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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 71
  • Number 3
  • March 2020

Taking Issue

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Articles

Publication date: 04 December 2019

Pages221–227

Objective:Psychiatric staff are exposed to critical events (e.g., violence, physical threats) in the workplace and thus are at risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The authors examined the prevalence of PTSD symptoms among psychiatric hospital ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900226

Publication date: 20 November 2019

Pages236–242

Objective:This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between antipsychotic medication adherence and preventable diabetes-related hospitalizations for individuals with diabetes and schizophrenia.Methods:Hospitalizations related to diabetes, an ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800505

Publication date: 04 December 2019

Pages243–249

Objective:In this study, the authors assessed the long-term impact of the Mental Health Treatment Study (MHTS), a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of providing 2 years of employment services based on the evidence-based individualized ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800554

Publication date: 14 November 2019

Pages250–255

Objective:Individuals with severe mental disorders have an impaired ability to work and are likely to receive income transfer payments as their main source of income. However, the magnitude of this phenomenon remains unclear. Using longitudinal population ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900239

Publication date: 14 January 2020

Pages256–262

Objective:This study tested whether computerized cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression supported by a peer specialist with lived experience of depression (PS-cCBT) improves mental health–related outcomes for primary care patients.Methods:In the U.S. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900283

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 14 November 2019

Pages263–268

Objective:Women with schizophrenia appear to receive breast cancer diagnoses at later stages of the disease compared with the general population. To study this disparity, this report reviewed and quantified the differences in rates of mammography ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900318

Publication date: 11 December 2019

Pages269–279

Objective:To investigate predictors of psychiatric hospital readmission of children and adolescents, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted.Methods:Following PRISMA statement guidelines, a systematic literature search of articles published ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900234

Brief Reports

Publication date: 20 November 2019

Pages280–283

Objective:Mobile technologies, such as smartphones, can improve health services by delivering assessments and interventions that reach people in their daily lives. There is, however, disagreement regarding whether people with serious mental illness make ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900203

Publication date: 23 October 2019

Pages284–288

Objective:The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the association between episodes of patient aggression and burnout among mental health professionals.Methods:Scores of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) among 183 participants who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900161

Publication date: 29 October 2019

Pages289–292

Objective:This study aimed to examine the provider characteristics and job stressors that are related to turnover intention and actual turnover among community mental health providers.Methods:Secondary analyses were conducted with data collected from 186 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900246

Open Forum

Publication date: 14 November 2019

Pages298–300

In 2017, half of the 47,173 suicides in the United States were firearm related. Health care systems have an important role in promoting firearm-related lethal-means safety, a key component of suicide prevention programs. To effectively do so, health care ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900286

Commentary

Economic Grand Rounds

Publication date: 11 December 2019

Pages303–306

Among the three medications approved for the treatment of opioid use disorder, methadone has been in use for the longest period and has the most extensive evidence base of effectiveness. Yet it remains underutilized as new insurance policies favor access ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900373

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