TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward an experimental therapeutics approach in human services research
AU - Raghavan, Ramesh
AU - Munson, Michelle R.
AU - Le, Cindy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Psychiatric Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Over the past decade, the experimental therapeutics approach has gained currency as an organizing framework for research in mental health. However, examples of this approach outside of person-directed therapeutic and preventive interventions have been relatively uncommon. This article describes an experimental therapeutics approach to mental health and human services research that considers the role of social and ecological determinants in a person’s recovery from mental disorder. To illustrate this approach, this article decomposes an employment intervention to show three of its components and identifies the targets for two components: social relationships and health insurance. These targets can be engaged by provider-, community-, or policy-level interventions. Such applications of an experimental therapeutics approach to research on mental health services can enhance the rigor of studies and thereby contribute to the well-being of persons living with mental disorders in the United States.
AB - Over the past decade, the experimental therapeutics approach has gained currency as an organizing framework for research in mental health. However, examples of this approach outside of person-directed therapeutic and preventive interventions have been relatively uncommon. This article describes an experimental therapeutics approach to mental health and human services research that considers the role of social and ecological determinants in a person’s recovery from mental disorder. To illustrate this approach, this article decomposes an employment intervention to show three of its components and identifies the targets for two components: social relationships and health insurance. These targets can be engaged by provider-, community-, or policy-level interventions. Such applications of an experimental therapeutics approach to research on mental health services can enhance the rigor of studies and thereby contribute to the well-being of persons living with mental disorders in the United States.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.201800577
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201800577
M3 - Article
C2 - 31500543
AN - SCOPUS:85075958764
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 70
SP - 1130
EP - 1137
JO - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
JF - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
IS - 12
ER -