of mood in bipolar disorder can be understood using a rel...

INTRODUCTION Borderline personality disorder is a chronic mental disorder associated with severe psychosocial impairment and morbidity, greater usage of mental health resources, and a high mortality rate. Although there is no drug with an approved indication for this disorder, pharmacological treatment is a common practice based on the specific benefit of the drugs on the remission of the core ...

Editorials 666 The mental health needs of people affected by emergencies are significant, but often overlooked by health-care providers. 1 The world is facing an unprecedented number of humanitarian emergencies arising from conflict and disasters. In 2014, nearly 60 million people were forcibly displaced due to conflict, the highest number on record. 2 Climatic and geological hazards continue t...

background and aims: mental disorders may negatively affect on the quality of life in hemodialysis patients and their response to treatment. the aim of present study was to examine the prevalence of depression and related risk factors in hemodialysis patients. methods: in this cross-sectional study, during june 2013 to september 2013, 217 patients with hemodialysis whom were admitted to kerman ...

Only half of older adults with a mental disorder use mental health services, and little is known about the causes of perceived need for mental health care (MHC). We used logistic regression to examine relationships among depression, anxiety, chronic physical illness, alcohol abuse and/or dependence, sociodemographics, and perceived need among a national sample of community-dwelling individuals ...