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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 64
  • Number 6
  • June 2013

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Columns

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages506–508

Adequate financing is essential to implementing services for individuals experiencing a first episode of a psychotic illness. Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE), a project sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, is ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300106

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages509–511

This column describes the essential role of partnerships in the conduct of dissemination and implementation (D&I) research. This research field, which develops knowledge to support the integration of health information and evidence-based practices, has ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300032

Articles

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages512–519

As full implementation of the Affordable Care Act approaches, researchers are analyzing available data to reduce uncertainty about the future and help measure the effects of anticipated changes. This analysis of 1985–2005 data provides a baseline for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200298

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages520–526

In states that opt to expand Medicaid, individuals with household income less than 138% of the poverty level will gain access to treatment. To assess unmet need for substance abuse treatment among newly eligible adults, researchers analyzed data from two ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200011

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages527–533

Objective To ensure optimal care for patients with schizophrenia, antipsychotic medications must be appropriately prescribed and used. Therefore, the primary objectives of this study were to identify and describe pathways for antipsychotic prescribing, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002022012

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages541–546

Objective This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and helpfulness of implementation of multifamily group treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) among veterans who sustained a TBI during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and their families ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001632012

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages547–553

Objective Although many risk behaviors peak during young adulthood, little is known about health risk factors and access to care. This study assessed health indicators and health care access in a national sample of young adult veterans and civilians. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.003002012

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages554–562

Objective This study used factor analysis of a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) survey to identify factors that measure satisfaction with inpatient treatment and to examine the factors’ utility in evaluating treatment participation following discharge. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002342012

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages563–569

Objective The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has undergone significant organizational transformation as part of a comprehensive strategic plan to enhance mental health services. Organizational change can create stress and decrease employee morale, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200337

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages570–578

Objective Medication outcome literature in schizophrenia across racial-ethnic groups is sparse, with inconsistent findings. The Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study provided an opportunity for exploratory analyses of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002412012

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages579–585

Objective This study explored the range of interventions and the use of more intrusive techniques by staff of assertive community treatment (ACT) teams to promote engagement, manage problem behaviors, and reinforce positive behaviors among patients. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200151

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages586–589

The National Institute of Mental Health and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention have requested input into the development of a national suicide research agenda. In response, a working group of the American Association for Geriatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.003582012

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages590–593

Objective To identify community reentry needs, this study examined mental illness, substance dependence, and other correlates of reincarceration in an ethnically diverse, rural population of women prisoners. Methods A purposive, cross-sectional sample of 98 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200120

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages594–596

Objective This study examined the association between utilization of Veterans Affairs (VA) health services and the probability of treatment dropout among veterans with serious mental illness. Methods Utilization of VA health services in the fiscal year (FY) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002382012

Publication date: 01 June 2013

Pages597–599

Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate attitudes of primary care providers toward barriers to metabolic monitoring and to characterize their beliefs about providers’ responsibility for monitoring and reducing cardiovascular risk for people ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002542012

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