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Publications and Presentations by Ronald Manderscheid, Ph.D.

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Selected Recent Publications

• Principal Editor and contributor to Mental Health, United States, a biennial publication released by SAMHSA to analyze the current progress and future direction of national policies and practices in the area of mental health. SAMHSA has just released Mental Health, United States, 2004.
  
  
• "Congruencies in Increased Mortality Rates, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Causes of Death Among Public Mental Health Clients in Eight States," published in Preventing Chronic Disease, available online. This article identifies a disparity of 25 years in length of life between mental health clients/patients and those in the general population, principally due to physical health problems that go untreated.



• "A Neuroscientist-Consumer Alliance to Transform Mental Health Care," published in Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, suggests a potential transformation of the mental health care system by neuroscientists and consumers with the introduction of new studies that focus on the role genomics plays in mental disorders.




Recent articles in Behavioral Healthcare

• Considering A Public Health Approach
  The Public Health Framework Might Work Well In Addressing Mental Health And Substance Use Problems
  Issue: August 2007
  Category: Perspectives
  Author: By Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd
  
  
• Asking Peter To Empower Paul
  Personal Independence Accounts Could Transform Consumers' Role In The Healthcare System
  Issue: July 2007
  Category: Perspectives
  Author: By Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd
  
  
• Manderscheid On Medicaid
  An Interview With Federal Government Veteran Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd Issue: June 2007
  Category: Cover Story
  
  
• A Living Document
  Mental Health, United States Evolves Alongside The Field
  Issue: May 2007
  Category: Perspectives
  Author: By Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd
  
  
• Returning Vets Need A Network Of Care
  Where Va Services Are Hard To Reach, Local Behavioral Health Providers Could Fill In The Gaps
  Issue: April 2007
  Category: Perspectives
  Author: By Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd
  
  
• Our Need For `General Contractors'
  The Foundation Of Proper Behavioral Healthcare Depends On Care Continuity
  Issue: February 2007
  Category: Perspectives
  Author: By Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd
  
  
• Uncle Sam's Role In Staff Training
  The Federal Government Needs To Again Play A Major Role In Clinical And Leadership Training
  Issue: January 2007
  Category: Perspectives
  Author: By Ronald W. Manderscheid, Phd
  
  
• "Don't Let the Future Repeat the Past," available online. This commentary examines why the mental health and substance use fields have been unable to successfully scale up programs and practices that have been proven effective on a local level.



• "Preparing for a Bird Flu Pandemic," available online. This commentary addresses the need to prepare the mental health infrastructure for pandemic avian flu and to plan preventive interventions to mitigate panic.



• "The Realities of the EHR Revolution," available online. This commentary explores the implementation of EHRs in the mental health and substance use fields and the infrastructure problems that are likely to be confronted.



• "Saving Lives and Restoring Hope," available online. This commentary proposes a wellness approach to address the problem of premature death among public mental health consumers.



• "Making Depression a National Priority," available online. This commentary identifies the large financial and personal cost of depression and outlines a national strategy to address the problem.



• "Remembering Wayne Fenton." This commentary celebrates the life and work of Dr. Wayne Fenton, a nationally-known mental health researcher and clinician.

Selected Recent Presentations

• "The IOM Report as a Framework for Implementing EBPs," speech at the Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006.



• "Policy Concerns in Implementing EHRs and PHRs," panel presentation at the Annual Meeting, American Public Health Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006.



• "Lessons from the International Community in Developing American IT," speech at the 2 nd Annual Behavioral Healthcare IT Conference, Arlington, Virginia, November 2006.



• "Preparing for the Avian Flu Pandemic: A Plan for Action," Annual Southern Regional Conference on Mental Health Statistics, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2006.



• "Improving State Pandemic Planning," Focus Group for State Public Health Preparedness Directors, Annual Meeting of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2006.



• "Business Strategies for Mental Health Consumers," speech at the National Meeting on Integration of Mental Health Consumers into the Community, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2006.



• "Implementing the New IOM Report," Summer Institute, Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2006.



• "Prospects and Problems in Implementing a Behavioral Healthcare EHR," speech at the Annual Toward an Electronic Patient Record National Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2006.



• "Policy Implications of the New IOM Report," guest lecture, George Washington School of Public Health, Washington, D.C., April 2006.



• "Public and Private Perspectives on EHRs and PHRs for Mental Health and Substance Use Care," keynote speech at the 6th Annual California Information Management Conference, Los Angeles, CA, March 2006.

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