Psychiatric Services
- Volume 69
- Number 9
- September 2018
Taking Issue
Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 02 July 2018
Pages961–977A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE ATTRIBUTES AND OUTCOMES OF PEER WORK
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700564Articles
Publication date: 25 May 2018
Pages978–985Objective: mHealth approaches that use mobile phones to deliver interventions can help improve access to care for people with serious mental illness. The goal was to evaluate how mHealth performs against more traditional treatment. Methods: A three-month ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800063Publication date: 25 July 2018
Pages986–992Objective: This study examined mental health service use outcomes for children receiving integrated care via a collaborative-practice model (CPM). The study hypothesis was that the delivery of intensively integrated clinical care within pediatrics, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600228Publication date: 08 June 2018
Pages993–1000Objective: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system established policies to include patient record flags (PRFs) for high suicide risk in the electronic medical record to alert providers and to increase health care contacts. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700545Publication date: 20 June 2018
Pages1001–1006Objective: Mental health courts and assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) are tools to help people with serious mental illness engage in treatment and avoid or reduce institutionalization. As both programs become increasingly prevalent, questions remain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700341Publication date: 02 July 2018
Pages1007–1014Objective: This study aimed to determine which characteristics of youths with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were associated with receiving prescriptions for antidepressants, antipsychotics, or benzodiazepines. Methods: A 2011–2012 retrospective cohort ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700167Publication date: 02 July 2018
Pages1015–1020Objective: The study examined trends and patterns in long-term antipsychotic polypharmacy among Ohio Medicaid patients with schizophrenia and predictors of use. Methods: A study using a retrospective cohort design and Medicaid claims data was conducted for a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800052Publication date: 08 June 2018
Pages1021–1028Objective: Second-generation antipsychotics vary in their propensity to cause serious cardiometabolic side effects. In addition, use of two or more antipsychotics (polypharmacy) may lead to additive side effects and has not been shown to be consistently ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700536Open Forum
Publication date: 02 July 2018
Pages1029–1031Clinical practice is assumed to be informed and supported by evidence-based clinical research. Nonetheless, clinical practice often deviates from the research evidence base, sometimes leading and sometimes lagging. Two examples from integrated care in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800028Viewpoint
Technology in Mental Health
Publication date: 15 May 2018
Pages948–951Telepsychiatry is a viable option for providing psychiatric care to those who are currently underserved or who lack access to services, but barriers to its widespread utilization remain. Use of different electronic health record systems (EHRs) by various ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700406Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 25 July 2018
Pages952–955International treatment guidelines recommend cognitive-behavioral therapies for people with psychosis, but implementation remains problematic. This column reports on local work to improve implementation and two recent initiatives by the National Health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800131State Mental Health Policy
Publication date: 20 June 2018
Pages956–958This column describes the Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing (I-STOP), New York State’s prescription monitoring program, and its compatibility with HIPAA and Part 2 of Volume 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The authors review use ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800143Personal Accounts
Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 June 2018
Pages1032–1035Objective: Single-site studies indicate irregular hospital discharges are associated with elevated suicide risk. As part of ongoing analytics in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health system, the authors evaluated associations between irregular discharge and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800024Publication date: 20 June 2018
Pages1036–1039Objective: This study examined trends in hospitalizations of youths for behavioral health conditions in acute care hospital nonpsychiatric beds, acute care hospital psychiatric and detoxification beds, and specialty psychiatric hospitals. Methods: Using data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700493Publication date: 09 July 2018
Pages1040–1043Objective: This study assessed trends in days’ supply for opioid prescriptions filled by adolescents with commercial insurance and Medicaid. Methods: IBM MarketScan commercial and Medicaid pharmacy claims data were used to measure days’ supply among ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700562Correction
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