Psychiatric Services
- Volume 63
- Number 6
- June 2012
Taking Issue
This Month's Highlights
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Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages526–528New Hampshire Hospital implemented an Administrative Review Committee (ARC), a best practice that provides a risk management process to mitigate potential liability for the hospital and clinicians treating high-profile, high-risk patients. This column ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200113Articles
Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages531–540Objective: This study examined changes in white-black and white-Latino disparities in the use of any mental health care and minimally adequate mental health care. Methods: Using data from the 1990–1992 National Comorbidity Survey (NCS) and the 2001&#...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000397Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages541–547Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the effectiveness of the Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP) self-management intervention in reducing depression and anxiety and in increasing self-perceived recovery among individuals with a serious ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100125Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages548–553Objective: There is little understanding of service users' conceptions of recovery in the early phase of psychotic disorders. An enhanced understanding of personal notions of recovery may help with the development and evaluation of interventions that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100424Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages554–560Objective: This demonstration project examined whether medication management coordinators enhanced continuity of care from inpatient facilities to an outpatient public mental health clinic. Methods: From 2004 to 2008, patients (N=325) hospitalized with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100264Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages561–568Objective: To better inform treatment strategies, this study compared mental health, substance use, physical health, and social support among young, middle-aged, and older homeless adults before and after participation in intensive case management ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100175Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages569–576Objective: Cigarette smoking is one of the leading preventable causes of death, and adults who are chronically homeless have among the highest death rates. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of smoking in this population. Methods: Data were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100398Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages577–583Objective: Social support for patients with a mental illness has been associated with a lower rate of hospitalization. It is important to clarify the role played by a lack of social support as a possible predictor of emergency compulsory admission. Methods:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100080Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages584–591Objective: The purpose of study was to identify a list of performance measures for schizophrenia treatment services and to assemble a multistakeholder group to reach consensus on a core list. Methods: The study was conducted in two stages: first, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100453Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages592–596Objectives: This study examined changes in service use associated with providing age-specific services for youths in their transitional years, ages 18–24. Methods: A quasi-experimental, difference-in-difference design with propensity score weighting was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100226Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages597–604Objective: The study examined physicians' beliefs about faith-based alcohol treatments vis-à-vis Alcoholics Anonymous, pharmacologic treatment, and residential treatment. Methods: A survey was mailed to a national sample of U.S. primary care physicians and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100315Open Forum
Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages605–607This Open Forum addresses challenges—insurance limitations, staff and setting limitations, and training and sustainability issues—in the implementation of psychotherapy interventions in settings serving older adults and provides solutions for ensuring ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100078Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages608–611Objective: The BRIGHT (Building Recovery by Improving Goals, Habits, and Thoughts) study was a community-based effectiveness trial that compared residential substance abuse treatment with residential treatment plus group cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100201Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages612–615Objective: Racial-ethnic differences in referral source, diagnosis, and length of stay in substance abuse treatment were examined. Methods: Data from 495 African Americans, 492 Hispanics, and 497 non-Hispanic whites were analyzed. Results: Hispanics were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100322Publication date: 01 June 2012
Pages616–618Objective: This study examined treatment seeking by 219 psychiatric patients at a teaching hospital in Kano, Nigeria. Methods: Patients or their families were interviewed about the types of mental health healers that patients saw before seeking conventional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000343