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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 64
  • Number 10
  • October 2013

Book Reviews

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Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages943–945

In March 2007, John Delling left California with the intent to kill all the people he imagined would eventually kill him. He flew to Idaho where he tracked down and murdered a former high school classmate and an online gamer he had met on the Internet. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.6401004

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages946–949

Many clinicians have had the experience of being handed a heavy patient file with thousands of historical notes to review for an intake. But some electronic medical records (EMRs) are just as unwieldy, chock-full of useless information that obscures ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300272

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages950–951

The recent discovery of a genetic risk factor shared by five psychiatric disorders reminds the author of a visit he and his parents made 50 years ago to his teenage brother Robert, who was a patient at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. “Someday,” his mother ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.6401001

Articles

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages952–960

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) attempts to capture the latest scientific advances and to enhance the reliability of diagnostic criteria. Among the new manual's most noticeable differences is the inclusion of patient-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300098

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages961–966

Objective This study assessed the impact of Oregon’s 2007 parity law, which required behavioral health insurance parity, on rates of follow-up care provided within 30 days of psychiatric inpatient care. Methods Data sources were claims (2005–2008) for 737 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200465

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages967–973

Objectives This study examined the effect of state mental health parity laws on family financial burden, satisfaction with health insurance, and receipt of needed mental health services for privately insured children ages three to 17 with autism spectrum ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200411

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages974–980

The definition and measurement of personal recovery remain somewhat amorphous, but a rubric called CHIME has emerged as a useful standard to identify the essential elements of this very personal process. This review identified 13 measures of recovery and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.005012012

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages981–989

Objective This study examined lifetime treatment contact and delays in treatment seeking, including rates for receipt of helpful treatment, after the onset of specific mental disorders and evaluated factors that predicted treatment seeking and delays in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200454

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages990–996

Objective Self-help agencies (SHAs) are consumer-operated service organizations managed as participatory democracies involving members in all management tasks. Hierarchically organized board- and staff-run consumer-operated service programs (BSR-COSPs) are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200490

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages997–1005

Objective This study was conducted to test the effects of a nine-month family-led peer support group for Chinese people with schizophrenia in Hong Kong over a three-year follow-up and to compare outcomes with those of psychoeducation and standard ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200243

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1006–1011

Objective Approximately 10% of convicted homicide perpetrators in England and Wales have symptoms of mental illness at the time of homicide. The prevalence among perpetrators of adult domestic homicide is unclear. Methods The study was a consecutive case ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200484

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1012–1017

Objective Patients who participated in a randomized controlled trial comparing subjective distress and traumatic impact after seclusion or mechanical restraint were interviewed about the coercive measure about one year later. Methods Between May and December ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200315

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1018–1025

Objective Valid quality indicators are needed to monitor and encourage identification and management of mental health and substance use conditions (behavioral conditions). Because behavioral conditions are frequently underidentified, quality indicators ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200449

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1035–1037

Because most clinicians tend to see patients with borderline personality disorder whose recovery has been unsuccessful, they may not know that some patients respond to brief interventions. Recent research suggests that therapists do not need to define ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200451

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1038–1042

Objectives This study examined national trends in antidepressant use before and after implementation of Medicare Part D and compared utilization among individuals with different types of insurance. Methods The data source was the Medical Expenditure Panel ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200438

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1043–1046

Objective More research is needed about forensic assertive community treatment (FACT) and challenges that offenders with severe mental illness present to jail diversion and prison reentry teams. Jail diversion and prison reentry populations may require ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200333

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1047–1050

Objective Research on the mental health of police detainees is scarce. This study aimed to identify the proportion of persons detained by the Police Service Amsterdam-Amstelland who screened positive for a serious mental condition. Methods A survey conducted ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200009

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1051–1055

Objective This study examined the extent to which state Medicaid agencies funded 16 services for children with autism spectrum disorders: individual therapy, physical and occupational therapy, in-home supports, speech therapy, diagnostic assessment, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200390

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1056–1059

Objective This study identified modifications to an evidence-based psychosocial treatment (cognitive therapy) within a community mental health system after clinicians had received intensive training and consultation. Methods A coding system, consisting of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200456

Publication date: 01 October 2013

Pages1060–1063

Objective People with severe mental illness have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease and die sooner than the general population. This study of a national sample of primary care patients in the United Kingdom compared screening for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200514

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