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The Centre for the Economics of Mental Health (CEMH) is one of three centres that make up the Health Services and Population Research Department (HSPRD), and is led by its Director, Professor Martin Knapp. CEMH comprises of a team of globally-renowned health economists, and the work we do is well described by our name: we look at the economic aspects of mental health. Using economic methods and tools, we examine policy and practice questions, primarily in the mental health field, but sometimes in other areas such as stroke, neurology, cancer and social care.
Collaborations
Most CEMH studies are carried out collaboratively, often with colleagues in the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. We are also working alongside teams in many other UK universities and with groups abroad. Our role in many of these collaborations is to contribute economic evaluation expertise. The eight academic staff currently in CEMH are engaged on over 100 studies.
Economic evaluation is increasingly recognised as essential. Commissioners, providers and policy makers want to know not only whether a treatment or service arrangement is effective, but also whether it is cost-effective. They want to know if it is it worth paying for.
Specialisation
CEMH staff are specialists in the mental health field. We have national and international reputations for our work and its practice, policy and academic impacts. We also have specialist skills in other areas – particularly stroke, autism, diabetes and palliative care – where we apply economic methods to policy and practice studies.
Practice and policy impacts
Much of our work at the practice level looks at the cost-effectiveness of treatment or care arrangements, and we aim to publish our findings in clinical and health services journals that are read by people responsible for practice decisions. Our work has informed National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for depression, schizophrenia, adolescent depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, dementia, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
Our work regularly informs policy developments, and CEMH studies have been cited in the National Service Frameworks for mental health, children and older people, the recent Department of Health statement of intent, New Horizons, and the European Commission mental health Green Paper.
CEMH work has also informed policy discussion in the Department of Health, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Scottish Executive. It has also been heavily cited in reports from the National Audit Office, and is regularly used by interest groups such as the Alzheimer’s Society, National Autistic Society, Rethink and think tanks such as the King’s Fund.
The award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize to the whole Department (HSPRD) illustrates that our work is held in high esteem.
Centre for the Economics of Mental Health
Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London
Health Service and Population Research Department
PO24 David Goldberg Centre
De Crespigny Park
London SE5 8AF
Administration: Linda Parker
Phone: 020 7848 0198
Fax: 020 7848 7600
Centre for the Economics of Mental Health (CEMH)
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About the CEMHThe Centre for the Economics of Mental Health (CEMH) is one of three centres that make up the Health Services and Population Research Department (HSPRD), and is led by its Director, Professor Martin Knapp. CEMH comprises of a team of globally-renowned health economists, and the work we do is well described by our name: we look at the economic aspects of mental health. Using economic methods and tools, we examine policy and practice questions, primarily in the mental health field, but sometimes in other areas such as stroke, neurology, cancer and social care.
Collaborations
Most CEMH studies are carried out collaboratively, often with colleagues in the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. We are also working alongside teams in many other UK universities and with groups abroad. Our role in many of these collaborations is to contribute economic evaluation expertise. The eight academic staff currently in CEMH are engaged on over 100 studies.
Economic evaluation is increasingly recognised as essential. Commissioners, providers and policy makers want to know not only whether a treatment or service arrangement is effective, but also whether it is cost-effective. They want to know if it is it worth paying for.
Specialisation
CEMH staff are specialists in the mental health field. We have national and international reputations for our work and its practice, policy and academic impacts. We also have specialist skills in other areas – particularly stroke, autism, diabetes and palliative care – where we apply economic methods to policy and practice studies.
Practice and policy impacts
Much of our work at the practice level looks at the cost-effectiveness of treatment or care arrangements, and we aim to publish our findings in clinical and health services journals that are read by people responsible for practice decisions. Our work has informed National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidelines for depression, schizophrenia, adolescent depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, dementia, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.
Our work regularly informs policy developments, and CEMH studies have been cited in the National Service Frameworks for mental health, children and older people, the recent Department of Health statement of intent, New Horizons, and the European Commission mental health Green Paper.
CEMH work has also informed policy discussion in the Department of Health, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Scottish Executive. It has also been heavily cited in reports from the National Audit Office, and is regularly used by interest groups such as the Alzheimer’s Society, National Autistic Society, Rethink and think tanks such as the King’s Fund.
The award of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize to the whole Department (HSPRD) illustrates that our work is held in high esteem.
Centre for the Economics of Mental Health
Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London
Health Service and Population Research Department
PO24 David Goldberg Centre
De Crespigny Park
London SE5 8AF
Administration: Linda Parker
Phone: 020 7848 0198
Fax: 020 7848 7600
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