Psychiatric Services
- Volume 68
- Number 9
- September 2017
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 01 May 2017
Pages876–882Objective: 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.201600193Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages883–890Objectives: A 60-week randomized controlled trial assessed the effects of targeted training in illness management (TTIM) versus treatment as usual among 200 individuals with serious mental illness and diabetes mellitus. Methods: The study used the Clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600377Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages891–898Objective: 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.201600464Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages899–906Objective: 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.201600395Publication date: 01 May 2017
Pages907–915Objective: 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.201600309Publication date: 01 June 2017
Pages916–922Objective: 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.201600480Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages923–930Objective: 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.201600453Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages931–937Objective: 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.201600081Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages938–946Objective: 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.201600412Publication date: 01 June 2017
Pages947–951Objective: 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.201600325Open Forum
Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages952–954There 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.201600405Publication date: 15 June 2017
Pages955–957Mental 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.201700054Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 15 August 2017
Pages867–869To 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.201700195Global Mental Health Reforms
Publication date: 01 August 2017
Pages870–872The 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.201700232Integrated Care
Publication date: 15 August 2017
Pages873–875The 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.201600471Frontline Reports
Brief Reports
Monitoring of Patients on Second-Generation Antipsychotics: A National Survey of Child Psychiatrists
Publication date: 17 April 2017
Pages958–961Objective: 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.201500553Publication date: 01 May 2017
Pages962–965Objective: 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.201600454Publication date: 01 May 2017
Pages966–969Objective: 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.201600300Publication date: 15 May 2017
Pages970–974Objective: The study explored relationships between preferences for and experiences of clinical decision making (CDM) with service use among persons with severe mental illness. Methods: Data from a prospective observational study in six European countries ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600114Publication date: 17 April 2017
Pages975–978Objective: 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