Dr. Lynch is a health economist whose research interests focus on the organization and financing of care for people with mental health and substance abuse problems. She joined the CHR as an investigator in July 1996. Dr. Lynch has been the principal investigator and co-investigator of several grants funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

One of Dr. Lynch’s current research projects compares patterns of enrollment, service use, and cost for Medicaid and privately enrolled HMO members with substance abuse problems. Dr. Lynch is particularly interested in examining the economic impact of children’s mental health problems, including examining the cost-effectiveness of alternative treatments for these disorders.

Dr. Lynch received her Ph.D. in health economics from the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1995. She was the recipient of a full fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health. From 1989 to 1995 she was a researcher at the Center for the Organization and Financing of Care for the Severely Mentally Ill at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Lynch also holds a master of science in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Current Studies:

	Adoption of Buprenorphine in an HMO Setting
	Brief, Primary Care CBT for Unmedicated Depressed Youth — STAND
	Effectiveness of Guided Self-Help for Binge Eating — BEST
	Measurement of Family Cost of Children’s Mental Illness
	Prevention of Depression—POD
	Primary Care Treatment for Overweight Adolescent Females — SHINE
	Treatment of Resistant Depression in Adolescents 2 — TORDIA 2
	Treatment of SSRI-Resistant Depression in Adolescents — TORDIA

Recently Completed Studies:

	Cost Analysis and Utilization Patterns of Risperidone and Olanzapine in a Managed Care Setting – APD Cost
	Cost and Health Outcomes of Risky Drinking in an HMO—CHORD
	Examining the Effectiveness and Feasibility of Collaborative Care Treatment of Overweight Adolescents
	HMO Treatment of Depression Co-morbid with Substance Abuse—SODAS
	Medicaid Children in Rural Oregon: A Comparison of Pre-Paid and Fee-for-Service Counties
	Mental Health Triage Innovation Project—Tri-Ment
	National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network
	Naturalistic Pharmacotherapy for Youth Depression — LEAP
	Study for Testing Effective Approaches for Depression in Youth— STEADY
	Utility Assessment of Health States in Patients with Bipolar Disorder – Bipolar Utility

E-mail: Frances.Lynch@kpchr.org