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Design and Development of a Mental Health Assessment and Intervention System

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Mental health disorders are the leading cause of disability and functional impairment in the United States (1 in 5). The negative effect of mental health disorders is felt both in the personal and public lives of the affected individuals, particularly in the workplace where it adversely impacts productivity. Only a small fraction of the affected people in the work force seeks help. The cost to employers and the economy of these untreated individuals is staggering. Some employers have tried to address employees’ emotional well-being by establishing Employee Assistance Programs. Yet, even these programs do not sufficiently address existing barriers to the detection and treatment of mental health disorders in the workplace. This paper describes the design of an automated workplace program that uses an Interactive, computer-assisted telephonic system (Interactive Voice Response or IVR) to assess workers for a variety of mental health disorders and subsequently refers untreated and inadequately treated workers to appropriate treatment settings.

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This study was funded by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

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  1. Medical Information Systems Unit, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Ramesh Farzanfar, Allison Stevens & Robert Friedman

  2. MISU, 560 Harrison Avenue, Suite 404, Boston, 02118, Massachusetts, USA

    Ramesh Farzanfar

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Louis Vachon

  4. Center for Clinical Computing and Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Steven E. Locke

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Farzanfar, R., Stevens, A., Vachon, L. et al. Design and Development of a Mental Health Assessment and Intervention System. J Med Syst 31, 49–62 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-006-9042-z

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