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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 67
  • Number 8
  • August 2016

This Month’s Highlights

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Pages835–841

Objective: This study examined postrelease patterns of Medicaid coverage and use of services among persons with severe mental illness who were referred for expedited Medicaid enrollment before their release from state prisons, county jails, and psychiatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500306

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Pages842–849

Objective: This study investigated whether Washington State’s 2006 policy of expediting Medicaid enrollment for offenders with severe mental illness released from state prisons increased Medicaid access and use of community mental health services while ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500305

Publication date: 15 April 2016

Pages850–857

Objective: There is widespread belief that people with mental disorders are overrepresented in police encounters. The prevalence of such interactions is used as evidence of extensive problems in our health care and social support systems. The goal of this ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500312

Publication date: 15 April 2016

Pages858–863

Objective: Crisis plans are a type of psychiatric advance statement (PAS) that describe how to recognize early signs of a psychiatric crisis and how to handle crisis situations. Although PASs may help reduce the occurrence of crises, their implementation ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400495

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages864–869

Objective: Implementations of evidence-based mental health practices often disappear quickly, and few studies have examined sustainment. Since 2001, the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) learning community has promoted dissemination, implementation, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500301

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages870–877

Objective: The objective of this study was to identify individual- and program-level characteristics associated with veterans’ ability to move into permanent housing following receipt of a housing voucher and to identify factors associated with more rapid ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500248

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Pages878–882

Objective: The study sought to identify the extent to which posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnoses are recorded in the electronic health record (EHR) in Army behavioral health clinics and to assess clinicians’ reasons for not recording them and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500292

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages883–889

Objective: Self-directed care (SDC) offers flexibility in and control over mental health services. This study examined the types of goods and services that individuals with serious mental illness request in an SDC intervention. Methods: Data were from a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500311

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages890–897

Objective: Unmet need for mental health treatment among college students is a significant public health issue. Despite having access to campus mental health providers and insurance to cover services, many college students do not receive necessary services. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500307

Publication date: 15 April 2016

Pages898–903

Objective: The study evaluated trends in the off-label use of second-generation antipsychotics in the Medicare population, a practice that has been identified as lacking adequate supporting evidence for many indications. Methods: Medicare claims data from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500316

Brief Reports

Publication date: 15 April 2016

Pages908–911

Objective: The study examined the association of insurance type with access to and utilization of essential health services among children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods: Multivariate logistic regressions were used to illustrate the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500206

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages916–919

Objective: This study examined relationships between various measures of the severity of child maltreatment and expenditures on psychotropic drugs among children in the welfare system. Methods: Child participants (N=4,453) in the first National Survey of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500211

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages920–923

Objectives: Prior research found preliminary effectiveness for Burnout Reduction: Enhanced Awareness, Tools, Handouts, and Education (BREATHE), a daylong workshop for reducing burnout among behavioral health providers. Using a longer follow-up compared ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500220

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Pages924–927

Objective: This study examined mental health service use among three groups of young adults with assessed psychological distress: no perceived need for treatment, reported unmet need, and received treatment. Methods: Data came from participants ages 18 to 25 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500230

Open Forum

Publication date: 15 March 2016

Pages904–907

The term “deprescribing,” initially coined in geriatric medicine, describes a process of pharmacologic regimen optimization through reduction or cessation of medications for which benefits no longer outweigh risks. Burgeoning rates of polypharmacy, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500359

Best Practices

Publication date: 15 April 2016

Pages824–826

Most women with perinatal depression do not receive depression treatment. The authors describe the development and beta testing of a new program, PRogram In Support of Moms (PRISM), to improve treatment of perinatal depression in obstetric practices. A ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600049

Integrated Care

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages827–829

Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) provide comprehensive care to underserved and disadvantaged populations. FQHCs now comprise the largest primary care network in the United States. Currently, many FQHCs provide limited access to psychiatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500419

Research & Services Partnerships

Publication date: 01 April 2016

Pages830–832

The Mental Health Research Network (MHRN), funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to serve as a national laboratory to improve mental health care, includes researchers embedded in 13 health systems in 15 states. This column describes practice ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600068

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