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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 66
  • Number 3
  • March 2015

This Month’s Highlights

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages224–241

Objective: Routine evaluation of mental health services has become widespread, and the use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) as clinical aids or discussion tools has been receiving increasing attention. The purpose of this scoping study was to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400141

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages242–248

Objective: The study assessed racial-ethnic differences in receipt of mental health services among children enrolled in systems of care under the Children’s Mental Health Initiative (CMHI). Methods: Survey data for 3,920 CMHI enrollees were used to estimate ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300055

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages249–257

Objective: This study estimated the prevalence of schizophrenia-related disability in the Chinese population and explored factors that may contribute to differences in prevalence rates between women and men and across geographic regions. Methods: Data for 1,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400032

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages258–264

Objectives: This study examined the interaction of race-ethnicity and gender in depression screening, receipt of any mental health care, and receipt of adequate care. Methods: Data from electronic health records (2010–2012) of adult primary care patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400116

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages265–271

Objective: The aim of this study was to test whether gender moderates intervention effects in the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) intervention, a 12-month, randomized controlled trial of a collaborative care intervention for anxiety ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400049

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages272–278

Objective: Antidepressants are effective for treating depression, and collaborative care increases initiation of and adherence to antidepressants. Side effects of antidepressants are common and can adversely affect quality of life. Care managers address ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300570

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages279–284

Objective: The liberty of individuals who receive Social Security disability payments is constrained if they are judged incapable of managing their payments and are assigned a payee or conservator to manage benefit payments on their behalf. Conversely, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400036

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages285–294

Objective: Depression and substance abuse are common among low-income adults from racial-ethnic minority groups who receive services in safety-net settings, although little is known about how clients differ by service setting. This study examined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300318

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages295–302

Objectives: Although the prevalence of tobacco use among individuals with substance use disorders remains high, smoking cessation (SC) has not been a focus of addiction treatment programs. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policy requires tobacco use ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400008

Publication date: 01 March 2015

Pages303–309

Objective: This prospective study assessed the use of seclusion and restraint in the Pennsylvania state hospital system from 2001 through 2010. It also examined the correlation between declining use of containment procedures and assaults by patients on ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400185

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages313–316

Objective: The purpose was to evaluate the impact of a depression fotonovela in increasing knowledge of depression symptoms and treatments and reducing stigma among Latinos. Methods: Data were from a randomized controlled trial in which Latinos from adult ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400146

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages317–320

Objective: The study explored disparities in housing status among veterans with general medical, cognitive, and behavioral health conditions. Methods: Multinomial mixed-effects models estimated the relationship between medical, cognitive, and behavioral ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400014

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages321–323

Objective: Depression is common among patients in HIV care and is associated with worse HIV-related health behaviors and outcomes. Effective depression treatment is available, yet depression remains widely underdiagnosed and undertreated in HIV care. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400132

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages324–328

Objective: Postpartum depression continues to be undertreated. This project identified state policies that have been enacted regarding peripartum mental health and assessed how effective they might be. Methods: A systematic search strategy was used to detect ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300505

Commentary & Columns

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 December 2014

Pages310–312

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will greatly increase coverage for treatment of substance use disorders. To realize the benefits of this opportunity, it is critical to develop reliable, valid, and feasible measures of quality to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400159

Commentary & Columns

Datapoints

Commentary & Columns

Economic Grand Rounds

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages221–223

Approximately one-third of adults who enroll in Medicaid because of a disability have a serious mental illness. Arguably, this population stands to benefit from insurance coverage that complies with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400440

Commentary & Columns

Frontline Reports

Letters

News & Notes

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