Psychiatric Services
- Volume 63
- Number 3
- March 2012
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Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages202–204The FDA, the APA, and the American Diabetes Association have called for routine monitoring of cardiometabolic side effects among individuals taking second-generation antipsychotic medications. Yet, monitoring of these patients by state mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20120p202Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages205–207This column describes a process for adapting an evidence-based practice in community clinics in which researchers and community providers participated and the resulting framework for implementation of the practice—Replicating Effective Programs-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200032Articles
Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages209–215A commitment to ending homelessness was the impetus behind a federal initiative that funded five demonstration projects for people with mental illness and chronic homelessness. The projects combined two evidence-based practices—supported employment and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100100Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages216–222Objectives: Specialized early intervention by a team providing assertive community treatment (ACT) is beneficial to the recovery, housing, and employment of individuals with schizophrenia, but few studies have examined its effect on social support. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20110013Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages223–229Provision of time-unlimited services is a central principle of assertive community treatment (ACT). However, when ACT was created, few alternative community-based services existed for people with serious mental illness. In New York State, which has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100041Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages230–236Objective: The objective of this study was to assess receipt of obesity care by patients with and without mental illness. Methods: The sample consisted of 254,051 obese primary care patients surviving through fiscal year (FY) 2006. Administrative data for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100221Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages237–242Objective: Whether access to primary and specialist care has an impact on treatment for people with schizophrenia and comorbid cardiac disease is unclear. The objective of this study was to compare use of general health care and specialized cardiac care by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000363Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages243–249Objective: African Americans underutilize traditional mental health services, compared with white Americans. The authors conducted a systematic review of studies involving church-based health promotion programs for mental disorders among African Americans ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100216Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages250–255Objective: Maternal depression is linked to poor infant and child outcome. In 2001, the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration required all Healthy Start programs to incorporate maternal-depression screening as part of home visiting services. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100247Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages256–261Objective: The objective was to determine whether transitioning from paper to electronic health records affected behavioral health screening rates in a large Northeastern pediatric practice. Methods: The study setting was a pediatric practice with seven ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100207Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages262–269Objective: Prior studies have shown a significant but modest association between mental disorders and violence and an increased risk in the presence of co-occurring substance use disorders. Categorical diagnoses, however, have limited utility when ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100354Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages270–275The concept of the “right to health,” regardless of a person's legal status, is a guiding force in establishing adequate standards of health care for all, including prisoners with mental illness. Prison health care in the United States, however, often ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100256Open Forum
Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages277–279Treatment grounded in recovery principles is often viewed as not being based on the “medical model.” In this Open Forum the author asserts that recovery from mental illness is entirely compatible with concepts of recovery from medical illness and with new ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100248Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages280–282Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the external validity of hospitalization as an outcome measure for first-episode psychosis services. Methods: A two-year, prospective cohort design was used to examine the associations between ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100118Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages283–286Objective: This study identified characteristics of adult psychiatric patients who remained for 24 or more hours in the emergency departments of general hospitals in Massachusetts. Methods: Data were collected starting in June 2008 on a prospective cohort ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000563Publication date: 01 March 2012
Pages287–290Objective: This study identified predictors of emergency department use by persons with intellectual disability during psychiatric crises. Methods: Data were analyzed for 576 adults with intellectual disability who were living in three urban centers in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100124Frontline Reports
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