Methods and Evaluation
Insurance and Financing • Mental Health Services and Policy in the Criminal Justice System • Methods and Evaluation • Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes • Policy, Law, History and Professions • Psychosocial Issues • Special Populations • State Health Policy

Expertise is brought to bear on research projects to meet rigorous theoretical, methodological and statistical standards and is especially critical for studies that bridge traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Assessment/diagnosis Cost-effectiveness

Mental health outcomes Quality of life Statistics

Current Projects: Aging and HIV Disease: Health Care, Function, and Quality of Life for Older Persons with HIV Disease Stephen Crystal, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Usha Sambamoorthi, Ph.D. Assessing and Improving Quality of Care for Nursing Home Residents with Mental Health Disabilities Stephen Crystal, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Mark Olfson, M.D., M.P.H. Susan Reinhard, Ph.D., M.S.N. Usha Sambamoorthi, Ph.D. James Walkup, Ph.D. Cost-outcome Measurement and Cost-effectiveness Analysis Nancy Wolff, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Thomas W. Helminiak, Ph.D. Health-Related Activities in the American Time Use Survey Negative and Supportive Social Interactions and Quality of Life among Persons Diagnosed with Severe Mental Illness Allan V. Horwitz, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Sarah Rosenfield, Ph.D., Principal Investigator Philip T. Yanos, Ph.D. Probabilistic Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Sample Size Estimation in Survey Data Donald R. Hoover, Ph.D., M.P.H., Principal Investigator Unmet Need for Mental Health Services: Validity of DSM-IV Diagnostic Criteria and Re-analysis of Epidemiological Prevalence Estimates Jerome C. Wakefield, Ph.D., D.S.W., Principal Investigator Mark Schmitz, Ph.D.