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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 71
  • Number 4
  • April 2020

Taking Issue

Viewpoint

Articles

Publication date: 18 December 2019

Pages312–318

Objective: The National Committee for Quality Assurance recommends response and remission as indicators of successful depression treatment for the Healthcare Effectiveness and Data Information Set. Effect size and severity-adjusted effect size (SAES) offer ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900295

Publication date: 04 December 2019

Pages319–327

Objective: Despite the interest in technology-enhanced preventive interventions for suicidality, there is minimal peer-reviewed research on conversations of text message hotlines. In this large-scale study, the authors explored distinct classes of users of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900149

Publication date: 21 January 2020

Pages328–336

Objective: Little is known about the role of primary care safety-net clinics, including federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics, in providing mental health services to youths. This study examined correlates and quality of mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800540

Publication date: 18 December 2019

Pages337–342

Objective: The authors designed this project to identify barriers to using long-acting formulations of antipsychotics. Methods: The authors used a focused ethnographic approach. Patients, psychiatrists, nurses, therapists and administrators were interviewed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900236

Publication date: 18 December 2019

Pages343–354

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare, by sexual-minority status, the prevalence of feelings of depression and anxiety as well as use of medication for these feelings. Methods: Data on adults ages 18 years and older (N=79,542) came from the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900219

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 04 December 2019

Pages355–363

The overrepresentation of people with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system is a complex problem. A long-standing explanation for this phenomenon, the criminalization hypothesis, posits that policy changes that shifted the care of people ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900453

Publication date: 21 January 2020

Pages364–377

Objective: There is a critical shortage of clinicians trained in evidence-based treatments (EBTs). New technologies, such as Internet-based training, video conferences, and mobile applications, can increase accessibility to specialized training and enhance ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900186

Special Article

Brief Reports

Publication date: 11 December 2019

Pages385–388

Objective: The rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) underscores the importance of access to evidence-based interventions such as applied behavior analysis (ABA). Anecdotal evidence suggests limitations in the supply of ABA providers, but ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900058

Publication date: 03 January 2020

Pages389–392

Objective: This study examined whether visits to primary care physicians (PCPs) by patients with a primary behavioral health diagnosis were more likely to be associated with referral to another physician and if so, whether the association varied by ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900004

Publication date: 11 December 2019

Pages393–396

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine whether people who screened positive for depression were more likely to have sought treatment if they had personal knowledge of other individuals with emotional or mental problems or of individuals who have ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900190

Open Forum

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Pages398–400

The rate of suicide among veterans continues to be highly problematic. The widespread adoption and mandated implementation of thinly validated and scripted assessment tools have the potential to increase clinician burnout and erode clinician-patient ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900482

Personal Accounts

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Law & Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 April 2020

Pages409–411

People being held in jails and prisons are entitled under the U.S. Constitution to necessary medical care, including mental health care. Whether such a duty includes planning for care after release has been less clear, despite widespread professional ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000084

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