Collaborative Alzheimer’s care improved quality of life and saved billions when scaled nationwide, outperforming the antiamyloid drug lecanemab, results of a new cost analysis suggest.

A UCSF study found that a "collaborative care" model for dementia patients improved quality of life, reduced costs, alleviated caregiver burden, and extended the time that patients remained in the ...

Tens of millions of adults in the U.S. suffer from depression and anxiety. Yet the barriers to entry in mental health care—including holes in insurance coverage, a shortage of behavioral health ...

"We're going to see more drugs and better drugs soon, and I think that's very exciting. But we can't just focus on the drugs, we need to rethink our system of care," said coauthor Katherine L. Possin, ...

A new study found that use of the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) is increasing rapidly at a national level, but enormous disparities in use exist among states. CoCM is the low cost, ...

The psychiatric collaborative care model (CoCM), better known as "collaborative care," is much more than just a synonym for well-rounded care or holistic treatment. Simply co-locating a licensed ...

Use of the Psychiatric Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) increased 26-fold nationally among commercially insured patients between 2018 and 2024, yet access to the evidence-based mental health care model ...

Nearly half of adult Americans reported experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2020, according to U.S. census surveys. This reported number spiked during the pandemic, and is expected to ...

From prior authorization delays to PBM reforms and Medicaid gaps, experts track policy shifts that shape health equity and ...

Several factors contribute to provider burnout: ever-increasing administrative tasks, electronic medical record documentation, too little time per patient, as well as the needs of patients between ...

Emerging collaborative care models that include evidence-based CAM therapies will more adequately address complex challenges of mental illness In a previous post I commented on the limitations of both ...

Programs that match caregivers with patient navigators yield better outcomes than Alzheimer's drug – but combining the two ...