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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 68
  • Number 9
  • September 2017

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Pages876–882

Objective:Dissemination of evidence-based practices (EBPs) has become a priority in children’s mental health services. Although implementation approaches and initiatives are proliferating, little is known about sustainment of EBPs, but evidence suggests ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600193

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Pages891–898

Objective:Although the effectiveness of integrated mental health care has been demonstrated, its implementation in real-world settings is highly variable, may not conform to evidence-based practice, and has rarely been evaluated. Quality indicators can ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600464

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Pages899–906

Objective:The study estimated costs and effects associated with increasing access to publicly funded psychological services for depression in a public health care system.Methods:Discrete event simulation modeled clinical events (relapse, recovery, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600395

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Pages907–915

Objective:Untreated depression among persons with chronic general health conditions (chronic health conditions) affects mortality, functional disability, quality of life, and health care costs. Currently, studies of the association between depression care ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600309

Publication date: 01 June 2017

Pages916–922

Objective:This study examined perceived support for autonomy—the extent to which individuals feel empowered and supported to make informed choices—among participants in the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode Early Treatment Program (RAISE ETP)...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600480

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Pages923–930

Objective:The development of alternatives to full-time hospitalization in psychiatry is limited because consensus about the benefits of such alternatives is lacking. This study assessed whether the development of such alternatives in French psychiatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600453

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Pages931–937

Objective:This study examined private health plans’ arrangements for accessing and continuing specialty behavioral health treatment in 2010 as federal health reforms were being implemented. These management practices have historically been stricter in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600081

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Pages938–946

Objective:The study assessed whether receiving specific types of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Therapeutic and Supported Employment Services (TSES) between fiscal years (FYs) 2006 and 2010 (a time frame that encompasses the Great Recession) was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600412

Publication date: 01 June 2017

Pages947–951

Objective:Because of changes in health care, there is a greater focus on brief medication management visits as the primary method of providing psychiatric care in community mental health settings. Research on the first-person perspectives of service users ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600325

Open Forum

Publication date: 15 May 2017

Pages952–954

There is a recognized shortage of mental health professionals licensed to provide the full scope of mental health services, including assessment, diagnosis, and prescribing. Psychiatric mental health advanced practice nurses (PMH APNs) have the education ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600405

Publication date: 15 June 2017

Pages955–957

Mental health peer specialists are individuals with serious mental illnesses who receive training to use their lived experiences to help others with serious mental illnesses in clinical settings. This Open Forum discusses the state of the research for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700054

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 15 August 2017

Pages867–869

To serve a wider range of patients with serious mental illness and develop more integrated, flexible services, investigators in Toronto redesigned a high-fidelity assertive community treatment (ACT) team according to flexible ACT (FACT) principles. FACT, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700195

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 01 August 2017

Pages870–872

The collaborative care model is an evidence-based intervention for behavioral and other chronic conditions that has the potential to address the large burden of mental illness globally. Using the World Health Organization Health Systems Framework, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700232

Integrated Care

Publication date: 15 August 2017

Pages873–875

The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) model offers a way for primary care providers to develop expertise in addressing behavioral health issues of primary care patients. It provides an alternative to traditional continuing medical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600471

Frontline Reports

Brief Reports

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages958–961

Objective:The survey assessed self-reported monitoring by child psychiatrists of children prescribed second-generation antipsychotics, facilitators and barriers to monitoring, and steps taken to adhere to monitoring.Methods:The authors anonymously ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500553

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Pages962–965

Objective:Lack of access to mental health treatment remains a significant problem in the United States, even after implementation of mental health parity legislation. This study examined availability of psychiatrists listed in insurance carrier network ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600454

Publication date: 01 May 2017

Pages966–969

Objective:The authors used survey data to investigate patients’ experiences of restrictive interventions in inpatient settings.Methods:The 2010 Australian Survey of High Impact Psychosis (N=1,825) asked about restrictive interventions experienced during a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600300

Publication date: 17 April 2017

Pages975–978

Objective:Fidelity assessments help ensure that evidence-based practices are implemented properly. Although assessments are typically conducted by independent raters, some programs have implemented self-assessments because of resource constraints. Self-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600264

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