David Mandell, ScD, is the Kenneth E. Appel Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is trained as a psychiatric epidemiologist and mental health services researcher. The goal of his research is to improve the quality of care that individuals with substance use disorders, and psychiatric and developmental disabilities receive in their communities. This research is of two types. The first examines, at the state and national level, the effects of different strategies to organize, finance, and deliver services on service use patterns and outcomes. The second consists of experimental studies designed to determine the best strategies to successfully implement proven-efficacious practices in community settings.
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David Mandell, ScD
- Kenneth E. Appel Professor, Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
- Director, Center for Mental Health, Perelman School of Medicine
- Associate Director, Center for Autism Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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