Skip to main content
Skip to Footer

Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 70
  • Number 6
  • June 2019

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 27 March 2019

Pages442–449

Objective:The mental health challenges of college students are a critical public health concern, and they may be exacerbated among racial and ethnic minority groups. Unfortunately, there is a lack of recent large-scale research on this topic. This study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800388

Publication date: 20 March 2019

Pages450–456

Objective:Studies of patients in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system and elsewhere have documented elevated mortality from suicide during a critical period within 30 to 90 days after discharge from inpatient mental health units. To ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800352

Publication date: 07 March 2019

Pages457–464

Objective:Research on hospitalizations related to self-injurious behavior and ideation among adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is limited. This study compared admissions, average length of stay, and costs of resources to deliver care for such ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800318

Publication date: 10 April 2019

Pages465–473

Objective:The 333 model is a radical redesign of acute mental health care. Time-limited inpatient pathways for assessment (≤3 days), treatment (≤3 weeks), and recovery (≤3 months) replaced traditional geographical-sector wards. By making beds available, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800284

Publication date: 20 March 2019

Pages474–479

Objective:The OpenNotes initiative encourages health care systems to provide patients online access to clinical notes. Some individuals have expressed concerns about use of OpenNotes in mental health care. This study evaluated changes in mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800416

Publication date: 20 March 2019

Pages480–487

Objective:California’s Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention funds provide a unique opportunity for counties to initiate programs focused on early intervention in mental health, including early psychosis. To explain the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800394

Reviews and Overviews

Publication date: 28 February 2019

Pages488–498

Objective:A systematic review of studies of individual placement and support (IPS) for populations other than those with serious mental illness was conducted.Methods:The authors searched three electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800464

Brief Reports

Publication date: 07 March 2019

Pages499–502

Objective:This study examined the availability of primary care and wellness services in community mental health centers (CMHCs) and outpatient mental health facilities (OMHFs).Methods:This study used data from the 2016 National Mental Health Services ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800448

Publication date: 10 April 2019

Pages503–506

Objective:Perinatal mental health is a major public health issue in the United States. Yet, much is unknown about unmet mental health care need among pregnant women with a major depressive episode and the reasons for unmet need.Methods:Using a nationally ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800433

Publication date: 05 April 2019

Pages507–510

Objective:This study examined whether mobile health (mHealth) affects the use of in-person services among people with serious mental illness.Methods:This randomized comparative effectiveness trial evaluated minutes of service use among 163 participants ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800542

Commentary

Open Forum

Publication date: 10 April 2019

Pages514–517

Coordinated specialty care (CSC) is a promising multielement treatment for the care of individuals experiencing the onset of schizophrenia. The community mental health block grant program has increased federal support for CSC programs. In order to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800585

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 05 April 2019

Pages518–521

Inpatient suicide is a common sentinel event. However, evidence supporting effective inpatient suicide prevention measures is currently lacking. In this project, health care failure mode and effect analysis was used in a general hospital quality ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700512

Publication date: 05 April 2019

Pages522–525

Large health care systems are seeking to reduce variation in care delivery and improve outcomes. This column describes the U.S. Army health care system’s transformation to a service line management model and the impact on behavioral health care between ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800343

Personal Accounts

Letters

Past Issues

View Issues Archive
No.8
View Issue
1 Aug 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 8

No.7
View Issue
1 Jul 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 7

No.6
View Issue
1 Jun 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 6

No.5
View Issue
1 May 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 5