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Mental Health

​Read more about the people and projects that demonstrate NORC's expertise in Mental Health.

Representative Projects

Analysis of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disparities in the Appalachian Region and Access to Treatment Services. ​​A collaboration between NORC’s Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis and its Substance Abuse, Mental Health, and Criminal Justice Studies departments this study was conducted for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to assess substance abuse and mental health disparities, and access to treatment services, within the Appalachian region. More

Assessment of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Integrated Behavioral Health Services.

This project fits within a larger project that provides technical assistance to community health centers and community behavioral health care providers in integrating primary health and behavioral health.   NACHC will be conducting an Assessment of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Integrated Behavioral Health Services, following up with those FQHCs reporting that behavioral health care services have been integrated into their routine primary care practice. More

Evaluation of Primary Care/Mental Health Integration Project. NORC is working with Family Services Inc. to evaluate the effectiveness of a Behavioral  Health/Primary Care (BH/PC) integration project for adults with serious mental illness in Montgomery County Maryland. More

Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration. On this project, NORC is teaming with IMPAQ International and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors to provide technical and analytic assistance to CMS for the design, implementation, and monitoring of the 3‐year Medicaid Emergency Psychiatric Demonstration.  More

National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) Assessment. NACHC will be conducting an Assessment of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) Integrated Behavioral Health Services and following up with those FQHCs reporting that behavioral health care services have been integrated into their routine primary care practice. More

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Headlines

News Chicago Magazine: A new school of thought on medicine, featuring commentary from NORC's Tom Smith More
Posted: 2.1.2012 3:07PM
News The Atlantic: "Study of the Day: Most Young Adults Form a Family by Age 25" featuring NLSY data More
Posted: 12.30.2011 2:00PM
News Arch Daily: "Are architects depressed, unhealthy and divorced?" featuring research from the GSS More
Posted: 12.15.2011 12:04PM
News WIRED: Data from the GSS begs the question: Does inequality make us unhappy? More
Posted: 11.4.2011 3:51PM
News Healthland.time.com: Working Women Who Try to Be 'Supermom' May Be More Depressed uses NLSY data More
Posted: 9.1.2011 8:44PM