Psychiatric Services
- Volume 65
- Number 2
- February 2014
Taking Issue
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Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages138–140This column describes the planning and development of The Equilibrium Program (TEP) for multiply traumatized and neglected children and adolescents with mental and general medical problems in São Paulo, Brazil. The program is a partnership between ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300439Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages141–143This column describes a facilitation strategy that incorporates evidence-based implementation knowledge and practice-based wisdom. The authors also describe a partnership between research and clinical operations leaders in the U.S. Department of Veterans ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300468Assessing the Evidence Base Series
Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages146–157Five decades after its introduction, methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for opioid addiction remains in high demand as a more effective alternative to abstinence-based treatments. The authors of this literature review describe a significant body of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300235Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages158–170In 2002, buprenorphine and buprenorphine-naloxone became the first medications to be approved under a new federal law that permits long-term opioid treatment in settings other than opioid treatment clinics. In short order, buprenorphine has established a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300256Articles
Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages171–179Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) was developed as a way to pull together evidence-based practices regarding self-management of serious mental illness into a single program. More than a decade later, studies from the United States and around the world ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200274Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages180–185In 2001, the U.S. Surgeon General’s report conceded that members of racial-ethnic minority groups had largely been left out of the evidence base for treating mental health problems and were badly underrepresented within the core mental health professions. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200517Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages186–192A national study of Medicaid claims for more than 325,000 people with schizophrenia discovered a pattern of irregular access to clozapine that may be limiting opportunities for recovery. Clozapine is the only antipsychotic approved for treatment-resistant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300180Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages193–200ObjectiveThis study characterized racial-ethnic differences in treatment of veterans with chronic depression by examining antidepressant and psychotherapy use among non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian–Alaska Native ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300057Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages201–207ObjectivePrescribing patterns of psychotropic medication over a five-year period for Medicaid recipients (adults and children) with codiagnoses of an intellectual disability and a mental disorder were compared with patterns for those with sole mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300029Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages208–214ObjectivesUse of anxiolytics-hypnotics, including benzodiazepines and “z” hypnotics, is a public health concern. This study aimed to investigate the trends in prevalence of anxiolytic-hypnotic drug use and polypharmacy (simultaneous use of two or more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300066Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages215–220ObjectiveThis study compared adherence to oral diabetes medications among users and nonusers of oral antipsychotic medications. Adherence to oral antidiabetics and antipsychotics among antipsychotic users was also compared.MethodsTexas Medicaid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300118Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages221–225ObjectivesThis study was undertaken to assess the impact of consumer narratives on the recovery orientation and job satisfaction of service providers on inpatient wards that focus on the treatment of schizophrenia. It was developed to address the paucity ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300054Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages226–231ObjectivesSystematic suicide risk assessment is recommended for patients with schizophrenia; however, little is known about the implementation of suicide risk assessment in routine clinical practice. The study aimed to determine the use of systematic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200021Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages232–238ObjectiveIndividuals in need of psychiatric treatment often avoid seeking help because of stigma. This study examined the impact of two stigma dimensions on help-seeking attitudes. Perceived public stigma refers to discrimination and devaluation by others,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200561Open Forum
Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages239–241Even as they endorse the goals of the ACA, peer-run organizations must guard against rapid and drastic health care policy changes that undermine their unique role as advocates for people with lived experience of mental illness. This Open Forum describes a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300187Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages242–246ObjectivePsychiatric stigma is a major barrier to the recovery of persons with serious mental illnesses. This study tested the efficacy of an innovative peer-run photography-based intervention, called antistigma photovoice, which targets self-stigma and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200572Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages247–250ObjectiveParents of individuals with mental illness often play a central role in initiating and supporting their children’s treatment. This study compared psychological symptoms and experiences of parents of younger versus older consumers. Parents were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300045Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages251–254ObjectiveDisruptive behavior leading to seclusion or restraint increases with patients in a high-acuity stage of mental illness who have histories of aggressive behavior. The study examined whether greater nursing staff empathy skills and motivation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200531Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages255–258ObjectiveThis study examined disparity in bipolar disorder treatment for black and white Americans.MethodsThe sample included 167 respondents to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication who had lifetime type I or II bipolar disorder. Treatment adequacy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200590Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages259–262ObjectiveMany children who lost parents in the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, experienced symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. This randomized controlled study compared the treatment effectiveness of short-term ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200470Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages263–265ObjectiveThe authors describe use of mental health services among children and adolescents after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center.MethodsSix months after the attack, sixth- through 12th-graders (N=6,986) who were representative of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200586Publication date: 01 February 2014
Pages266–269ObjectiveThis study assessed the association of perceptions of traumatic experiences during psychiatric hospitalizations and treatment participation.MethodsParticipants (N=395) in the Suffolk County Mental Health Project, who had been admitted for the ...
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