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Mental Health
Mental Health is a portfolio within Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) that addresses broadly-defined mental health issues, including treatments, access to care, delivery of care,and outocmes of care for mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Mental illness include schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, and post-traumatic stress disorders. substance use disorders include addictions to alcohol and drugs. Current active projects include barriers to treatment-seeking, access to care including telehealth projects, multi-site intervention effectiveness trials, measurement of the outcomes of interventions, co-occurring conditions, e.g., mental illness and substance use disorders, mental illness and chronic disease.
For general information about the Mental Health portfolio, please contact:
Martha Bryan, EdD
Mental Health Scientific Program Manager
Health Services Research and Development (124-S)
Email: martha.bryan@va.gov
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