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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 70
  • Number 3
  • March 2019

Taking Issue

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Articles

Publication date: 30 November 2018

Pages168–175

Objective:Mental health treatment access and quality are influenced by the interplay of structural, organizational, and performance factors—including the number of mental health staff providing direct clinical care relative to patients treated (i.e., ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800229

Publication date: 10 December 2018

Pages176–183

Objective:Individuals with psychotic disorders are at high risk of suicidal behavior. The study examined whether response to item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), which asks about thoughts of death or self-harm, predicts suicidal behavior ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800381

Publication date: 17 December 2018

Pages184–190

Objective:This study elicited factors that shaped treatment decision making for young adults and their key supporters after an initial hospitalization for psychosis to generate hypotheses about how to improve service engagement.Methods:This prospective, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700459

Publication date: 03 January 2019

Pages202–208

Objective:Involvement with child protective services (CPS) can have detrimental effects on children and parents alike. This study provided updated information about the prevalence of parenting among individuals with a serious mental illness and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800277

Publication date: 03 January 2019

Pages211–218

Objective:Effective mental health services for emerging adults are needed. This work evaluated the logic model of one such program and assessed participation and medium-term outcomes.Methods:Baseline data were collected from 398 emerging adults attending ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800219

Publication date: 03 January 2019

Pages219–224

Objective:Few individuals with mood disorders have access to evidence-based collaborative chronic care models (CCMs) because most patients are seen in small-group practices (<20 providers) with limited capacity to deliver CCMs. In this single-blind ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800336

Brief Reports

Publication date: 17 January 2019

Pages225–228

Objective:The study evaluated a telephone call and text message intervention to improve adherence to medication among patients with severe mental illness.Methods:A randomized clinical trial was conducted, and outpatients with schizophrenia or bipolar ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800286

Publication date: 11 January 2019

Pages229–232

Objective:Specialty addiction programs treat people who are addicted to alcohol, opioids, stimulants, and other drugs. This study identified the proportion of addiction program clients who received tobacco-related services and factors associated with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700565

Commentary

Open Forum

Publication date: 05 February 2019

Pages234–236

Frequent calls for changing diagnostic labels to decrease stigma may result in unintended consequences. Condemning incorrect language by policing word choice oversimplifies the depth of work involved to increase opportunities for people with mental ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800369

Personal Accounts

State Mental Health Policy

Publication date: 17 December 2018

Pages239–242

In rural communities, primary care providers continue to provide mental health services, and about 70% of children and adolescents identified to have a psychiatric disorder never receive treatment. A telehealth model for providing integrated mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800252

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 30 November 2018

Pages243–246

Worldwide, attention to mental disorders lags far behind the staggering morbidity attributed to them. In low-resource settings, the majority of people with serious mental illness go untreated, and a major reason for this treatment gap is the worldwide ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800363

Research, Community, & Services Partnerships

Publication date: 11 January 2019

Pages247–249

The New York State Medicaid program is pursuing reforms that would shift reimbursement from fee-for-service to value-based models. Behavioral health populations and services are key to these reforms, but important gaps exist in the breadth and relevance ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800256

Culture & Mental Health Services

Publication date: 29 January 2019

Pages250–253

A myriad of cultural and language-related factors can affect the communication between clinicians, interpreters, and patients. Misunderstandings can lead to diagnostic errors; inadequate treatment; disengagement; and, thereby, poor clinical outcomes. A ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800107

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