The Economics of Mental Health

心理健康经济学

• 批准号: 7655431
• 负责人: JOHN MULLAHY
• 金额: $ 12.22万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-09-30 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7655431
• 关键词: Economics; Mental Health

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the proposed program is to train the next generation of scholars in health and mental health economics by providing a broad (across the core disciplines of economics) and deep (within the field of mental health economics) academic experience. Progress in delivering cost-effective, equitable mental health care in the U.S. population with its heterogeneous needs and resources (e.g. insurance coverage) requires creative, insightful economic analysis. This is the main rationale for providing training in this area. The proposed program provides training in the core analytical tools of economics (microeconomic analysis and econometrics), and specialized training and mentoring in the methods, topics, and data in health and mental health economics. The training is organized around a core seminar, specialized coursework, development of research skills, and a mentored dissertation project. The proposed training also emphasizes professional skills and practice in areas like grantsmanship, research ethics, peer review, and conference presentations. The proposed program's research area is the economics of health and mental health. While the program covers a broad set of issues and disease areas in the economics of mental health, it will emphasize particular topics that reflect its faculty's expertise: vulnerable populations (children, elderly, and economically disadvantaged); evaluation of interventions and policies, and pharmacoeconomics; applied econometrics; and basic training in the biology of mental health. The core scientific discipline is economics, with focus on microeconomics, econometrics, and health economics. Yet given the interdisciplinary nature of scientific inquiry in mental health, a strong training faculty representing psychiatry, psychology, geriatrics, political science, sociology, public affairs, philosophy, and epidemiology has been assembled. In each academic year we propose to have six predoctoral students in training; they will generally be at different stages of their studies. Virtually all trainees will be at early career stages, typically with 0-2 years of post-baccalaureate work experience; most have baccalaureate training in economics, statistics, mathematics, or public policy. Relevance In light of the significant concerns about how the mental health care system can deliver beneficial yet often-costly interventions in populations that may be vulnerable with respect to disease and economic resources, it is critical that public and private decision makers undertake their work supported by a solid foundation of economic reasoning and evidence. We take seriously the importance of training new scholars with the skills required to provide this knowledge.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议项目的目标是通过提供广泛（跨经济学核心学科）和深入（在心理健康经济学领域）的学术经验来培训下一代健康和心理健康经济学学者。由于美国人口的需求和资源（例如保险范围）多种多样，要在提供具有成本效益、公平的精神卫生保健方面取得进展，需要进行创造性、富有洞察力的经济分析。这是提供该领域培训的主要原因。拟议的项目提供经济学核心分析工具（微观经济分析和计量经济学）的培训，以及健康和心理健康经济学方法、主题和数据的专门培训和指导。培训围绕核心研讨会、专业课程、研究技能发展和指导论文项目进行组织。拟议的培训还强调资助、研究伦理、同行评审和会议演讲等领域的专业技能和实践。 拟议项目的研究领域是健康和心理健康经济学。虽然该项目涵盖了心理健康经济学中的广泛问题和疾病领域，但它将强调反映其教师专业知识的特定主题：弱势群体（儿童、老年人和经济弱势群体）；干预措施和政策以及药物经济学的评估；应用计量经济学；以及心理健康生物学的基础培训。核心科学学科是经济学，重点是微观经济学、计量经济学和卫生经济学。然而，鉴于心理健康科学研究的跨学科性质，代表精神病学、心理学、老年病学、政治学、社会学、公共事务、哲学和流行病学的强大培训师资队伍已经组建起来。我们建议每学年培养六名博士前学生；他们通常处于不同的学习阶段。几乎所有学员都处于职业生涯早期阶段，通常拥有 0-2 年的学士学位后工作经验；大多数人接受过经济学、统计学、数学或公共政策方面的学士学位培训。 相关性 鉴于人们对精神卫生保健系统如何为可能容易受到疾病和经济资源影响的人群提供有益但往往成本高昂的干预措施的重大关注，公共和私人决策者在开展工作时必须以坚实的经济推理和证据为基础。我们认真对待培训新学者提供这些知识所需的技能的重要性。