Mental Health Policy Research Guide: Suggested Journals & Articles

Organizations

• Mental Health: US Department of Veterans Affairs

• Veterans & Active Duty--NAMI

Articles

• Effects of deployment on mental health in modern military forces: A review of longitudinal studies

• The Mental Health Needs of Veterans, Service Members and Their Families

• MH Among Military and Veterans in North Carolina

Articles

• SSI & SSDI (NAMI)

• Mental Disorders Disability Evaluation Under Social Security (U.S. Social Security Administration)

• Mental Illness, Work & Income Support Programs (NIH) 

• Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act Reintroduced (National Low Income Housing Coalition)

• National Institute of Health article about 1 year of Covid-19

• Mental Health Care Was Severely Inequitable, Then Came the Coronavirus Crisis (Center for American Progress) 

• World Health Assembly Recommends Reinforcement of Measures to Protect Mental Health During Public Health Emergencies (WHO) 

• COVID's Mental-Health Toll: How Scientists are Tracking a Surge in Depression (Nature)

• The Implications of COVID-19 for Mental Health and Substance Use (KFF)

• Foster Care

• Child Welfare

• School-Based Mental Health 

  • NASBE State Policy Database of School-based or School-linked Mental Health Services
  • Pediatrics Journal Article
  • Child and Adolescent Mental Health Journal
  • School Mental Health Journal

• American Psychiatric Association
• Menta Health America (MHA)
• National Alliance of Mental Illness 
• SAMHSA

• Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace and the ADA

Organizations:

• Prison Policy Initiative (PPI)

• National Commission on Correctional Health Care

• Vera Institute for Justice

• The Sentencing Project

Articles/Blogs/Posts:

• Basic Mental Health Services (National Commission on Correctional Health Care)

• Mentally Ill Persons in Corrections (U.S. Dept. of Justice National Institute of Corrections)

• Criminal Justice Issues (Mental Health America)

• Incarceration Can Cause Lasting Damage to Mental Health (Prison Policy Initiative)

• Mental Health Treatment While Incarcerated (NAMI) 

• Feature: Incarceration (American Psychological Association) 

• Mental Health & Prisons (WHO) 

• The Psychological Impact of Incarceration: Implications for Post-Prison Adjustment (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation)

• Mental Health Problems of Prison and Jail Inmates (U.S. Dept. of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics)

• Study Finds Hundreds of Thousands of Inmates Mentally Ill (NYT) 

• Access to Mental Healthcare and Incarceration (MHA) 

• Policies & Practices Surrounding Mental Health & Criminal Justice (PPI)

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Organization(s)

• National Association of Community Health Centers

Articles

• Access to Care Data (MHA)

• The ACA at 10: How Has It Impacted Mental Health Care? (Commonwealth Fund)

• Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Care for Uninsured and Insured Adults (NIH) 

• The Uninsured: The Impact of Covering Mental Illness and Addiction Disorders Brief (National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare)

• Mental Health Parity (NAMI) 

Articles

• Mental Health Service Use Among Immigrants in the United States: A Systematic Review (NIH)

• Early Immigration Actions Taken by the Biden Administration (American Immigration Lawyers Association)

Don't forget: Look at individual state’s Medicaid policies around undocumented immigrants will give some sense of what may be available in terms of access to mental health care. Example)  California

Organizations

• National Alliance to End Homelessness

• SAMHSA Housing & Shelter

• U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity

• U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

Articles

• Fair Housing for Individuals with Mental Health, Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (HUD)

• Housing First Fact Sheet (National Alliance to End Homelessness)

• Implementing Housing First in Permanent Supportive Housing (US Interagency Council on Homelessness)

• Housing First Checklist Assessing Projects & Systems for a Housing First Orientation (US Interagency Council on Homelessness)

• Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness (US Interagency Council on Homelessness)

Don't forget the Social Work Housing Guide

Organizations

• U.S. Dept. of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy

• American Psychiatric Association Center for Workplace Mental Health

• Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law

Articles

• Workplace Accommodation Toolkit (Job Accommodation Network) 

• Promoting Employment of People with Mental Illness (Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law)

• Improving Employment Outcomes for People with Psychiatric Disorders and Other Disabilities (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation)

• Adapting Supported Employment for Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions (Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research) 

• Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Severe Mental Illness (NIH)

• Employment & Mental Illness (NAMI)

• Recovery-oriented Strategies Enhancing Vocational and Economic Inclusion (WHO) 

• Meaningful Work and Recovery (MHA) 

• Mental Health & Work: Impact, Issues & Good Practices (WHO) 

• Mental Health in the Workplace (CDC) 

• Depression, PTSD & Other Mental Health Conditions in the Workplace: Your Legal Rights (EEOC) 

• Accommodations for Employees with Psychiatric Disabilities (U.S. Dept. of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy)

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• National Conference of State Legislatures