Psychiatric Services
- Volume 64
- Number 10
- October 2013
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Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages943–945In 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.6401004Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages946–949Many 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.201300272Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages950–951The 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.6401001Articles
Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages952–960The 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.201300098Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages961–966Objective 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.201200465Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages967–973Objectives 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.201200411Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages974–980The 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.005012012Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages981–989Objective 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.201200454Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages990–996Objective 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.201200490Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages997–1005Objective 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.201200243Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1006–1011Objective 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.201200484Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1012–1017Objective 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.201200315Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1018–1025Objective 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.201200449Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1026–1034Objective This study evaluated demographic and clinical correlates and predictors of polypharmacy at baseline assessment in the Longitudinal Assessment of Manic Symptoms (LAMS) sample, a cohort of children age six to 12 years at their first outpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200507Open Forum
Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1035–1037Because 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.201200451Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1038–1042Objectives 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.201200438Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1043–1046Objective 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.201200333Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1047–1050Objective 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.201200009Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1051–1055Objective 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.201200390Community Mental Health Provider Modifications to Cognitive Therapy: Implications for Sustainability
Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1056–1059Objective 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.201200456Publication date: 01 October 2013
Pages1060–1063Objective 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 ...
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