Psychiatric Services

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Publication date: 15 December 2016

Objective: The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) significantly changed regulations governing behavioral health benefits for large, commercially insured employers. Pre-MHPAEA, many plans covered only a specific number of behavioral ...

Publication date: 17 January 2017

Objective: This research aimed to characterize HIV testing rates among Medicaid recipients with severe mental illness who received public specialty mental health services. Methods: This retrospective cohort study examined California Medicaid records from ...

Publication date: 03 January 2017

Objective: The study compared distress levels among two groups of older adults who had been newly prescribed an antidepressant by their primary care physician, those with major depressive disorder (MDD) and those without MDD. Methods: This analysis used a ...

Publication date: 03 January 2017

Objective: Increasing evidence supports the effectiveness of comprehensive early intervention at first onset of psychotic symptoms. Implementation of early intervention programs will require population-based data on overall incidence of psychotic symptoms ...

Publication date: 03 January 2017

Objective: Prescription opioid use disorder and overdose have emerged as significant public health challenges in the past 15 years. Little is known about public attitudes toward individuals who have developed a prescription opioid use disorder and whether ...

Publication date: 03 January 2017

Objective: The study illustrates the use of approaches based on queuing theory to understand bottlenecks in patient flow. A queuing simulation was used to predict the potential benefits of additional clinical personnel on patient flow through a psychiatric ...

Publication date: 03 January 2017

Objectives: The study examined whether staffing of Primary Care–Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) services in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system is related to quality of depression care. Methods: Site surveys and administrative data from ...

Publication date: 03 January 2017

Objective: Depression treatment can improve the health outcomes of elderly cancer survivors. There is a paucity of studies on the extent to which depression is treated among elderly cancer survivors. Therefore, this study estimated the rates of depression ...

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Objectives: This study tested the hypothesis that poor organizational justice and collaboration among nurses are associated with increased stress among nurses, which, in turn, increases the likelihood of violent assaults by patients. Methods: A cross-...

Publication date: 15 December 2016

Objective: Despite the high prevalence of mental disorders in Mexico, minimal mental health services are available and there are large gaps in mental health treatment. Community-based primary care settings are often the first contact between patients and ...

Publication date: 15 December 2016

Objective: The study compared changes in rates of health insurance coverage, utilization and affordability of mental health services, and reported satisfaction with health coverage between 2013 and 2014 for people in moderate and severe psychological ...

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Objective: This research examined the frequency of and characteristics associated with three forms of violence among persons with mental illness—violence directed at others, self-directed violence, and violence directed at them by others. Methods: Previously ...

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Objective: This study explored patient perspectives of how online access to clinical notes (OpenNotes) within the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system may affect patients’ relationships with their mental health clinicians. Methods: Semistructured ...

Publication date: 01 February 2017

Objective: The study examined inpatient treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD) when it is complicated by comorbid personality disorder. Methods: In this descriptive analysis of a large data sample from 2013 (German VIPP data set) of 58,913 cases from ...

Publication date: 15 November 2016

Recent social changes and rising social inequality in the rural United States have affected the experience and meaning of mental illness and treatment seeking within rural communities. Rural Americans face serious mental health disparities, including ...

Publication date: 15 November 2016

The purpose of this Open Forum is to detail the unique considerations present when using an interpreter in a forensic interview, including whether it is appropriate to take the case, the practical aspects of working with an interpreter, and whether the ...

Publication date: 17 April 2017

An increasingly large body of randomized controlled trials has demonstrated the efficacy of mental health technologies, such as Web-based and mobile interventions, to prevent and treat mental disorders and increase psychological well-being. However, there ...

Publication date: 15 December 2016

Integrating care pathways between primary and specialist mental health care is seen as integral to improving the health of people with mental illness. Multiple integration initiatives have been implemented, but few have tried to integrate care for people ...

Publication date: 01 May 2017