The impact of chronic pain and depression on medication for opioid use disorder treatment: A mixed-methods analysis.

Background: Opioid use disorder (OUD) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is a cost-effective treatment, but retention rates vary widely.

Aim: Mixed methods studies are needed to better understand how depression and pain impact the experience of OUD and MOUD treatment experiences.

A phenomenological inquiry into the costs and consequences of insomnia for veterans with serious mental illness.

Many individuals with serious mental illness (i.e. schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar or major depressive disorders, with serious functional impairments) have insomnia symptoms.

Race and Socioeconomic Status as Predictors of Willingness to Use Digital Mental Health Interventions or One-On-One Psychotherapy: National Survey Study.

Background: There is an ongoing debate about whether digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) can reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities in access to mental health care. A key factor in this debate involves the extent to which racial and ethnic minoritized individuals and socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals are willing to use, and pay for, DMHIs.

Objective: This study examined racial and ethnic as well as socioeconomic differences in participants' willingness to pay for DMHIs versus one-on-one therapy (1:1 therapy).

Tobacco smoking and nicotine vaping in persons with first episode psychosis.

Tobacco smoking is highly prevalent in persons with psychosis and is the leading cause of preventable mortality in this population. Less is known about tobacco smoking in persons with first episode psychosis (FEP) and there have been no estimates about the prevalence of nicotine vaping in FEP. This study reports rates of tobacco smoking and nicotine vaping in young people with FEP enrolled in Coordinated Specialty Care programs in Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Barriers to accessing pain management services among veterans with bipolar disorder.

Objective: To identify barriers veterans with bipolar disorder face to accessing chronic pain management services within a Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.

Data Sources And Study Setting: Veterans (n = 15) with chronic pain and bipolar disorder and providers (n = 15) working within a mid-Atlantic VA health care system. Data were collected from August 2017-June 2018.

Costs and cost-effectiveness of Shamiri, a brief, layperson-delivered intervention for Kenyan adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have the highest socio-economic burden of mental health disorders, yet the fewest resources for treatment. Recently, many intervention strategies, including the use of brief, scalable interventions, have emerged as ways of reducing the mental health treatment gap in LMICs. But how do decision makers prioritize and optimize the allocation of limited resources? One approach is through the evaluation of delivery costs alongside intervention effectiveness of various types of interventions.

Economic evaluation of an online single-session intervention for depression in Kenyan adolescents.

To evaluate the costs and cost-effectiveness of , an online single-session intervention (SSI) for depression among Kenyan adolescents. Data were drawn from a randomized clinical trial with = 103 Kenyan high school students (64% female, = 15.5).

A pilot economic evaluation of computerized cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol use disorder as an addition and alternative to traditional therapy.

Background: Computer-based delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be a less costly approach to increase dissemination and implementation of evidence-based treatments for alcohol use disorder (AUD). However, comprehensive evaluations of costs, cost-effectiveness, and cost-benefit of computer-delivered interventions are rare.

Methods: This study used data from a completed randomized clinical trial to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit of a computer-based version of CBT (CBT4CBT) for AUD.

Economic Evaluations of Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents in the United States: A Systematic Review.

The United States (US) spent 201 billion dollars on mental health-related concerns in 2016, ranking mental illness as the leading cause of disability and the single largest source of economic burden worldwide. With mental health-related treatment costs and economic burden only projected to rise, there is an increasing need for cost-inclusive evaluations of mental health interventions in the US. This systematic review evaluated the intervention characteristics and the quality of 9 economic evaluation studies (e.