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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 71
  • Number 10
  • October 2020

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 07 July 2020

Pages988–997

Objective: This study aimed to estimate the cost-effectiveness of esketamine, a novel intranasally dosed antidepressant, for patients in the United States with treatment-resistant depression. Methods: A decision-analytic model parameterized with efficacy ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900625

Publication date: 10 June 2020

Pages998–1004

Objective: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides a continuum of care over the life course. Among U.S. adults, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are associated with increased risk of dementia. To inform service planning, this study assessed the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900325

Publication date: 24 June 2020

Pages1005–1010

Objective: This study aimed to examine variability in pricing of generic antipsychotic medications in a diverse metropolitan area and to determine whether prices varied by pharmacy type. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted of pharmacy-level ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900319

Publication date: 10 June 2020

Pages1011–1019

Objective: Using benzodiazepines and opioids together substantially increases the risk of fatal overdose. Yet, concurrent benzodiazepine and opioid prescribing rates continue to increase amid the opioid overdose epidemic. Therefore, this study sought to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900446

Publication date: 25 August 2020

Pages1031–1038

Objective: Since late 2012, the Medicare Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Quality Reporting (IPFQR) program of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has required inpatient psychiatric facilities to collect and publicly report a suite of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900360

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 03 September 2020

Pages1047–1064

Objective: Research has suggested that some mental health professionals (MHPs) continue to hold stigmatized beliefs about persons with emotional distress. These beliefs may be amenable to contact-based interventions with similar peers. To inform future ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900606

Brief Reports

Publication date: 25 August 2020

Pages1065–1068

Objective: Practice innovation requires adequate organizational resources. Electronic health records (EHRs) are a key organizational resource affecting routine practice delivery, although their capacity to support practice innovation in mental health is ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900470

Open Forum

Publication date: 12 August 2020

Pages1070–1074

The global experience of the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. The magnitude, pace, and uncertainty of the pandemic have taxed systems and catalyzed innovation in many fields, including behavioral health. Behavioral health leaders have absorbed changing ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000264

Publication date: 04 August 2020

Pages1075–1077

Many people with serious mental disorders want to work. Individual placement and support (IPS), an evidence-based program that helps such individuals find and maintain jobs of their choice, has spread steadily across the United States (which has more than ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900544

State Mental Health Policy

Publication date: 03 June 2020

Pages1078–1081

People with serious mental illness are at disproportionate risk of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality because of high rates of risk factors that directly parallel those related to poor coronavirus outcomes, including smoking, chronic obstructive pulmonary ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000244

Personal Accounts

Integrated Care

Publication date: 10 June 2020

Pages1084–1087

Efforts are underway to leverage the expertise of the limited psychiatric workforce by utilizing psychiatrists as consultants to primary care providers (PCPs). These approaches have demonstrated the potential to increase access to care by having PCPs ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000052

Law & Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 October 2020

Pages1088–1090

Specific guidance on how to manage COVID-19 in forensic psychiatric institutions is necessary because these settings differ substantially from both acute-care psychiatric hospitals and correctional institutions. The challenges raised by COVID-19 in these ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000584

Research, Community, & Services Partnerships

Publication date: 01 October 2020

Pages1091–1094

The Eleventh Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project (CMHP), a court-based jail diversion program, was established to divert individuals with serious mental illness from the criminal justice system into treatment and support services. The CMHP’s ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900572

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