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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 71
  • Number 5
  • May 2020

Taking Issue

Viewpoint

Articles

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Pages419–426

Objective: Although use of tele–mental health services is growing, there is limited research on how tele–mental health is deployed. This project aimed to describe how health centers use tele–mental health in conjunction with in-person care. Methods: The 2018 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900386

Publication date: 05 February 2020

Pages427–432

Objective: The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation of the first known telepsychiatry-enabled model of perinatal integrated care and to report initial results following implementation. Methods: Behavioral health screening data were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900143

Publication date: 14 January 2020

Pages433–439

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate racial-ethnic differences in use of mental health services and antipsychotic medication in the year following the recent onset of a psychotic disorder and to examine the role of household income as a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900301

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Pages440–446

Objective: Reasons for frequent use of psychiatric emergency services are complex and numerous, but research has largely depended on quantitative methods to describe the phenomenon. The goal of this study was to describe the reasons for frequent use in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800532

Publication date: 14 January 2020

Pages447–455

Objective: Clinical, demographic, and service use patterns of youths ages 6–18 years who had a medically treated self-injury were examined to understand factors associated with recurrence of such an injury in the subsequent year. Methods: This retrospective ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900152

Publication date: 21 January 2020

Pages465–471

Objective: Older African Americans may underutilize mental health services, although they experience mental health problems at rates comparable with those of whites. Untreated mental disorders contribute to increased risk of morbidity and mortality and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900351

Publication date: 03 January 2020

Pages472–479

Objective: Little is known about the association between service intensity and fidelity scale score in supported employment programs. This study compares service contents and intensity in low- and high-fidelity programs and examines the validity of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900255

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 18 December 2019

Pages480–486

Objectives: Video surveillance is used in inpatient psychiatry in many countries and institutions. However, its use varies considerably because of a lack of research, discussion, and agreement on best practice. This review provides an overview of current ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900397

Special Article

Publication date: 19 March 2020

Pages487–497

Objective: In recent years, optimizing the process of transition and discharge from coordinated specialty care (CSC), a program that provides early intervention in psychosis, has emerged as an important focus area for program administrators, clinicians, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900514

Brief Reports

Publication date: 11 February 2020

Pages498–501

Objective: This study aimed to examine the rate at which persons with psychiatric disorders were victims of violence by reference relatives and the extent to which victimization and perpetration co-occurred in this population. Methods: A total of 523 adults ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900384

Publication date: 08 January 2020

Pages502–505

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare knowledge gains from a new online training program with gains from an existing in-person training program for family peer advocates. Methods: Data were used from a pre-post study of individuals who enrolled in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900365

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Pages506–509

Objective: The goal was to examine psychiatric diagnosis rates among a national cohort of primary care patients with and without obesity. Methods: The cohort was derived from national Veterans Health Administration data (women, N=342,262; men, N=4,524,787). ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900078

Open Forum

Publication date: 05 February 2020

Pages511–513

Psychiatrists have been involved in seclusion and restraint (S-R) management and mitigating its abuses for 200 years. The emphasis on finding alternatives to S-R has produced much of the recent success in decreasing its use. Nonetheless, patients continue ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900321

Commentary

Personal Accounts

Integrated Care

Publication date: 30 January 2020

Pages518–521

The collaborative care model (CoCM) is a multicomponent, team-based integrated behavioral health framework. Its effectiveness in the treatment of perinatal depression is established, but implementation has been limited. The authors used longitudinal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900341

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 02 March 2020

Pages522–524

Economic constraints in low- and middle-income countries like Jamaica challenge health care services to identify efficient methods of mental health care. This column describes the community engagement mental health (CEMH) model in Kingston, Jamaica, for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900063

Letters

Correction

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