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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 65
  • Number 8
  • August 2014

Book Reviews

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Columns

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages970–972

Gubernatorial 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.201400102

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages973–974

An 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.201400098

Articles

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages977–987

Treatment-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.201300059

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages988–996

Patient 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.201200385

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages997–1004

Are 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.201300307

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1005–1011

Objective The purpose of the study was to rigorously test Illness Management and Recovery (IMR) against an active control group in a sample that included veterans. Methods A total of 118 participants with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, 56 of whom were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300354

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1012–1019

Providing 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.201300196

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1020–1025

Objectives Past 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.201300231

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1041–1046

Objective This study aimed to describe the characteristics of primary care patients with bipolar disorder enrolled in a statewide mental health integration program (MHIP). Methods With the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (Version 3.0) and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300374

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1047–1053

Objective This 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. Methods General medical outpatients (N=372) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300071

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1054–1057

Objective The 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.201300164

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1062–1065

Objective This study evaluated the relationship between patient characteristics and augmentation strategies for the treatment of major depressive disorder. Methods This retrospective, cross-sectional study used data from a psychiatric electronic medical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300288

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1066–1069

Objective Use 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.201300117

Publication date: 01 August 2014

Pages1070–1073

Objective The study examined the association between private health insurance and the receipt of specialty substance use disorder treatment. Methods Weighted logistic regressions were estimated to examine the association between health insurance and the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300443

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