Psychiatric Services
- Volume 63
- Number 11
- November 2012
Taking Issue
This Month's Highlights
Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1063–1071The Internet is providing new options for treatment delivery. eCare for Moods offers personalized self-monitoring tools, messaging with an eCare manager, depression education, and a discussion group—all on a secure Web site. At several follow-ups, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.005332011Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1072–1079It is estimated that one in seven Iraq and Afghanistan veterans has PTSD, which can cause problems when veterans return to work. In this study, female veterans with severe PTSD symptoms showed marked improvement in work impairment when their treatment was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100415Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1080–1088ObjectiveAntipsychotic drug therapy is the cornerstone of treatment of persons with schizophrenia. Because most antipsychotics are metabolized by the hepatic cytochrome P450 system, concomitant use of an antipsychotic and medications that are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100443Erratum
Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1089–1094ObjectiveAlthough clinical training programs aspire to develop competency in violence risk assessment, little research has examined whether level of training is associated with the accuracy of clinicians’ evaluations of violence potential. This is the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200019Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1095–1101Use of anticonvulsants to treat psychiatric conditions of U.S. children and adolescents has expanded considerably in recent decades. This national study provides evidence that the trend continues. The finding of increasing use of concomitant psychotropic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100547Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1102–1107ObjectiveThe authors investigated levels of social inclusion among service users of two types of psychiatric community housing programs in the Netherlands.MethodsA large-scale cross-sectional survey was conducted that included service users of community ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100538Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1108–1117ObjectiveTeam design is meticulously specified for assertive community treatment (ACT) teams, yet performance can vary across ACT teams, even those with high fidelity. By developing and validating the Teamwork in Assertive Community Treatment (TACT) scale,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100338Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1118–1124ObjectiveThis study examined the effects on well-being of a spouse’s disability among aging parents already serving as caregivers of adult children with severe mental illness or a developmental disability.MethodsThe study sample consisted of two groups of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200014Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1125–1130ObjectiveThe purpose of this project was to engage a diverse group of stakeholders (N=38) to help establish priorities to guide patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) in serious mental illness.MethodsThree meetings, two Web-based and one on site, were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100369Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1131–1133ObjectiveThis is the first large-scale study to describe the types of telemental health services provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).MethodsThe authors compiled national-level VHA administrative data for fiscal years 2006–2010 (October 1, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100458Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1134–1136ObjectiveThis survey documented the provision of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatments in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) specialized posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment programs.MethodsProgram coordinators or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100456Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1137–1141ObjectiveIn 2007, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system began nationwide implementation of primary care–mental health integration (PC-MHI) programs to enhance mental health access and promote treatment of common mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100365Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1142–1145ObjectiveThe goal of this study was to evaluate relationships between recovery-supportive and integrated care features with health-related quality of life for veterans with serious mental illness.MethodsData were utilized from several national Veterans ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100505Factors Associated With Initiation on Clozapine and on Other Antipsychotics Among Medicaid Enrollees
Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1146–1149ObjectiveDemographic and clinical factors associated with starting clozapine and other antipsychotics were examined.MethodsNew York State Medicaid claims from 2008 to 2009 identified individuals with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder, continuous Medicaid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100435Publication date: 01 November 2012
Pages1150–1153ObjectiveThis study examined whether the number of emergency department visits for “mental and psychosocial problems” varies with temperature or humidity.MethodsThe number of visits in three geographic areas of Québec were examined as a function of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100485Frontline Reports
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