Psychiatric Services
- Volume 66
- Number 4
- April 2015
This Month’s Highlights
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages348–353Objective: 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.201400104Publication date: 15 December 2014
Pages354–363Objective: 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.201400178Publication date: 15 December 2014
Pages364–372Objective: 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.201400081Publication date: 15 December 2014
Pages373–380Objectives: 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.201400111Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages381–388Objective: 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.201400105Publication date: 15 January 2015
Pages389–396Objective: 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.201400070Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages397–403Objective: 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.201300541Publication date: 15 December 2014
Pages404–410Objective: 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.201300391Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages411–417Objective: 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.201400150Brief Reports
Publication date: 02 February 2015
Pages421–425Objective: 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.201400080Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages426–429Objective: 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.201400078Publication date: 15 December 2014
Pages430–433Objective: 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.201400079Publication date: 15 January 2015
Pages434–437Objective: 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.201400020Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages438–441Objective: 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.201400087Commentary & Columns
Open Forum
Publication date: 17 February 2015
Pages418–420As 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.201400321Commentary & Columns
Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 01 April 2015
Pages340–342In 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.660403Commentary & Columns
Economic Grand Rounds
Publication date: 02 January 2015
Pages343–345This 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.201400506Commentary & Columns
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