Psychiatric Services
- Volume 63
- Number 8
- August 2012
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Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages743–750Assertive community treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice with robust research support. But ACT services have been shown to lose their effectiveness over time. This review of 57 research reports offers practical recommendations on how to safeguard ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100015Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages751–757Objective: Virtually all studies of the individual placement and support (IPS) model of supported employment measure outcomes for job acquisition, but studies are less consistent in measuring job tenure, hours worked, and employment earnings. Lack of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100270Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages758–763Objective: The individual placement and support (IPS) model of supported employment for people with severe mental illness is an evidence-based practice. The 15-item IPS Fidelity Scale (IPS-15) was developed to measure program fidelity and has been shown to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100476Festschrift: Gary Bond and Fidelity Assessment
Publication date: 01 August 2012
Page764Evidence-based practices are complex combinations of services and supports, provided in well-researched sequences, with attention to a person's needs and preferences. Such interventions lose effectiveness when they are not delivered with fidelity to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20120p764Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages765–771Mental health intervention research requires clear and accurate specification of treatment conditions in intervention studies. Measures are increasingly available for community-based interventions for persons with serious mental illnesses. Measures must ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100430Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages772–778Objective: Illness management and recovery (IMR) is an evidence-based, manualized illness self-management program for people with severe mental illness. This study sought to develop a measure of IMR clinician competence and test its reliability and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100144Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages779–784Objective: Shared decision making is widely recognized to facilitate effective health care. The purpose of this study was to assess the applicability and usefulness of a scale to measure the presence and extent of shared decision making in clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100496Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages785–792Objective: One barrier to disseminating evidence-based practices for persons with serious mental illness is the difficulty of training frontline clinicians. This study evaluated whether frontline clinicians could be trained to implement an empirically ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000458Other Articles
Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages793–801Dropout rates are high among children in treatment for mental health problems. Because parents make treatment decisions for children, including decisions to end treatment, efforts to engage children in care must focus on parental and family factors. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100460aPublication date: 01 August 2012
Pages802–807Objective: This study examined the effects of California's 2005 Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) on the use of mental health-related emergency department visits. It focused on one MHSA program, the full-service partnership program, and hypothesized that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100384Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages808–814Objective: Since 2006, California's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) has distributed an estimated $6 billion in new tax revenues to county mental health systems. Although evaluations of MHSA's effectiveness find favorable outcomes among high-risk ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100372Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages815–822Objective: This study compared rates of cervical cancer screening and acute care (primary or gynecological) visits among women with and without a diagnosis of psychosis, substance use disorder, bipolar disorder or mania, or depression. Methods: Using data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100301Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages823–826Objective: Substantial literature documents excess and early mortality among individuals with serious mental illness, but there are relatively few data about mortality and depression. Methods: During fiscal year 2007, data from the U.S. Department of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100317Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages827–829Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the association of race (black and white) with depression diagnosis and antidepressant use among older home health care patients. Methods: Cross-sectional data were obtained from the 2007 National Home ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100233Publication date: 01 August 2012
Pages830–833Objectives: This study examined the interagency collaboration strategies used by juvenile probation officers in the treatment of delinquent youths. Methods: Thirty-one juvenile probation officers were interviewed about the strategies they use with youths who ...
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