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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 62
  • Number 11
  • November 2011

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Columns

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1255–1257

Between 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_1255

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1267–1269

This 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_1267

Articles

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1273–1281

Objective: 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_1273

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1282–1288

Researchers 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_1282

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1289–1295

Objective: 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_1289

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1296–1302

Objective: 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_1296

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1303–1309

An 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_1303

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1310–1317

Objective: 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_1310

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1325–1330

Objective: 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_1325

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1331–1337

Objective: 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_1331

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1338–1345

Objective: 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_1338

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1346–1352

Objective: 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_1346

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1353–1360

Objective: 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_1353

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1361–1368

Objective: 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_1361

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1369–1371

After 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_1369

Commentary

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1373–1376

Objective: 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_1373

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1381–1383

Objective: 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_1381

APA Achievement Awards

Publication date: 01 November 2011

Pages1384–1386

Four 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_1384

2011 APA Gold Award

Letters

Book Reviews

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