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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 65
  • Number 9
  • September 2014

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Columns

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1081–1083

Transitioning from jail or prison to community living frequently results in homelessness and recidivism. Access to benefits such as Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Medicaid can increase access to housing and treatment and reduce recidivism. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400120

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1084–1087

This column describes the current state of resources and practice in mental health care in the Anglophone countries of West Africa: the Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, and Liberia. Information was systematically gathered from the five countries by ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300300

Articles

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1088–1099

In recent years, the mental health field has made learning collaboratives the centerpiece of efforts to implement training in evidence-based practices. Lasting an average of 14 months, these interventions typically begin with in-person training for two ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300229

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1100–1104

Advocates of mental health courts (MHCs) contend that the courts offer a more humane and cost-effective way to meet the treatment needs of persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system. The authors report on a multisite, case-control ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300375

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1105–1112

Evidence has accumulated that mental health courts (MHCs) reduce rearrests and extend the time to rearrest among persons with mental illness. So far, however, many of these studies have lacked a rigorous experimental design. In this article, the authors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300305

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1113–1119

One of only two states with statewide jail diversion programs, Connecticut identifies persons with mental illness at arraignment and diverts them straight to the community. However, judges may order a brief incarceration to stabilize individuals or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300286

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1120–1125

Objective California’s full-service partnerships (FSPs) provide a combination of subsidized permanent housing and multidisciplinary team–based services with a focus on rehabilitation and recovery. The goal of the study was to examine whether participation ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300380

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1126–1132

Even after passage of the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), persons with mental illnesses have difficulty finding a job and keeping it. In this study, the authors assessed employment outcomes among more than 1,000 individuals with a psychiatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300267

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1133–1139

Objective The objectives were to quantify psychiatrists’ judgments of the benefits and risks of antipsychotic treatments of patients with schizophrenia and to evaluate how patient adherence history affects these judgments. Methods Weights assigned by ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300290

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1140–1146

Objective The objective of this study was to examine racial-ethnic disparities in the use of antidepressants among people with private coverage and people with public insurance or no coverage. Methods Data were from Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys (2006–...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300182

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1147–1153

Objective This study examined monitoring for metabolic side effects among older outpatients with dementia starting a new antipsychotic. Methods In a retrospective cohort analysis of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs data, monitoring, as recommended by the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300317

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1154–1159

Objective This study explored the psychometric properties of the 30-item Mental Health Recovery Measure (MHRM) and a brief, ten-item version of the scale (MHRM-10) in a large, multisite sample of individuals with schizophrenia. Methods The sample consisted ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300215

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1160–1161

In the wake of the December 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on the Substance ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400259

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1164–1166

A seemingly insignificant word choice can harden damaging stereotypes or challenge them, according to the author of this essay on the language therapists use. Does a patient “struggle” with symptoms of schizophrenia, or is he “overwhelmed” by them? Is he ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400089

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1167–1169

Objective Service users may have different priorities and preferences for treatment compared with mental health professionals. Few studies have explored these potentially important differences. This study sought consensus from a sample of service users ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300289

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1170–1173

Objective An Internet-based survey sought information about barriers to mental health services for military wives. Methods On the basis of qualitative work, an Internet-based program was created to identify military wives who may have major depressive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300325

Publication date: 01 September 2014

Pages1174–1176

Objective The aim of this study was to examine the magnitude of poor persistence in treatment among patients with schizophrenia and to identify associated factors. Methods All eligible patients (N=216) seen at the University College Hospital in Ibadan, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300294

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