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Article: The effect of expanded mental health benefits on treatment initiation and specialist utilization.(Employee assistance programs research reports)
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- Health Services Research
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- August 1, 2005
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Mental health disorders represent one of the most common problems facing adults in the labor force. It is estimated that within a 12-month-period nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population experiences some diagnosable mental health or addictive disorder (Kessler et al. 1994). Some prior studies have found that mental disorders can substantially inhibit an employee's ability to work by increasing absenteeism and reducing on-the-job productivity (Kessler and Frank 1997; Burton and Conti 1999; Burton et al. 1999; Kessler et al. 1999). Early initiation into treatment is frequently mentioned as an important means of controlling the severity of an episode of mental illness and ...
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