Psychiatric Services
- Volume 64
- Number 7
- July 2013
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Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages609–612This 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.201300174Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages613–616With 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.000022013Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages617–619In 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.201200518Articles
Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages620–625In 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.201200253Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages626–629ObjectiveThe 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.201200413Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages630–637Involvement 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.002212012Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages638–644ObjectiveMental 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.001232012Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages645–652ObjectiveThe 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.201200304Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages653–659ObjectiveSuicide 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.201200026Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages660–665ObjectiveThis 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.201200269Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages666–671ObjectivesThe 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.MethodsHospitals were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200290Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages672–679ObjectiveCommunity 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.201200235Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages680–687ObjectiveSecond-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.004662012Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages688–693ObjectiveThis 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.201200266Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages694–702ObjectiveThe 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.201200409Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages703–706ObjectiveThis 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.201200227Publication date: 01 July 2013
Pages707–710ObjectiveThe study assessed the association of supportive clinical systems and procedures with smoking cessation care at community mental health centers.MethodsManagers (N=84) of community mental health centers in New South Wales, Australia, were asked to ...
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