The US Government Accountability Office says it is “in the dark” about the effectiveness of federal mental health programs, according to Psychiatric News.
Only nine of 30 federal mental health programs run by the Department of Health and Human Services had completed evaluations, states the report. “More critically, there was no formal interagency coordination of the programs, in part because the Federal Executive Steering Committee for Mental Health has not met since 2009.”
GAO Wants Better Coordination, Evaluation of MH Programs (Psychiatric News, February 11, 2015)