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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 62
  • Number 12
  • December 2011

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Appreciation to Reviewers

Columns

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1413–1415

Mental health authorities across the country face numerous challenges in developing effective and practical strategies to adopt and sustain research-supported and stakeholder-endorsed mental health practices. This column describes how an academic center ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.014132011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1416–1418

Utah is among a group of Western Mountain states in which suicide rates among youths are consistently high. The Utah Youth Suicide Study incorporated data from every government agency in Utah, utilizing a statewide Office of the Medical Examiner. A key ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.014162011

Articles

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1423–1429

Results of a randomized trial affirm accumulating evidence from research with adults: patients improve faster when their symptoms and functioning are routinely measured and their clinicians receive feedback from the frequent assessments.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002052011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1430–1438

Researchers used court records to document high rates of childhood abuse among juvenile detainees in Chicago. Using data from current clinical interviews, the researchers found strong links between past abuse and current mental disorders�the strength of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.004412010

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1439–1442

Three years after the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, researchers surveyed 63 Virginia colleges about their policies for responding to apparent mental health crises of students and how often such policies are invoked.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002082011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1443–1449

Objective: This study examined the extent to which children with bipolar I disorder received recommended treatment of mood-stabilizer or second-generation antipsychotic monotherapy and factors associated with its receipt. Methods: Administrative claims data ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000452011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1450–1455

Objectives: Using increasingly stringent criteria, this study evaluated the prevalence of psychotropic polypharmacy among children on the basis of duration of overlap between two or more psychotropic medications. Methods: The prevalence of psychotropic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000642011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1456–1462

Objective: This article reports preliminary findings from a novel, family peer-based intervention designed to reduce self-stigma among family members of people with serious mental illness. Methods: A total of 158 primary caregivers of patients with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001222011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1463–1469

Objective: Adherence to clinical guidelines for mental disorders among clinicians in industrialized countries is low. Research on guideline adherence among clinicians in lower- and middle-income countries is scarce. The purpose of this study was to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001042011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1470–1476

Qualitative analysis of recovery-oriented practice guidance from six countries� the U.S., England, Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Denmark, and New Zealand�showed an emerging consensus about what constitutes services aimed at promoting recovery.

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001312011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1477–1484

Objective: This study examined the association between patients' preexisting metabolic risk factors and the physician's choice of antipsychotic agent based on its propensity to cause metabolic side effects. Methods: Data were from the 2005–2007 National ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000882011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1485–1493

Objectives: This study explored criminal thinking styles and feelings of aggression and hopelessness among male and female inmates who reported mental disorders and those who did not. Methods: A total of 4,204 respondents (3,986 males and 218 females) who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000432011

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1494–1502

Common mental disorders pose tremendous health and social burdens in the poorest countries. This Open Forum describes a planning framework to advance effective, sustainable design and implementation of mental health services in these settings. It builds ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000012011

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1503–1505

Objective: Diverting potential arrestees with serious mental illnesses from the criminal justice system to mental health services has become a mainstay of public policy. Federal funding for local diversion and mental health court programs mandates that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.004532010

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1506–1509

Objective: The objectives of this study were to identify geographic regions with shortages of psychiatric mental health-advanced practice registered nurses (PMH-APRNs), describe rural-urban differences in the distribution of PMH-APRNs, and discuss ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000532011

Publication date: 01 December 2011

Pages1510–1513

Objective: This study examined help seeking among 158 college students with a lifetime history of suicide ideation. Methods: Students were interviewed about episodes of psychological distress, formal treatment, and informal help seeking during adolescence ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.005562010

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