title: The mental health treatment study.
abstract: Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries with primary psychiatric impairments comprise the largest, fastest growing, and most costly population in the SSDI program. The Mental Health Treatment Study provides a comprehensive test of the hypothesis that access to evidence-based employment services and behavioral health treatments, along with insurance coverage, can enable SSDI beneficiaries with psychiatric impairments to return to competitive employment. It will also examine which beneficiaries choose to enter an employment study under such conditions. Currently in the field in 22 cities across the U.S., the MHTS aims to recruit 3,000 SSDI beneficiaries with psychiatric impairments into a randomized controlled trial. This paper describes the MHTS, its background, and its process and outcome assessments.
authors.affiliation: Westat, Rockville, MD, USA. FREYW1@WESTAT.com
authors.forename: William D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Susan T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Azrin
authors.forename: Howard H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goldman
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalasunas
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Salkever
authors.forename: Alexander L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Bond
authors.forename: Robert E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Drake
mesh_terms: D016832:Employment, Supported / Q000523:psychology; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D018868:Insurance, Disability; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000523:psychology*; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology