SAMHSA’s Health Systems Delivery Research

Journal articles (may require subscription for access to full articles).

• Factors that Affect Choice of Mental Health Provider and Receipt of Outpatient Mental Health Treatment
• Differential Reimbursement of Psychiatric Services by Psychiatrists and Other Medical Providers
• Trends in average days' supply of opioid medications in Medicaid and commercial insurance
• Effects of the 2013 Psychiatric Current Procedural Terminology Codes Revision on Psychotherapy in Psychiatric Billing
• Mothers’ Mental Health Treatment Associated with Greater Adolescent Mental Health Service Use for Depression
• The Impact of Single Mothers’ Health Insurance Coverage on Behavioral Health Services Utilization by Their Adolescent Children
• Prescription drug monitoring programs, nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and heroin use: Evidence from the National Survey of Drug Use and Health
• Psychiatric Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents: Modeling Variation in Facility Definition Type
• Parent-Child Connectedness and Long-term Risk for Suicidal Ideation in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents
• Reasons for Not Seeking Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Variations by Health Insurance Coverage
• Utilization of Mental Health Services by Veterans Living in Rural Areas
• Using social media to monitor mental health discussions − evidence from Twitter
• Opportunities for social work under the Affordable Care Act: A call for action
• Post-discharge treatment engagement among patients with an opioid-use disorder
• Medications Prescribed Following an Opioid-Related Hospitalization
• The ACA’s Dependent Coverage Expansion and Out-of-pocket Spending for Young Adults with Behavioral Health Conditions
• Factors Associated with Substance Use Treatment Completion in Residential Facilities
• The Role of Perceived Need and Health Insurance in Substance Use Treatment: Implications for ACA
• The Implications of the Affordable Care Act for Behavioral Health Services Utilization
• Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act: Potential Changes in the Receipt of Mental Health Treatment among Low Income Nonelderly Adults with Serious Mental Illness
• The Influence of Parental Comorbid Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder on Adolescent Substance Use Disorder
• The Influence of Nonresident Fathers on Adolescent and Young Adult Cigarette Smoking
• The Mental Health Consequences of Nonmedical Prescription Drugs Use among Adolescents
• Alcohol Consumption & Social Network Ties among Adolescents: Evidence from Add Health
• Body Weight and Suicidal Behavior in Adolescent Females: The Role of Self-Perceptions
• The Influence of Physical Activity on Cigarette Smoking among Adolescents: Evidence from Add Health
• Towards effective utilization of the pediatric Emergency Department: The case of ADHD
• Economic Conditions, Illicit Drug Use, and Substance Use Disorders in the United States

Short Reports, Spotlights, and Issue Briefs

• Emergency Department Visits Related to Suicidal Ideation, 2006–2013
• Suicide Prevention: Access To Behavioral Health Services Lacking
• Benefits of Medicaid Expansion for Behavioral Health (PDF | 419 KB)
• Patients Who Are Privately Insured Receive Limited Follow-up Services After Opioid-related Hospitalizations (PDF | 1.3 MB)
• Profile of Adolescent Discharges from Substance Abuse Treatment (PDF | 2.5 MB)
• State Participation in the Medicaid Expansion Provision of the Affordable Care Act: Implications for Uninsured Individuals with a Behavioral Health Condition (PDF | 522 KB)
• Use of Behavioral Health Services is Expected to Increase Under the Affordable Care Act (PDF | 487 KB)
• Availability of Payment Assistance for Mental Health Services in U.S. Mental Health Treatment Facilities
• Trends in Insurance Coverage and Treatment Utilization by Young Adults
• Paying for Behavioral Health Treatment: The Role of the Affordable Care Act
• Adults in Poor Physical Health Reporting Behavioral Health Conditions Have Higher Health Costs

SAMHSA Publications

• Affordable Care Act Enrollment Assistance for LGBT Communities: A Resource for Behavioral Health Providers – 2014
• Behavioral Health Treatment Needs Assessment Toolkit for States – 2013
• Health Reform: What It Means for People with Substance Use and Mental Disorders Webcast – 2011
• Medicaid Coverage and Financing of Medications to Treat Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders – 2014
• Medicaid Handbook: Interface with Behavioral Health Services – 2013
• National and State Estimates of the Prevalence of Behavioral Health Conditions Among the Uninsured – 2013
• Crisis Services: Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, and Funding Strategies – 2014

SAMHSA Resources

• 2015-2016 Health Insurance Enrollment: Assisting Individuals with Behavioral Health Conditions (PDF | 1 MB)
• Behavioral Health and the Uninsured (PDF | 958 KB)
• Infographic: I am covered. Are you? (PDF | 433 KB)
• Infographic: What ACA does mean for Behavioral Health (PDF | 455 KB)
• Infographic: Diverse populations and Mental Health (PDF | 1,734 KB)
• Infographic: 48 million uninsured (PDF | 240 KB)
• Infographic: 1 in 6 uninsured adults (PDF | 235 KB)

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