Mental & behavioral health

Question 1

Mental health and substance abuse is the leading cause of death when?

Answer 1

2015

Question 2

How much of adults reported having a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder?

Answer 2

18%

• 14% of men
• 21% of women

Question 3

3% of people aged 12 years or older reported addiction to or misuse of an illicit drug, including more than 7% of people aged _ years

Answer 3

18-25 yrs.

Question 4

Those w/ mental illnesses tend to have what chronic illnesses?

Answer 4

• high blood pressure
• diabetes
• heart disease

Question 5

Mental illness is more than how many times as prevalent among Medicaid beneficiaries as it is in the general population?

Answer 5

2 times

Question 6

Medicaid finances more than _ of nation’s

spending for behavioral health

Answer 6

25%

Question 7

Is there a lack if mental health services?

Answer 7

Yes;

Question 8

What is MHPAEA?

Answer 8

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

• made in 2008
• Federal law that prevents group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide mental health or substance use disorder benefits from imposing less favorable benefit limitations on those benefits than on medical/surgical benefits.
• Regulates terms of coverage (cost sharing, treatment limits, deductibles) and operational management of care

Question 9

ACA

Answer 9

Affordable Care Act

• made in 2010
• Expanded the reach of MHPAEA by requiring individual health coverage plans to provide comparable benefits for medical-surgical and mental health and substance use services

Question 10

How much of primary care practices have a mental health provider on their patient care teams, compared to 90% in Netherlands and Sweden

Answer 10

1/3

Question 11

What are benefits of integration?

Answer 11

• Better coordinated treatment
• Increased access for patients
• Reduced stigma and increased rates of follow-up
• Improved mental and physical health
• Lower costs to the health care system

Question 12

PCI?

Answer 12

Primary Care Integration;

-Bringing behavioral health/ mental health into primary care practice

Question 13

What are the goals according to “Transforming mental health and addiction services”, Alegría et al. 2021?

Answer 13

1. improve access to behavioral health services by
   reaching out to meet people “where they are”
   2.

Question 14

Universal screening?

Answer 14

• Screening patients for conditions beyond what they present for
• Early identification of conditions helps to prevent or mitigate progression
• Can screen for behavioral health disorders, as well as social needs (nutrition, housing, etc.)

Question 15

Navigators?

Answer 15

• nurses
• social workers
• paraprofessionals, etc