Psychiatric Services
- Volume 63
- Number 9
- September 2012
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Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages851–854In response to the expanding public behavioral health care system, a network of 15 public-community psychiatry fellowships has developed over the past six years. The fellowship directors meet yearly to sustain and develop fellowships to recruit and retain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200299Articles
Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages855–861In this sample of National Guard soldiers with PTSD who were surveyed three months after they returned from Iraq, nearly three-quarters reported readjustment stressors, such as problems with family, marriage, or employment. Among older soldiers who had ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100337Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages862–867Objective:Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is widespread among veterans, but many veterans with PTSD use few health services. This study examined how individual characteristics influenced use of outpatient visits by veterans with PTSD. Methods:The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100444Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages868–874In 2009 bushfires devastated large parts of Victoria, Australia, causing 173 deaths and destroying more than 2,000 homes and many schools and businesses. In response, the Australian government expanded mental health services available in primary care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100534Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages875–880Among African Americans seeking mental health care, a striking and consistent disparity is the higher rate at which they receive a schizophrenia diagnosis. In this study, diagnosing clinicians were asked, "Did the patient appear to be responding honestly? ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100388Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages881–888Objective:Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported treatment for outpatients with borderline personality disorder. However, the utility of DBT strategies for inpatients with the disorder is unclear. This review summarizes and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100311Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages889–895Objective:This study examined the extent to which hospital and regional characteristics are associated with length of hospitalization among patients with serious mental illness. Methods:Data from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100412Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages896–905Objective:This study examined patient, hospital, and county characteristics associated with hospitalization after emergency department visits for pediatric mental health problems. Methods:Retrospective analysis of emergency department encounters (N=324,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000482Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages906–912Objective:Although foster care placement is often preceded by stressful events such as child abuse, foster care itself often exposes children to additional severe stressors. A history of foster care, as well as the childhood abuse that often precedes it, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100405Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages913–919Objective:The purpose of this research was to examine the factors associated with various levels of engagement with mental health services in a large sample of mothers at high risk of maltreating their children. Methods:Data were collected by LONGSCAN (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100394Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages920–928Objective:This study examined the association between adherence to antipsychotic and cardiometabolic medication and annual use of health care services and expenditures. Methods:MarketScan Medicaid files from 2004 to 2008 were used to evaluate annual cross-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100328Open Forum
Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages929–934Research indicates that one in five children and adolescents in the United States has a behavioral or emotional disorder and a substantial number use psychotropic medications. Pediatric primary care providers play an important role in prescribing and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100318Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages935–937Objectives:This study examined the impact of critical time intervention (CTI) in reducing rehospitalization among formerly homeless individuals with severe and persistent mental illness after discharge from inpatient psychiatric treatment. Methods:CTI is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100468Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages938–941Objective:Whereas most studies of inpatient stay for mental illness examine whether substance use is present, this study identified types or combinations of abused substances that most increased hospitalization risk. Methods:Logistic regression of data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100455Publication date: 01 September 2012
Pages942–944Objective:Distress symptoms and high-risk behaviors among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans were examined as predictors of treatment utilization. Methods:Veterans (N=618) completed self-report measures upon treatment enrollment (2005–2008). Two-year ...
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