Mental and Behavioral Health

HSR's Mental Health portfolio addresses broadly-defined mental health issues, including outcomes of care for mental illnesses and substance use disorders. Mental illness includes 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 intervention effectiveness trials, measurement of the outcomes of interventions, and the impact of co-occurring conditions (e.g., mental illness and substance use disorders; mental illness and chronic disease). Mental health is an HSR priority as described in the current Program Announcement of HSR Priorities.

For general information about Mental and Behavioral Health, please contact:

Matthew A Boehm, PhD
Scientific Portfolio Manager
Health Services Research and Development ()
Email: Matthew.Boehm@va.gov

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