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Mental Health Economics Research and Policy Analysis: Overview and Priorities

9 Apr 2013 - 14:00 to 15:00
 




 
Public Policy, Enterprise, Governance and Sustainability (PPEGS) Seminar Series
 
The Public Policy, Enterprise, Governance and Sustainability (PPEGS) Research Theme at the Kemmy Business School is pleased to present its continuing seminar series for the Spring semester. The Seminar series is broadly defined into two sections, the first with a focus on health research & policy and the second on broader policy issues.
We are delighted to continue this series with
 
Brendan Kennelly
JE Cairnes School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway
 
Titled
Mental Health Economics Research and Policy Analysis: Overview and Priorities 
  
Date: Tuesday April 9th, 14h00-15h00
Venue: Kemmy Business School, KB1-11
All are welcome to attend with tea and coffee provided before the start of the seminar
 
 Bio:
Brendan Kennelly has been a lecturer in economics at NUI Galway since 1991. He was also a Visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania from August 2002 to December 2003 and from January 2010 to August 2011. He has published articles on welfare economics, public choice, the welfare state and health economics in journals such as Social Choice and Welfare, Public Choice, Social Science and Medicine, and Health Policy, and in several books. Much of his recent research has been in health economics, particularly in the area of mental health. He is currently working on a number of projects that evaluate different programmes for preventing suicide and is also working on various economic aspects of mental health problems such as the cost of mental illness and the cost effectiveness of different interventions for mental illnesses.

Abstract:
The aim of this seminar is to present an overview of research in mental health economics and policy analysis and to outline some priorities for future research in this area. I will begin with a short discussion of the nature and incidence of mental illnesses in Ireland. I will provide some data on the most important features of the mental health care system in Ireland. I will discuss some recent cost of illness studies on mental illness and some economic evaluation studies on mental health and suicide prevention. I will end with a discussion of the priorities for mental health economics research with a focus on whether and how behavioural economics can contribute to research in this area.
Other upcoming dates for the Public Policy, Enterprise, Governance and Sustainability Seminar Series include
 
Date Presenter Affiliation Seminar Title Time and Location
16/04/2013 Dr. Gnanonobodom Tiou-Tagba Aliti Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick Simulating the impact of austerity on the Irish economy using a Stock-Flow Consistent model 2-3pm, KB1-11
 
23/04/2013 Colm McCarthy UCD School of Economics Bank Resolution and Sovereign Sustainability 2-3pm, KB1-11
 
 

 
 

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