Psychiatric Services
- Volume 62
- Number 2
- February 2011
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Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages120–122The Jail Inreach Project is a health care-based intensive case management “inreach” program that engages incarcerated persons from the homeless population who have behavioral health disorders (mental illness, substance use disorder, or both) in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0120Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages123–125Objective: The authors describe characteristics and capacities of mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries. Methods: The World Health Organization Assessment Instrument for Mental Health Systems was used to assess services in 42 countries (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0123Articles
Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages129–134Objective: This study examined the impact of insurance parity on the use, cost, and quality of substance abuse treatment. Methods: The authors compared substance abuse treatment spending and utilization from 1999 to 2002 for continuously enrolled ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0129Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages135–142Objective: Although military personnel are at high risk of mental health problems, research findings indicate that many military personnel and veterans do not seek needed mental health care. Thus it is critical to identify factors that interfere with the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0135Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages143–151Objective: This study analyzed use of services from psychiatrists and other mental health professionals (psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors, and social workers) in six European countries. Methods: Data were from respondents (N=8,796) to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0143Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages152–161Objective: This study described use of services for a major depressive episode and determined factors associated with use in Spain, a country with universal access to care and a relatively low prevalence of depression. Methods: Data were from the European ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0152Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages162–170Objective: This study assessed longer-term outcomes of low-income patients with cancer (predominantly female and Hispanic) after treatment in a collaborative model of depression care or in enhanced usual care. Methods: The randomized controlled trial, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0162Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages171–178Objective: Recent clinical and policy trends have favored low-demand housing (provision of housing not contingent on alcohol and drug abstinence) in assisting chronically homeless people. This study compared housing, clinical, and service use outcomes of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0171Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages179–185Objective: Capitated Medicaid mental health programs have reduced costs over the short term by lowering the utilization of high-cost inpatient services. This study examined the five-year effects of capitated financing in community mental health centers (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0179Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages186–193Objective: This study examined the association between a Medicaid prior-authorization policy for second-generation antipsychotic and anticonvulsant agents and medication discontinuation and health service use by patients with bipolar disorder. Methods: A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0186Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages194–199Objective: This study examined the relationship between the availability of mental health outpatient services provided by 40 publicly funded community service boards (CSBs) and the use of inpatient mental health treatment among Medicaid recipients. Methods:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0194Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages200–205Objective: Deinstitutionalization is an ongoing process, as many jurisdictions continue to struggle with redesigning their psychiatric systems. Historically, reducing psychiatric beds and closing hospitals have resulted in deleterious outcomes for people ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0200Open Forum
Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages206–209Driven by financial pressures, the sole focus of psychiatric inpatient treatment has become safety and crisis stabilization. Data are lacking on outcomes of ultrashort-stay hospitalizations; however, such stays may diminish opportunities for a sustained ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0206Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages210–213Objective: The study examined whether data collected by researchers who were service users differed from data collected by non-service user researchers in a study that measured perceived coercion. Methods: Over two years, 548 inpatients in England were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0210Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages214–217Objective: Staff burnout is a frequent problem for mental health providers and may be associated with negative outcomes for providers, consumers, and organizations. This study tested an intervention to reduce staff burnout. Methods: Community mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.2.pss6202_0214Publication date: 01 February 2011
Pages218–220Objective: Valproate is associated with polycystic ovary syndrome as well as congenital malformations and developmental delays of infants who were prenatally exposed. The frequency of valproate use for mental health conditions among women of childbearing ...
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