Psychiatric Services
- Volume 62
- Number 11
- November 2011
Taking Issue
This Month's Highlights
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Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1255–1257Between 2009 and 2011, states implemented significant budget cuts to community mental health agencies (CMHAs), which are frequently the sole provider of specialized behavioral health services in rural communities. Starting in 2010, federal policy changes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1255Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1267–1269This column describes a pilot study of a fully automated, Internet-based program that provides a key element of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, a form of psychotherapy shown to be effective in the treatment of bipolar disorder when combined with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1267Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1270–1272This column describes Opening Doors to Recovery in Southeast Georgia, a partnership between public agencies, a private corporation, a not-for-profit organization, and an academic institution. Teams of community navigation specialists that include a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1270Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1273–1281Objective: Among persons with substance use disorders, those from racial-ethnic minority groups have been found to receive substance abuse treatment at rates equal to or higher than those of non-Latino whites. Little is known about factors underlying this ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1273Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1282–1288Researchers continue to find racial-ethnic disparities in treatment receipt and outcomes. In this VA study of a collaborative program to treat depression in primary care, treatment responses of veterans from minority groups were markedly higher than those ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1282Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1289–1295Objective: The aim of this qualitative study was to document perceived barriers to supported employment implementation as described by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees. Methods: Interviews were conducted over two years at six VA medical centers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1289Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1296–1302Objective: This study evaluated a Web-based tool to help patients with schizophrenia communicate with clinicians about evidence-based treatments. Methods: Fifty patients used an interactive Web-based intervention featuring actors simulating a patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1296Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1303–1309An intervention delivered in an emergency department was shown to improve rates of follow-up care among suicidal youths discharged from the department. The intervention involved a family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy session, later supplemented by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1303Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1310–1317Objective: No evidence is available on the relative restrictiveness of seclusion and mechanical restraint, although guidelines recommend use of the least restrictive intervention. This study compared the restrictiveness of these interventions from patients'...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1310Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1318–1324Objective: The heightened risk of persons with serious mental illness to contract and transmit HIV is recognized as a public health problem. Persons with HIV and mental illness may be at risk for poor treatment adherence, development of treatment-resistant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1318Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1325–1330Objective: An important distinction in models of housing for the homeless is whether programs that require abstinence prior to program admission produce better outcomes than unrestricted programs. Data from a large transitional housing program were used to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1325Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1331–1337Objective: This study examined initial results of a standardized program of health risk monitoring of a large group of youths with psychiatric disorders treated in outpatient and day-treatment settings. Methods: The program was implemented at 48 outpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1331Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1338–1345Objective: In England national clinical guidelines recommend annual screening for cardiovascular risk factors among individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder within primary care supported by efforts to promote healthy behaviors by secondary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1338Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1346–1352Objective: This study assessed whether increased frequency of clinical monitoring during the high-risk period of 12 weeks after discharge from a psychiatric hospitalization reduced subsequent rehospitalization in a national cohort of Veterans Health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1346Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1353–1360Objective: Aims of the study were to describe behavioral health treatment utilization patterns of community-dwelling older adults with depressive symptoms over a six-month period and to identify factors associated with treatment use, guided by a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1353Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1361–1368Objective: This study characterized psychiatrist and patient communication behaviors and affective voice tones during pharmacotherapy appointments with depressed patients at four community-based mental health clinics where psychiatrists provided medication ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1361Open Forum
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1369–1371After the mass shooting in Tucson, experts were asked: �Was this tragedy preventable?� The author of this month�s Open Forum explains why it is so difficult to predict such incidents. He also reflects on �the non-news�: that many tragedies have been ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1369Commentary
Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1373–1376Objective: Approval rates for first-time applications for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) among adults who are homeless can be as low as 10%. This study examined approval rates among applicants who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1373Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1377–1380Objective: Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy (IPSRT) is an evidence-based psychotherapy for mood disorders. The goal of this quality improvement initiative was to demonstrate feasibility of implementing IPSRT across the continuum of outpatient and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1377Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1381–1383Objective: This study determined the gap between actual care and optimal care (recommended in the clinical guideline) for patients with borderline personality disorder in the Netherlands. Factors that affected guideline implementation were identified. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1381APA Achievement Awards
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Pages1384–1386Four outstanding programs are winners of APA�s 2011 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Achievement Awards. Stories about how these programs have overcome challenges in order to bring high-quality services to diverse groups in Texas, Massachusetts, South Carolina, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_13842011 APA Gold Award
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