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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 64
  • Number 7
  • July 2013

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Columns

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages609–612

This column reviews the evolution of French laws governing psychiatric commitment, culminating in the July 2011 Act, which was opposed by most professional organizations. The 2011 Act has maintained the two traditional French approaches to involuntary ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300174

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages613–616

With recent passage of the National Mental Health Law, China is at a crossroads in the development of a community-based, recovery-oriented system of mental health care. In a new column, Mental Health Care Reforms in Asia, services researchers in China ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.000022013

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages617–619

In April 2013 Japan designated mental disorders as the fifth “priority disease” for national medical services, after cancer, stroke, acute myocardial infarction, and diabetes. All prefectures will be required to assess local mental health needs and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200518

Articles

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages620–625

In response to the rising rate of suicide among veterans, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) increased outpatient mental health staffing by more than 50% between 2005 and 2009. But the suicide rate remained the same. Does a focus on the national ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200253

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages626–629

Objective The rising rate of suicide and the increase in psychiatric hospitalizations in the U.S. military underscore the need to determine risk among service members in psychiatric care so that targeted interventions and prevention programs are ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200413

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages630–637

Involvement in the criminal justice system among adults with serious mental illness doubles the costs of their care. This finding is the result of a careful analysis of two-year costs to three Connecticut systems—mental health, substance abuse, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002212012

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages638–644

Objective Mental disability in China has become a significant public health problem. However, few studies have examined utilization of mental health services in China among people with mental disabilities. This study explored patterns of service use and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.001232012

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages645–652

Objective The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and predictors of service utilization for mental health problems of the first-generation migrant population in Shenzhen, China, a city that attracts millions of unskilled rural laborers ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200304

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages653–659

Objective Suicide risk after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care is high, particularly in the first few weeks. The aim of the study was to identify risk factors and protective factors (that is, factors associated with a reduced risk of suicide), ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200026

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages660–665

Objective This article describes the characteristics and early implementation experiences of community behavioral health agencies that received Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) grants from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200269

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages666–671

Objectives The aims of this study were to identify changes in smoking policies and their implementation and to determine the level of smoking cessation care provided at state-operated or state-supported psychiatric inpatient hospitals. Methods Hospitals were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200290

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages672–679

Objective Community integration is recognized as a crucial component of recovery from serious mental illness. Although the construct of community integration can be measured with structured instruments, little is known about the subjective and experiential ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200235

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages680–687

Objective Second-generation antipsychotics captured most of the U.S. antipsychotic market shortly after their introduction. Little is known about how second-generation antipsychotics have diffused in other countries with different health systems. The study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.004662012

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages688–693

Objective This study was designed to investigate the base rate of violent behavior, the predictive validity of the Classification of Violence Risk (COVR) software, and specific risk factors for violence among nonforensically involved psychiatric patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200266

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages694–702

Objective The purpose of this scoping study was to identify and describe the principles and characteristics embedded in workplace mental health antistigma initiatives. Research in this area is diffuse and not well synthesized. Therefore, a scoping study is ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200409

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages703–706

Objective This report describes the sustainability of quality improvement interventions for depression care in psychiatric practice one year after the completion of the National Depression Management Leadership Initiative (NDMLI) in 2006. The main ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200227

Publication date: 01 July 2013

Pages707–710

Objective The study assessed the association of supportive clinical systems and procedures with smoking cessation care at community mental health centers. Methods Managers (N=84) of community mental health centers in New South Wales, Australia, were asked to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200213

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