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Fundamental facts about mental health 2015
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- London
A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health. The document shows that in the UK mental health problems are responsible for the largest burden of disease – 28 per cent of the total burden, while mental health research receives only 5.5 per cent (£115 million) of total UK health research spending. One in four people experience a mental health problem in any given year and ten per cent of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem. Common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety are distributed according to a gradient of economic disadvantage across society with the poorer and more disadvantaged disproportionately affected from common mental health problems and their adverse consequences. (Edited publisher abstract)
Analysis of the association of clubhouse membership with overall costs of care for mental health treatment
- Authors:
- HWANG Seungyoung, EATON William W.
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 53(1), 2017, pp.102-106.
- Publisher:
- Springer
This study examined whether frequency of attendance at the B’More Clubhouse was associated with lower mental health care costs in the Medicaid database, and whether members in the B’More Clubhouse (n = 30) would have lower mental health care costs compared with a set of matched controls from the same claims database (n = 150). Participants who attended the Clubhouse 3 days or more per week had mean 1-year mental health care costs of US $5697, compared to $14,765 for those who attended less often. B’More Clubhouse members had significantly lower annual total mental health care costs than the matched comparison group ($10,391 vs. $15,511; p < 0.0001). Membership in the B’More Clubhouse is associated with a substantial beneficial influence on health care costs. (Edited publisher abstract)
The economic and social costs of mental health problems in 2009/10
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A policy paper published in 2003 estimated that the economic and social costs of mental health problems in England in the financial year 2002/03 amounted to £77.4 billion. Using the same methodology, a straightforward updating of this figure suggests that the aggregate cost of mental health problems in England increased to £105.2 billion in 2009/10. This updated analysis shows that mental ill health should continue to be a priority issue for public policy. The cost of mental ill health continues to fall mainly upon those who experience it and their families but it also creates a high cost for taxpayers and for business. This report suggests that effective responses to people with mental health difficulties are value for public money. Providing good quality parenting support to people with young children, extending access to psychological therapy, early identification of distress at work, diverting offenders with mental health difficulties from custody and assisting people with severe mental health problems into paid work all make a difference to people’s lives and create both immediate and long-term savings to public finances.
The importance of being prudent
- Author:
- THOMAS Alun
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, January/February 2015, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The author, chief executive of the Welsh mental health charity Hafal which works to promote recovery from mental illness, talks about his vision of a 'prudent healthcare' model for mental health services. It is based on two main principles: a) targeting resources to move those patients receiving high end expensive services to a lower level of support and b) providing early intervention services. The article looks at some of the factors that can help achieve a prudent health care approach, which include: the standard Care and Treatment Plan prescribed by the Mental Health (Wales) Measure for all secondary mental health service users in Wales; the 'Recovery/Cost Pathway' analysis of service costs developed by Hafal; and people being active in setting their own recovery goals. (Original abstract)
The costs of perinatal mental health problems
- Authors:
- BAUER Annette, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 43
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out the findings of a project on the economic and social impact of maternal mental health problems in the perinatal period, defined as the period during pregnancy and the first year after childbirth. The report finds that taken together, perinatal depression, anxiety and psychosis carry a total long-term cost to society of about £8.1 billion for each one-year cohort of births in the UK. This is equivalent to a cost of just under £10,000 for every single birth in the country. Nearly three-quarters of this cost relates to adverse impacts on the child rather than the mother. The current provision of services is widely described as patchy, with significant variations in coverage and quality around the country. The report demonstrates that given the costs of perinatal mental health problems, even a relatively modest improvement in outcomes as a result of better services would be sufficient to justify the additional spending on value for money grounds. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and work: United Kingdom
- Author:
- ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Publisher:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 146
- Place of publication:
- Paris
Awareness of the importance of mental health at work in the UK is among the highest in the world. However, a number of challenges remain to help people with mental health problems stay in work and facilitate their early return to work. ‘Sick on the job? Myths and realities about mental health and work’ (OECD, 2012) identified the main policy challenges facing OECD countries. This report on the UK, arranged in four chapters, covers issues identified in that report, and report includes statistical data and examples of good practice in UK companies. Chapter 1 discusses the current labour market performance of people with a mental disability in the UK in terms of their employment, unemployment and income situation, also the role of social security and health care. It notes that the total estimated costs to the UK economy are large, at 4.5% of GDP, not to mention other direct and indirect costs. Chapter 2, on achieving higher labour market participation in the UK, considers the role of the welfare state and reforms of the disability benefits system (now known as the Employment and Support Allowance). Chapter 3 -Sick on the job: the role of employers in the UK – alludes to the title of the 2012 report. It describes the link between mental ill-health and working conditions; and discusses prevention and intervention strategies to deal with psychological risk and mental health problems at work, also managing sickness absence. Chapter 4 - The new role of the health sector in the UK: how can it support work and wellbeing? - looks at the role and effectiveness of the mental health care system , and the challenges facing GPs. Various innovative and promising new policies integrating employment with health outcomes are examined. The report concludes that the UK has thus put in place and is putting in place a number of very important reforms. It will be important to implement those reforms rigorously; to modify and strengthen the reforms that have not yet delivered, and to close the remaining gaps identified. (Edited publisher abstract)