Psychiatric Services

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Publication date: 03 October 2016

Objectives: Discrepancies, or perceptual distance, between leaders’ self-ratings and followers’ ratings of the leader are common but usually go unrecognized. Research on discrepancies is limited, but there is evidence that discrepancies are associated with ...

Publication date: 15 September 2016

Objective: This study examined the effects of a depression care quality improvement (QI) intervention implemented by using Community Engagement and Planning (CEP), which supports collaboration across health and community-based agencies, or Resources for ...

Publication date: 03 October 2016

Objective: Because of the chronicity, severity, and marked psychosocial impairment that may characterize the illness, schizophrenia is an incredibly costly disease. Recent data indicate that intervention earlier in the course of schizophrenia produces cost ...

Publication date: 01 November 2016

Objective: Young adulthood represents a critical time to address elevated obesity rates and the risk of early mortality, particularly among people with serious mental illness. Few studies have assessed the benefits of lifestyle interventions targeting ...

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Objective: Significant variability exists regarding the criteria and procedures used by different veterans’ courts (VCs) across the country. Limited guidance is available regarding which VC model has the most successful outcomes. The purpose of this study ...

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Objective: This study assessed whether adding telephone care management to usual outpatient mental health care improved treatment attendance, medication compliance, and clinical outcomes of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Methods: In a ...

Publication date: 15 November 2016

Objective: Although the negative association between discrimination and recovery has been established, only a few studies have attempted to investigate the underlying mechanism of how perceived discrimination dampens both clinical and personal recovery ...

Publication date: 03 October 2016

Objective: Resources and treatment for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are limited and often difficult to obtain. This article aimed to identify key resources for and barriers to obtaining supportive and treatment services for BPD ...

Publication date: 03 October 2016

Objective: This study characterized telemedicine utilization among Medicaid enrollees by patients’ demographic characteristics, geographic location, enrollment type, eligibility category, and clinical conditions. Methods: This study used 2008–2009 Medicaid ...

Publication date: 01 September 2016

Objective: Measurement-based care involves the systematic administration of symptom rating scales and use of the results to drive clinical decision making at the level of the individual patient. This literature review examined the theoretical and empirical ...

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Several forms of mandated community treatment exist in the United States. One mechanism, assisted outpatient treatment (AOT), has become both more common and more controversial in recent years. The status of individuals committed to AOT remains unclear ...

Publication date: 15 August 2016

This Open Forum addresses considerations for improving treatment of bipolar disorder. Most individuals with bipolar disorder report not receiving treatment from a psychiatrist in the past 12 months. In the United States, a large proportion of persons with ...

Publication date: 15 December 2016

The mental health services now in place are intrinsically linked with the technology that has been at our disposal for decades of research and practice. Advancements in Web, mobile, sensor, and informatics technology can do more than serve as tools to ...

Publication date: 01 December 2016

Pay for performance (P4P) has become a popular strategy to reward quality and cost-efficiency in behavioral health care and other health care disciplines. This column presents the results of a literature review of P4P in behavioral health care. Fifteen ...

Publication date: 01 November 2016

As part of the development of DSM-5, the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) was administered to 30 monolingual Spanish-speaking adults at one site of a 2012 feasibility study of the CFI. The authors identified salient themes in data collected through ...

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Publication date: 03 October 2016

Objective: The study examined state variation in rates of Supplemental Security Income (SSI) determinations, allowances, and receipt of benefits for ten selected child mental disabilities in 2013. Methods: SSI administrative and U.S. Census Bureau data ...

Publication date: 03 October 2016

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe the prescribing practices of clinicians for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods: This population-based, descriptive study of insured patients (N=54,107) identified people who were 18 ...

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Objective: This study examined social network structure and function among a sample of 460 homeless veterans who participated in an experimental trial of the Housing and Urban Development–Veterans Affairs Supported Housing (HUD-VASH) program. Methods: ...

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Objective: This study estimated the prevalence and correlates of self-harm among adult victims of human trafficking who accessed secondary mental health services, and it estimated the responses of mental health services to these individuals. Methods: A ...