Mental Health and Illness

Employment and Unemployment
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U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 22, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on the U.S. economy’s uneven pandemic recovery, a new national mental health hotline, firearm homicides, and more.
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Women's Health
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Overturning Roe, a New Mental Health Hotline, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 1, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on how repealing Roe v. Wade could affect women in the military, whether America is prepared to launch a new emergency mental health hotline, Russia's war in Ukraine, and more.
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Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids
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Synthetic Opioids, Ukrainian Grain, the Metaverse: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 24, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on countering the illegal flow of synthetic opioids, freeing up Ukrainian grain to prevent famine, the importance of defining the metaverse, and more.
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Suicide
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Will the New 988 Hotline Be a Game Changer for Mental Health or a Missed Opportunity?
Ryan K. McBain @ryankmcbain, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Jun 20, 2022
Los Angeles Times
Someone dies from suicide in the United States every 11 minutes, a rate that has increased almost 30 percent since 2000. The 988 mental health hotline will launch on July 16, but states need to clear significant hurdles: funding the expanded crisis response system and making sure people know it's available.
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Organizational Leadership
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RAND's New President, the U.S. Foreign Service, Transportation Equity: RAND Weekly Recap
Jun 10, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on RAND's next president and CEO, Jason Matheny, insights into Americans' views on diplomacy and diplomats, solutions for transportation equity, and more.
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Mental Health Treatment
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Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner, Harold Alan Pincus
May 23, 2022
The RAND Blog
Access to behavioral health services is one of the top challenges for the U.S. health care system, due in part to a shortage of licensed mental health providers. One potential solution to expanding the behavioral health workforce can be found in the U.S. military.
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Peacekeeping and Stability Operations
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A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap
Apr 29, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on why it may be time to consider a peacekeeping operation in northern Ukraine, supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a new response to synthetic opioids, and more.
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Ukraine
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State of the Union 2022: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Domestic Policy
Mar 2, 2022
In his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden rebuked Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, aimed to turn a page on the pandemic, and covered a wide range of domestic issues, including mental health care, prescription drug prices, and supporting veterans.
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Education Administration
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Finding Teachers and Bus Drivers Is a Big Problem, but a Different Staffing Challenge Is Looming in School Districts
Michael DeArmond, Heather L. Schwartz @schwartz_hl, Paul T. Hill
Feb 17, 2022
Center on Reinventing Public Education
The majority of school districts report they don't have enough staff to hire, particularly substitutes, bus drivers, and special education teachers. A recent survey also revealed a major challenge for the superintendency. Only half of superintendents said they were likely to stay in their jobs for the long term.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021
Dec 22, 2021
As another extraordinary year draws to a close, we continue to believe that objective, nonpartisan research and analysis has a key role to play in navigating what continues to be a difficult time. Here are the 10 research projects that resonated most with rand.org readers in 2021.
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Military Veterans
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Supporting America's Veterans: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 12, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on helping veterans experiencing homelessness, better care for veterans with brain injuries and PTSD, and easing transitions to the civilian workforce.
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Veterans Health Care
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Advances in Care for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries or PTSD
Nov 8, 2021
A new standard of care proposed by RAND researchers aims to redefine high-quality care for veterans with a traumatic brain injury or posttraumatic stress disorder. But it also could serve as a template for making health care more effective, more consistent, and more responsive for more patients.
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Military Recruitment
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Army Enlistment Waivers in the Age of Legal Marijuana
Oct 27, 2021
Army recruits with a history of marijuana use can ask for a waiver like those who have diabetes or insomnia. They are just as likely as others to complete their first term and make sergeant, and are less likely to leave the Army for health or performance reasons.
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Military Health and Health Care
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Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members
Justin Hummer, Kimberly A. Hepner @KimberlyHepner
Sep 22, 2021
RealClearDefense
Over one million U.S. military service members are members of the National Guard or reserves. These troops are being tested like never before, but they do not receive the same physical and mental health care coverage provided to their active-duty counterparts. It may be time to explore policy solutions to ensure that these service members have access to high-quality mental health care.
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Prison Reform
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Investing in Social Change: Lessons Learned from Foundation-Funded Criminal Justice Research
Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Jul 20, 2021
The RAND Blog
Investing in policy-focused research can be among the ways foundations catalyze change. Impactful work may involve strong collaborations across funders, researchers, and community partners. And it may require flexibility in design and execution as well as a commitment to getting the findings into the hands of decisionmakers who can use the findings to create change.
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Performing Arts
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Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera
Jul 6, 2021
Kenneth Wells, a psychiatrist, librettist, and composer, has written a documentary disguised as an opera. He drew on Partners in Care, a 10-year RAND-UCLA study that was one of the first to use a multisite collaborative primary care approach to treat veterans and others experiencing depression.
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Mental Health and Illness

U.S. Labor Market, 988 Hotline, Firearm Homicides: RAND Weekly Recap

Overturning Roe, a New Mental Health Hotline, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap

Synthetic Opioids, Ukrainian Grain, the Metaverse: RAND Weekly Recap

Will the New 988 Hotline Be a Game Changer for Mental Health or a Missed Opportunity?

RAND's New President, the U.S. Foreign Service, Transportation Equity: RAND Weekly Recap

Addressing the Shortage of Behavioral Health Clinicians: Lessons from the Military Health System

A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap

State of the Union 2022: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine and Domestic Policy

Finding Teachers and Bus Drivers Is a Big Problem, but a Different Staffing Challenge Is Looming in School Districts

The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021

Supporting America's Veterans: RAND Weekly Recap

Advances in Care for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injuries or PTSD

Army Enlistment Waivers in the Age of Legal Marijuana

Supporting the Mental Health Needs of National Guard and Reserve Members

Investing in Social Change: Lessons Learned from Foundation-Funded Criminal Justice Research

Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera

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