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Health Care Payment Reform and Cost Control in Massachusetts
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Celebration for David Mechanic on Tuesday, June 18th
Join us as we honor David Mechanic, eminent sociologist, distinguished scholar, pioneering leader and extraordinary mentor and colleague to recognize the range of his achievements, his 34 years of service to Rutgers and the far-reaching impact he has had on the many people and organizations he has helped advance. The celebration will take place at The Heldrich Hotel. [ More...]


Ayse Akincigil and Karen Zurlo Awarded Grant on Medical Expenditure Burden under Medicare’s Part D Program
Professors Ayse Akincigil (PI) and Karen Zurlo (Co-PI) received a grant from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College under the Steven H. [ More...]

Dawne Mouzon's Study Questions ‘Mental Health Advantage’ Among Black Americans
New research by Dr. Dawne Mouzon refutes perceptions that black Americans’ lower rate of mental health problems stems from stronger family and church ties. [ More...]

Joanna Kempner's Misison to Better Understand Migraines
Motivated by her own personal experience, Dr. Joanna Kempner decided to make understanding migraines her mission. [ More...]

CSHP Advances National Model of Chronic Care
The Center for State Health Policy was awarded $14.3 million from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to lead efforts to replicate innovative, cost-effective care management programs in four communities. [ More...]

Ongoing Studies at the Clinical Research Center
The Clinical Research Center within the Institute is home to two innovative psychosocial, mind-body studies. Dr. Danielle McCarthy is developing and refining treatments to help people stop smoking cigarettes. [ More...]

Publications: All Publications
Mental Health and Social Policy: Beyond Managed Care, 6th edition
David Mechanic, Donna D. McAlpine, David A. Rochefort
Rooted in research findings that support an evidence-based orientation to treatment and recovery, the sixth edition of Mental Health and Social Policy [ More...]

Can Family Relationships Explain the Race Paradox in Mental Health?
Dawne M. Mouzon
Biomedical research consistently finds that Blacks have worse physical health than Whites, an expected pattern given Blacks’ greater exposure to psychosocial [ More...]

Mental Health and Social Policy: Beyond Managed Care, 6th edition
David Mechanic, Donna D. McAlpine, David A. Rochefort
Rooted in research findings that support an evidence-based orientation to treatment and recovery, the sixth edition of Mental Health and Social Policy [ More...]

All We Have to Fear: Psychiatry's Transformation of Natural Anxieties ...
Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield
Thirty years ago, it was estimated that less than five percent of the population had an anxiety disorder. Today, some estimates are over fifty percent, [ More...]

"Looking at Patients’ Choices through the Lens of Expected Utility: A ...
Louise B. Russell and Alan Schwartz
The expected utility framework underlies much research in medical decision making. Because the framework requires decisions to be decomposed into probabilities [ More...]

"Effect of Non-Leisure Physical Activity on Mortality in U.S. Adults: ...
Jeehyun Park and Louise B. Russell
Purpose To reanalyze results reported in 2008, using propensity score matching, to test the treatment effect of non-leisure physical activity [ More...]

Child Support and Young Children's Development
Lenna Nepomnyaschy, Katherine Magnuson, and Lawrence Berger
This study examines the influence of nonresident fathers’ formal and informal cash child support on children’s cognitive skills and behavior at 5 years [ More...]

Seizing Opportunities Under The Affordable Care Act For Transforming The ...
David Mechanic
The Affordable Care Act, along with Medicaid expansions, offers the opportunity to redesign the nation’s highly flawed mental health system. It promotes [ More...]

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