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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 68
  • Number 8
  • August 2017

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Pages764–770

Objective:In youth mental health services, consumer participation is essential, but few implementation strategies exist to engage young consumers. This project evaluated an intervention implemented in an Australian youth mental health service that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600388

Publication date: 03 April 2017

Pages771–775

Objective:Discordance between psychiatric care providers’ and clients’ goals for medication treatment is prevalent and is a barrier to person-centered care. Power statements—short self-advocacy statements prepared by clients in response to a two-part ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600418

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages776–782

Objective:Use of administrative data from child welfare (CW) and mental health systems in Los Angeles County provided a unique opportunity to more closely examine mental health needs of children dually served by these systems. This study examined the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600266

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages783–788

Objective:People with mental illness struggle with symptoms and with public stigma. Some accept common prejudices and lose self-esteem, resulting in shame and self-stigma, which may affect their interactions with mental health professionals. This study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600282

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages796–802

Objective:Depression is a major public health concern and often goes untreated. In response to a growing body of research documenting stigma as a barrier to depression care, this study focused on examining public stigma toward potentially vulnerable ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600154

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages803–809

Objective:Approximately three to six months after returning from deployment, military service members complete the Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA), which includes screens for alcohol misuse, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600259

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages810–818

Objective:Individuals with substance use disorders are at high risk of hospital readmission. This study examined whether follow-up services received within 14 days of discharge from an inpatient hospital stay or residential detoxification reduced 90-day ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600339

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Pages832–838

Objective:The community model of mental health care (CMMHC) is recommended as the best way to organize mental health care, but evidence of its successful implementation and effectiveness is scarce, particularly in resource-poor settings. This study aimed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600371

Datapoints

Integrated Care

Publication date: 17 July 2017

Pages756–758

Behavioral health integration with primary care has long been shown to be an essential part of improving health care and, more recently, of achieving the “triple aim” as part of national reform. Many states are promoting integration activities as part of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700085

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 03 July 2017

Pages759–761

Depression is the most frequent psychiatric disorder in primary health care, and the evidence shows that there is suboptimal management by primary care practitioners, perhaps owing to difficulties in decision making. Because clinical guidelines can ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700163

Personal Accounts

Brief Reports

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages839–842

Objective:This study aimed to determine cervical cancer screening rates among women with severe mental illness.Methods:California Medicaid administrative records (2010–2011) for 31,308 women with severe mental illness were examined. Participants received ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600293

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages843–846

Objective:This study assessed differences in diabetes prevalence based on race-ethnicity among people with severe mental illnesses.Methods:This retrospective cohort study examined diabetes prevalence in 2009 among California Medicaid enrollees with severe ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600356

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages851–855

Objective:A Web-based survey examined treatment seeking among community college students to inform the design of engagement interventions.Methods:Veteran and civilian community college students (N=765) were screened for mental disorders and reported ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600240

Publication date: 03 April 2017

Pages856–858

Objective:This study reports the extent to which states have adopted the national culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) standards.Methods:Officials from public mental health agencies in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600407

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