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Mental Health Economics - The Costs and Benefits of Psychiatric Care (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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The main objective of this work is to provide a book with high
quality content that becomes a reference and support for graduate
course (Mental Health, Public Health and Epidemiology) and for
research in the domain of health economics applied to mental
health. Also this book might be useful for policymakers on
formulating mental health policies. Key messages of this book are
based on: a) mental illness represent a huge cost for society and
for health care; b) health economics applied to mental health could
help in the optimization of resource allocation for mental health
care and for better decision making in terms of balancing costs and
benefits; c) interventions and treatment should be also chosen in
general medical practice and in public decision-policy according to
cost-effectiveness, burden of disease and equity principles; d)
quality of care is related with better outcomes, higher quality of
life for clients, and with lower costs for society and health
system (best value for money); e) it is possible to decrease the
burden of mental disorders with cost-effective treatments. The book
is divided in four main topics: 1. Introduction to Health Economics
applied to Mental Health - this section is an overview of basic
principles, concepts and methods used in Economics and Health
Economics to enable students to make critical appraisal of Health
Economics texts and also to design research studies in this topic.
2. Health Economics applied to the evaluation of quality and costs
of Mental Health Services - this section presents results of
Brazilian studies on the costs of mental health care (hospital,
outpatient care, residential care, informal care), methods on the
measurement of costs and it discusses issues related with public
policies decisions and quality of mental health car in the low and
middle income countries context. There is also an overview of
quality indicators of mental health care and instruments to
evaluate mental health services and costs.3. Health Economics
applied to evaluate treatment of mental disorders - This section
presents a review of cost-effectiveness of pharmacological
treatments and other interventions applied for treating the most
burdensome mental disorders such as depressive and anxiety
disorders, bipolar disorders, psychosis, alcohol and drug
disorders, dementia, and hyper attention deficit disorders. 4.
Health Economics, burden and indirect costs of mental disorders -
This section highlights the social and economic burden caused by
mental illness under societal perspective focusing on stigma,
unemployment, indirect costs in the workplace (absenteeism and
presenteeism), the relationship between poverty and mental
disorders, global health and social determinants of mental health
and on the costs of mental disorders (depression, anxiety,
psychosis, alcohol and drug disorders). We present some instruments
to measure indirect costs of mental disorders.
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