Survey search: prevalence/effects of newer mental health care and cost management programs.

Three types of programs are beginning to capture the imagination of employers concerned about issues related to mental health care and its costs: utilization review, particularly via psychiatric PPOs and case management; Employee Assistance Programs; and substance abuse testing. The spread of these programs, the promise and problems they present and their effectiveness (where measured on a wide scale) are documented here, based on studies by a variety of researchers.