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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 66
  • Number 4
  • April 2015

This Month’s Highlights

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages348–353

Objective: Bipolar disorder is a severe and prevalent psychiatric disease. Poor outcomes include a high frequency of criminal acts, imprisonments, and repeat offenses. This critical review of the international literature examined several aspects of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400104

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages354–363

Objective: Research investigating the association between continuity of care (CoC) and patient outcomes in mental health care is limited. A previous review (1970–2002) concluded that evidence for an association between CoC and outcomes was inconsistent and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400178

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages364–372

Objective: Claims-based indicators of follow-up within seven and 30 days after psychiatric discharge have face validity as quality measures: early follow-up may improve disease management and guide appropriate service use. Yet these indicators are rarely ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400081

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages373–380

Objectives: This study aimed to determine whether aftercare services reduced the number of rehospitalizations and length of hospital stay among patients with severe mental disorders. Methods: A total of 120 patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400111

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages381–388

Objective: The study compared employment experiences, mental health recovery, and quality of life among peer specialists and vocational rehabilitation (VR) specialists hired by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the VR specialists under the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400105

Publication date: 15 January 2015

Pages389–396

Objective: Previous studies have found that timely mental health treatment can result in savings in both mental health and general medical care expenditures. This study examined whether reducing racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care offsets costs ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400070

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages397–403

Objective: During the transition to adulthood, youths face challenges that may limit their likelihood of obtaining services for psychiatric problems. The goal of this analysis was to estimate changes in rates of service use and untreated psychiatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300541

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages404–410

Objective: This study examined the prevalence of and factors associated with concurrent use of long-acting stimulants (LAS) and second-generation antipsychotic agents among children and adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300391

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages411–417

Objective: Mental health consumer–run organizations (CROs) are a low-cost, evidence-based strategy for promoting recovery. To increase CRO utilization, characteristics that promote engagement need to be identified and encouraged. The study examined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400150

Brief Reports

Publication date: 02 February 2015

Pages421–425

Objective: Mental health peer-run organizations are nonprofits providing venues for support and advocacy among people diagnosed as having mental disorders. It has been proposed that consumer involvement is essential to their operations. This study reported ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400080

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages426–429

Objective: Approximately 25 million individuals are projected to gain insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This study estimated the prevalence of behavioral health conditions and their treatment among individuals likely to gain coverage. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400078

Publication date: 15 December 2014

Pages430–433

Objective: The authors evaluated Project TEACH (PT), a statewide training and consultation program for pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) on identification and treatment of mental health conditions. Methods: An intervention group of 176 PCPs who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400079

Publication date: 15 January 2015

Pages434–437

Objective: The study examined changes in French general practitioners’ (GPs) antipsychotic preferences between 2003 and 2010, a period when evidence challenging the superiority and safety of second-generation antipsychotics was introduced. Methods: Data from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400020

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages438–441

Objective: This study reports findings from a preliminary evaluation of the first implementation of the assertive community treatment (ACT) model in mainland China. Methods: Over six months, the pilot study compared a group of patients (N=15) and family ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400087

Commentary & Columns

Open Forum

Publication date: 17 February 2015

Pages418–420

As of January 1, 2013, psychiatrists should be billing for services by using Evaluation and Management Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for any encounter related to medical services. Because detailed information about these CPT codes became ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400321

Commentary & Columns

Law & Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 April 2015

Pages340–342

In their efforts to protect the public from impaired professionals, licensure boards often have created special rules for applicants with mental disorders. The authorities in charge of admission to the Louisiana bar required extensive disclosure of mental ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.660403

Commentary & Columns

Economic Grand Rounds

Publication date: 02 January 2015

Pages343–345

This column presents findings of an analysis conducted to quantify the potential net savings to state budgets from interventions to improve adherence to antipsychotic drugs among patients with schizophrenia. Using a financial model based on published data,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400506

Commentary & Columns

Personal Accounts

Letters

News & Notes

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