Psychiatric Services
- Volume 71
- Number 2
- February 2020
Taking Issue
Viewpoint
Articles
Publication date: 23 October 2019
Pages112–120Objective: The authors qualitatively examined how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) young adults with probable substance use disorders conceptualized their substance use vis-à-vis their LGBTQ identities. Methods: Individual, in-depth, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900029Publication date: 16 October 2019
Pages121–127Objective: The study examined the use of telepsychiatry in U.S. mental health facilities between 2010 and 2017. Methods: Changes over time in the availability of telepsychiatry were examined by using multiple waves of a national survey of mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900261Publication date: 08 October 2019
Pages128–135Objective: This study examined differences in health outcomes and acute service use between lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals and a matched heterosexual control group. Methods: Individuals ages 18 to 85 whose electronic health records indicated a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900188Publication date: 02 October 2019
Pages136–143Objective: Self-harm rates among U.S. adolescents have risen substantially. Health and social outcomes among contemporary self-harming youths are infrequently tracked and poorly understood. This study investigated long-term health service utilization (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900153Publication date: 29 October 2019
Pages144–150Objective: Little is known about the role of mental health literacy in military veterans’ treatment-seeking stigma and service use, or the impact of these factors on perceived need for mental health care. In addition, most research has focused on mixed-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800405Publication date: 29 October 2019
Pages151–157Objective: Transgender people are less likely to have health insurance, which has been associated with reduced utilization of health care. In the current study, the authors sought to assess the role of health insurance in mental health care utilization ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900289Publication date: 25 September 2019
Pages158–164Objective: The objective was to assess the number of new clients accepted by licensed mental health clinicians in Massachusetts and clinician characteristics associated with new clients accepted. Methods: Surveys about client access to outpatient mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900072Special Article
Publication date: 06 November 2019
Pages165–169Inpatient psychiatric hospital services, as they currently exist, have little to no evidence base. Deficits in the current system represent a critical missed opportunity to improve the trajectory of patients’ lives and long-term outcomes. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900259Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 23 October 2019
Pages170–183Objective: The use of serious games and gamification to promote learning has a long history. More recently, serious games and gamification have been used in clinical settings to promote treatment and recovery. Yet there is little evidence to support their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800567Brief Reports
Publication date: 16 October 2019
Pages184–187Objective: This study aimed to examine mental health conditions of children diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) in a commercially insured population and compare them with a multistate Medicaid-insured population identified in prior research. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900180Publication date: 20 November 2019
Pages188–191Objective: The authors investigated demographic, clinical, and service-utilization factors that affected the quality of diabetes care among patients with schizophrenia. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of adults with schizophrenia and diabetes (...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900009Publication date: 16 October 2019
Pages192–195Objective: This study examined whether serious mental illness is associated with initiating and with completing sofosbuvir-based treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) among veterans who started treatment after the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900227Commentary
Open Forum
Publication date: 06 November 2019
Pages199–201This ethnographically informed implementation analysis of Parachute NYC between 2012 and 2015 documents the obstacles that can impede disruptive innovations in public mental health. Parachute combined family-based dialogic practice with peer-staffed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900174Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 14 November 2019
Pages202–204Despite a series of federal laws aimed at ensuring parity in insurance coverage of treatment for mental health and general health conditions, patients with mental disorders continue to face discrimination by insurers. This inequity is often due to overly ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900513Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 04 December 2019
Pages205–208National Patient Safety Goal 15.01.01 requires all Joint Commission–accredited organizations to screen patients treated for behavioral health conditions for suicide risk. However, little is known about the ability of screening tools to identify suicide ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900290Publication date: 06 November 2019
Pages209–212The goal of this study was to evaluate treatment practices among psychiatry residents before and 3 months after a course on tobacco use disorder. After completing the course, residents (N=89) reported a significant increase in the frequency in nine of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900272Correction
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