Skip to main content

Abstract

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes provisions to shift the U.S. health care system to address achieving wellness rather than just treating illness. The authors of this Open Forum describe opportunities created by the ACA for improving prevention of mental illnesses and promotion of mental health. Psychiatrists can play an important role in incorporating prevention strategies into integrated care initiatives and settings.

Abstract

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes provisions to shift the U.S. health care system to address achieving wellness rather than just treating illness. In this Open Forum, the Prevention Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry describes opportunities created by the ACA for improving prevention of mental illnesses and promotion of mental health. These include improved coverage of preventive services, models to integrate primary and behavioral health care, and establishment of the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council, which has developed a National Prevention Strategy. The authors describe the important role that psychiatrists can play in advancing prevention of mental illnesses, in particular by working to incorporate prevention strategies in integrated care initiatives and by collaborating with primary care providers to screen for risk factors and promote mental and emotional well-being.

Formats available

You can view the full content in the following formats:

Information & Authors

Information

Published In

Go to Psychiatric Services
Go to Psychiatric Services
Cover: Stravinsky II, by Larry Rivers, 1966. Color lithograph, printed from ten stones and one photographic plate; 28 1/16 × 39 15/16 inches. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lee M. Friedman Fund, 66.899. Photograph © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Psychiatric Services
Pages: 1231 - 1233
PubMed: 23203357

History

Published online: 1 December 2012
Published in print: December 2012

Authors

Details

Ruth S. Shim, M.D., M.P.H.
Frederick J. P. Langheim, M.D., Ph.D.
Marc Manseau, M.D., M.P.H.
Christopher Oleskey, M.D., M.P.H.
Rebecca A. Powers, M.D., M.P.H.
Michael T. Compton, M.D., M.P.H.
Dr. Shim is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr., S.W., Atlanta, GA 30310 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Dr. Koplan is with the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta.
Dr. Langheim is with Dean Health Systems, Madison, Wisconsin, and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Dr. Manseau is with the Department of Psychiatry, New York University, New York City.
Dr. Oleskey is with the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Powers is with the Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California.
Dr. Compton is with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Metrics & Citations

Metrics

Citations

Export Citations

If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.

For more information or tips please see 'Downloading to a citation manager' in the Help menu.

Format
Citation style
Style
Copy to clipboard

View Options

View options

PDF/ePub

View PDF/ePub

Full Text

View Full Text

Get Access

Login options

Already a subscriber? Access your subscription through your login credentials or your institution for full access to this article.

Personal login Institutional Login Open Athens login
Purchase Options

Purchase this article to access the full text.

PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services

PPV Articles - Psychiatric Services

Not a subscriber?

Subscribe Now / Learn More

PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5-TR® library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development.

Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.).

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

Share

Share

Share article link

Share