Psychiatric Services
- Volume 65
- Number 8
- August 2014
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Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages970–972Gubernatorial administrations in New Mexico have initiated four overhauls of the publicly funded behavioral health care system over the past two decades. The most recent effort, Centennial Care, was implemented under a Section 1115 Medicaid waiver in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400102Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages973–974An expansion of peer provider hiring at the mental health clinic where she works prompted the author to e-mail other community psychiatrists to ask about their experiences working alongside current patients. The responses reflected both the benefits and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400098Articles
A Review of the Clinical, Economic, and Societal Burden of Treatment-Resistant Depression: 1996–2013
Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages977–987Treatment-resistant depression exacts a heavy price in treatment costs and lost productivity, reaching into the tens of billions of dollars, but its effects on the lives of patients are just as devastating. In this literature review, the authors summarize ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300059Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages988–996Patient perceptions of care are increasingly recognized as an indicator of health care quality. In this study, 5,185 veterans who received care for mental or substance use disorders from the Veterans Health Administration were contacted by telephone to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200385Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages997–1004Are efforts to engage veterans in PTSD treatment falling short? A study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research found a sharp drop-off in treatment seeking after a mental health evaluation. Seventy-five percent of veterans who were referred for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300307Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1005–1011ObjectiveThe purpose of the study was to rigorously test Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) against an active control group in a sample that included veterans.MethodsA total of 118 participants with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, 56 of whom were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300354Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1012–1019Providing follow-up calls to patients after they leave the hospital is not only good clinical practice, but it can help with the bottom line. In this study, the authors estimated the return on investment (ROI) for every $1 spent calling patients with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300196Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1020–1025ObjectivesPast literature documents many individual predictors of treatment engagement among mental health clients in community settings, but few studies have examined clinic characteristics that may be associated with treatment engagement. With data from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300231Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1026–1033ObjectiveThe study compared use of specialty outpatient mental services among children ages six and seven and children ages eight through 12 and investigated predictors of differences in the patterns of service use by age.MethodsEligible children were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300209Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1034–1040Self-imposed limitations due to a fear of discrimination may be just as devastating to persons with first-episode psychosis as the outright discrimination experienced in relationships or employment. In this study, 97 persons with first-episode psychosis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300291Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1041–1046ObjectiveThis study aimed to describe the characteristics of primary care patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in a statewide mental health integration program (MHIP).MethodsWith the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (Version 3.0) and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300374Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1047–1053ObjectiveThis study assessed knowledge of neurotic disorders, and attitudes and preferences toward professional help and treatment for them, among general medical outpatients in general hospitals in Xi’an, China.MethodsGeneral medical outpatients (N=372) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300071Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1054–1057ObjectiveThe aim of the study was to evaluate the durability of efficacy of the Integrated Care (IC) program in a Swedish context. The IC program is a person-centered flexible assertive community treatment approach delivered through a novel mechanism: a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300164Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1058–1061ObjectiveIn this secondary analysis of results of the Clinical Outcomes in MEasurement-Based Treatment (COMET) trial, patient behaviors that might account for the differences observed in clinical outcomes were examined.MethodsPatients (N=914) diagnosed as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300326Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1062–1065ObjectiveThis study evaluated the relationship between patient characteristics and augmentation strategies for the treatment of major depressive disorder.MethodsThis retrospective, cross-sectional study used data from a psychiatric electronic medical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300288Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1066–1069ObjectiveUse of care by Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was examined after entry into a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) specialty outpatient program for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Those who had received mental health care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300117Publication date: 01 August 2014
Pages1070–1073ObjectiveThe study examined the association between private health insurance and the receipt of specialty substance use disorder treatment.MethodsWeighted logistic regressions were estimated to examine the association between health insurance and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300443Letters
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