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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 67
  • Number 6
  • June 2016

This Month’s Highlights

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 29 February 2016

Pages596–602

Objective: Implementation of recovery-oriented practice has proven to be challenging, and little is known about the extent to which recovery-oriented principles are integrated into mental health inpatient settings. This review of the literature examined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400469

Publication date: 14 February 2016

Pages603–609

Objective: Housing First is emerging as an evidence-based practice for housing and supporting people who are homeless and have a mental illness. The objective of this study was to determine whether Housing First increases the odds of obtaining competitive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500002

Publication date: 14 February 2016

Pages610–614

Objective: Recovery from mental illness is possible, but individuals with co-occurring disorders and homelessness face challenges. Although a nonlinear recovery course is assumed, few studies have analyzed recovery over time. This mixed-methods study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500126

Publication date: 01 February 2016

Pages615–621

Objective: Permanent supportive housing (PSH) programs are being implemented nationally and on a large scale. However, little is known about PSH for transition-age youths (ages 18 to 24). This study estimated health services costs associated with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500200

Publication date: 14 February 2016

Pages622–629

Objective: Health plans play a key role in facilitating improvements in population health and may engage in activities that have an impact on access, cost, and quality of behavioral health care. Although behavioral health care is becoming more integrated ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500235

Publication date: 01 February 2016

Pages630–635

Objective: The authors’ objective was to determine how assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) has been implemented in actual practice in the 45 states with AOT statutes. Methods: A national survey of AOT programs was conducted to examine the extent to which AOT ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500073

Publication date: 15 April 2016

Pages642–649

Objective: This study examined correlates of use of outpatient and inpatient mental health services and psychotropic medication in a large, nationally representative sample of young adults ages 18–26 with mental illness (N=22,600). Methods: Data were from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400486

Publication date: 14 February 2016

Pages650–657

Objectives: The study examined the association of attitudes toward mental health help seeking and beliefs about the effectiveness of treatments with future help-seeking behavior and use of specific services in the general population. Methods: Data on ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500164

Brief Reports

Publication date: 04 January 2016

Pages667–670

Objective: People who had a recent history of homelessness and had mental illness were studied to determine how many wished to be employed and were willing to accept supported-employment services and the factors associated with a decision to decline ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500140

Publication date: 14 January 2016

Pages671–675

Objective: This study examined factors associated with employment among homeless men with mental illness, particularly history of criminal justice involvement. Methods: Data from 569 homeless men in the 11-site Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500145

Publication date: 29 February 2016

Pages676–679

Objective: This study examined differences in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) utilization among Medicaid-enrolled adults receiving public-sector opioid use disorder treatment in states with Medicaid coverage of methadone maintenance, states with block grant ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500228

Publication date: 01 February 2016

Pages680–683

Objective: Emergency departments (EDs) are often the primary contact point for suicidal individuals. The post-ED visit period is a high suicide risk time. To address the need for support during this time, a novel intervention was implemented in five ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500082

Publication date: 04 January 2016

Pages684–687

Objective: This study explored predictors and consequences of nonattendance of a brief, five-day partial hospital program (PHP). Methods: Patients (N=675; N=744 admissions) who did not attend every day of a PHP, with or without prior excuses, were considered ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400416

Publication date: 29 February 2016

Pages688–691

Objective: This study aimed to characterize rates and correlates of mental health service use, as well as barriers to care, among a sample of firefighters reporting a history of suicide ideation, plans, or attempts during their firefighting careers. Methods:...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500177

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Pages692–695

Objective: Substance use disorders are common among persons with HIV/AIDS. This study examined the prevalence and correlates of the provision of four HIV services in a national sample of substance abuse treatment facilities. Methods: Data were from the 2011 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500078

Open Forum

Publication date: 14 March 2016

Pages664–666

Residential behavioral treatment is a growing sector of the health care industry and is used by a large proportion of adolescent and adult patients with eating disorders. These programs and the organizations that own them have developed extensive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500338

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 01 February 2016

Pages588–590

To describe current outpatient mental health service use and treatments in Mozambique, the authors reviewed registry entries for 2,071 outpatient psychiatric visits at the Beira Central Hospital in Sofala Province from January 2012 to September 2014. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500508

Best Practices

Publication date: 14 February 2016

Pages591–593

Previous studies conducted in Maryland of the Family-to-Family (FTF) education program of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) found that FTF reduced subjective burden and distress and improved empowerment, mental health knowledge, self-care, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500519

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