MENTAL DISORDERS

aqol6dmap_use: Apply AQoL-6D Utility Mapping Models To New Data

**An** R program that provides a worked example of how AQoL-6D mapping models intended for use in clinical youth mental health samples can be used to make health utility predictions using new data...

Springtides reports for Local Government Areas in the North West of Melbourne

A dataset of sample outputs from the development version of the Springtides model...

aqol6dmap_fakes: Generate fake input data for an AQoL-6D mapping study

**An** R program to generate a synthetic (fake) dataset similar to that used to map a range of psychological measures to AQoL-6D health utility in a clinical sample of young people...

Identifying attributes of care that may improve cost-effectiveness in the youth mental health service system

**Objective:** To identify attributes of youth mental health care for which there is evidence of potential cost-effectiveness. Study design: We performed a literature review of economic evaluations that examined both costs and outcomes for attributes of youth mental health care other than pharmacological or individual psychological therapies for full-threshold disorders...

Stepwise expansion of evidence-based care is needed for mental health reform

Mortality from mental illnesses is increasing and, because they frequently occur early in the life cycle, they are the largest source of disability and reduced economic productivity of all non-communicable diseases. Successful mental health reform can reduce the mortality, morbidity, growing welfare costs and losses in economic productivity caused by mental illness...