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Building Bridges Between Evidence and Policy in Mental Health Services Research: Introducing the Policy Review
Matthew L Goldman1, Marvin S Swartz1, Grayson S Norquist1
1San Francisco Department of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Goldman); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (Swartz); Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Norquist) and Rollins School of Public Health (Druss), Emory University, Atlanta; RAND Corporation, Pittsburgh (Horvitz-Lennon); Yale National Clinical Scholars Program (Balasuriya) and Department of Psychiatry (Isom), Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City (Jorgensen); Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York City (Greiner); Indiana Department of Mental Health and Addiction, Indianapolis (Brinkley); Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Oklahoma City (Hayes); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City (Dixon).
Abstract:
Although it is widely accepted that patients do better when evidence-based health care practices are used, there is less acknowledgment of the positive outcomes associated with evidence-based policy making. To address the need for high-quality evidence to inform mental health policies, Psychiatric Services has recently launched a new article format: the Policy Review. This review type defines a specific policy-relevant issue affecting behavioral health systems, describes current knowledge and limitations, and discusses policy implications. Reviews can focus on mental health policies or examine how other health or social policies affect people with mental illness or substance use disorders. This brief overview of the need for a policy review article type describes differences between evidence-based policy making and practices and looks at research approaches focused on evidence-based policy making, as well as legislative and other efforts to support it. Broad guidelines for potential submissions are also provided.
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