Psychiatric Services
- Volume 63
- Number 5
- May 2012
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Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages415–417The mental health field continues to be concerned about the use of seclusion and of mechanical and chemical restraints in treatment settings. Recovery Innovations, Inc. (RI), a nonprofit corporation that operates a range of recovery-oriented programs, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20120p415Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages418–420This column describes how the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) redesigned licensing procedures for outpatient clinics by applying a person-centered focus and clinically relevant standards of care. OMH incorporated a tracer methodology to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20120p418Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages421–423Involuntary outpatient treatment (IOT) is used as a tool to promote stability among people with psychotic disorders. The authors drew on quantitative research surveys, qualitative studies, and official guidelines to describe clinicians' views of IOT and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20120p421Special Section on Social Integration
Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages427–434Objective:Supported housing programs have been successful in helping homeless adults obtain housing. This study examined whether improvements in social integration occur after clients obtain supported housing. Methods:Measures of social integration were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100047Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages435–437Objective:This exploratory study examined the impact of critical time intervention (CTI), a time-limited care coordination model, on community integration among formerly homeless adults with severe mental illness after discharge from inpatient psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100392Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages438–444Objective:Housing programs for people with severe mental illnesses aim to maximize community integration. However, little is known about how the community integration of mental health consumers living in supported housing compares with that of other ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100397Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages445–450Objective:This study used participatory methods and concept-mapping techniques to develop a greater understanding of the construct of citizenship and an instrument to assess the degree to which individuals, particularly those with psychiatric disorders, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100272Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages451–457Objective:This study evaluated the progress at one year of England's Time to Change (TTC) program, launched in 2009, toward meeting its target to reduce mental health-related stigma and discrimination by 5%. Methods:TTC comprises three national components:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100422Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages458–460Mental health services have not resulted in broad-based inclusion of people with psychiatric disabilities. Rather, many maintain their community lives only through the support of formal mental health services, which is financially unsustainable given ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100367Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages461–463The articles in this special section rejoin a conversation about the terms and conditions of social participation that was suspended some time ago. While welcoming the move, this commentary raises some questions about the vehicle. The formidable ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100379Other Articles
Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages464–470Objective:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a potentially disabling mental illness that can cause occupational dysfunction. Although vocational rehabilitation is often prescribed for patients with PTSD, standard vocational services are far from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100340Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages471–476Objective: This study proposed to evaluate Veterans Health Administration (VHA) specialty mental health care workload for treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental disorders between 2005 and 2010 in comparison with results from 1997 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100432Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages477–481Objective:This study examined whether employing mental health consumers as consumer-providers in assertive community treatment teams can enhance outcomes for clients with severe mental illness. Methods:In a prospective longitudinal study, presence of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000549Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages482–487Objective:The lifetime prevalence of psychosis-like symptoms among Latinos living in the United States is 9.5%, and up to 27% of Latinos with major depressive disorder also experience psychosis-like symptoms. Yet clinicians remain uncertain about the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100271Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages488–492Objectives:Repetitive aggression by a patient receiving mental health inpatient care is likely to elicit various patterns of response from care staff over time. This study sought to examine patterns of coercive physical intervention in relation to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000274Open Forum
Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages493–495Explicitly coercive measures are sometimes necessary in the care and treatment of psychiatric patients. The author describes how use of such measures is not antithetical to patient-centered, recovery-oriented practice either in inpatient or outpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100503Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages496–499Objective: Biomedical accounts of mental disorders are increasingly prevalent but can yield pessimism about prognosis and fail to reduce stigma. The authors tested whether information emphasizing the treatability of mental disorders could reduce stigma by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100265Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages500–503Objective:The aim of this study was to identify and describe the circumstances of homicides that have occurred in inpatient psychiatric facilities in Australia and New Zealand in the past 25 years. Methods:Homicides in psychiatric hospitals were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100290Publication date: 01 May 2012
Pages504–507Objective:The aim of this study was to compare the early adherence patterns for first-generation antipsychotics and second-generation antipsychotics during the first month of treatment for patients newly diagnosed as having schizophrenia. Methods:With a ...
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