United Behavioral Health (UBH)
United Behavioral Health (UBH) serves 22 million members that include Fortune 500 companies, state and county governments, Blue Shield participants, and various health plans including UnitedHealth Group. It owns and operates work/life, employee assistance, behavioral health, and disability support programs. It has large and diverse networks of nearly 42,000 providers and 2,700 contracted facilities nationwide. To ensure that members have access to quality care and support, these networks are made up of clinical professionals, treatment facilities, and expert resources (i.e. child care providers, elder care services and facilities, education specialists, licensed clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse professionals, certified employee assistance professionals, psychologists, and psychiatrists). In addition, an in-house team of multi-disciplinary scientists are dedicated to quantifying the impact of UBH programs. Through research, clinical study, and collaboration with leading academic institutions, UBH strives to learn new ways to improve what it does.

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Live and Work Well
Liveandworkwell.com is UBH's consumer/member web site for mental health, work-life issues, EAP and substance abuse. The site contains Mental Health Condition Centers, Life Stage Resource Centers, Health & Well-Being information and allows members to check eligibility and file and monitor claims. Users can locate a mental health specialist, use interactive self-help assessments, programs and calculators, check medications and drug interactions, see over 5000 behavioral health articles approved by professionals, get a monthly newsletter or visit discussion groups. Information is available in English and partially in Spanish. Depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, alcohol related conditions and stress are the most visited issues.

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Last updated on 5/4/2009