Psychiatric Services
- Volume 64
- Number 11
- November 2013
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Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1076–1078The rapidly changing health care environment demands integrated, accountable, and collaborative care. Psychiatrists must decide whether to seek new competencies—such as enhancing their primary care skills, learning to practice population-based medicine, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300311Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1079–1086Stimulant treatment of children varied widely across the nation in 2008 and did not appear to be linked to prevalence of ADHD. Children in Delaware, where more than 5% of children were prescribed a stimulant, were 14 times more likely to be prescribed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.004442012Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1087–1094ObjectiveThis study investigated choice of service provider for treatment of a mental or substance use disorder and its association with consumers’ age.MethodsData were from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys. Service users born between ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200401Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1095–1102ObjectiveThe study objective was to fill research gaps about inpatient psychiatric service utilization among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AA/PIs).MethodsRates of psychiatric hospitalization, illness severity, and length of stay were compared ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200408Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1103–1109ObjectiveThis study determined the prevalence of psychotic symptoms among racial-ethnic groups in a representative sample of American adults and explored the relationship of these symptoms with race-ethnicity, psychological distress, and dysfunction....
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200348Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1110–1118ObjectiveThis study examined the extent to which therapists who participated in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of evidence-based treatments continued to use them with nonstudy clients after the trial as well as the types of treatment used and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.004682012Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1119–1126ObjectiveBipolar disorder is a severe, chronic mental illness with a high incidence of medical and psychological comorbidities that make treatment and prevention of future episodes challenging. This study investigated the use of services among outpatients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200479Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1127–1133As guidelines for assertive community treatment (ACT) increasingly emphasize treatment of general medical conditions, ACT has begun to take on the appearance of a patient-centered medical home. Noting the similarity, the authors compared fidelity ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200469Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1134–1139ObjectiveDissemination of health quality measures is a necessary ingredient of efforts to harness market-based forces, such as value-based purchasing by employers, to improve health care quality. This study examined reporting of Healthcare Effectiveness ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200534Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1140–1149ObjectiveIn recognition of a service gap between hospital inpatient and community-based care, a range of mental health services have been developed to provide treatment and support for people with mental illness outside the inpatient setting. Acute and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200427Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1150–1156ObjectiveInformation is limited concerning the role of religious and spiritual advisors in providing help to people with mental illnesses in Singapore. This study examined that role, as well as the satisfaction with and the perceived effectiveness of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200533Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1157–1160ObjectiveThe authors analyzed prescribing for antidepressant medications during 27,328 prenatal visits in ambulatory settings in the United States between 2002 and 2010.MethodsData from the 2002–2010 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200455Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1161–1165ObjectiveThis investigation examined predictors of utilization of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) during a smoke-free psychiatric hospitalization. MethodsSmokers (N=324) were recruited from smoke-free adult inpatient psychiatric units. Exploratory ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200574Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1166–1169ObjectiveSpecialized early intervention services for first-episode psychosis should treat a proportion of patients without using inpatient beds. This study compared such service users by their initial mode of treatment before entry—inpatient (N=157) or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200474Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1170–1172ObjectiveThis study examined the effectiveness of assertive community treatment (ACT) for a group of psychiatric patients in Hong Kong with frequent hospital admissions.MethodsThe study compared hospitalization and other outcomes among participants of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200421Publication date: 01 November 2013
Pages1173–1176ObjectiveThis study assessed patient and clinician agreement about treatment type and its association with treatment helpfulness among World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers.MethodsA total of 187 outpatients and 280 clinicians completed a survey, ...
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