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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 71
  • Number 8
  • August 2020

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 15 April 2020

Pages756–764

Objective:This study investigated recent rural-nonrural trends in the prevalence and amount of mental and substance use disorder telemedicine received by adult Medicaid beneficiaries.Methods:An analysis of 2012–2017 claims data from the IBM MarketScan ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900444

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Pages765–771

Objective:Disparities in diagnosis of mental health problems and in access to treatment among racial-ethnic groups are apparent across different behavioral conditions, particularly in the quality of treatment for depression. This study aimed to determine ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800500

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Pages772–778

Objective:Previous research suggests that up to 90% of individuals who die by suicide may have a mental disorder at the time of death but that levels of treatment may be low. This study aimed to examine undertreatment among patients with mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900452

Publication date: 08 April 2020

Pages779–788

Objective:This study examined the temporal relationship between early discontinuation of buprenorphine treatment and health care expenditures before and after treatment initiation.Methods:MarketScan commercial claims for patients who initiated ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900309

Publication date: 23 April 2020

Pages789–795

Objective:This study investigated service use by individuals with serious and nonserious mental illness receiving mental health care in medical and mental health settings.Methods:Claims data from the New York State Medicaid Data Warehouse were examined ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900392

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Pages796–802

Objective:This study evaluated the impact of two behavioral health home (BHH) approaches, provider-supported care and self-directed care, on health care utilization and cost outcomes among adult Medicaid recipients with serious mental illness.Methods:...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900141

Publication date: 04 May 2020

Pages803–809

Objective:Behavioral health homes, which provide onsite primary medical care in mental health clinics, face challenges in integrating information across multiple health records. This study tested whether a mobile personal health record application ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900381

Publication date: 23 April 2020

Pages810–815

Objective:The Community Informant Detection Tool (CIDT) is a vignette- and picture-based method of proactive case detection to promote help seeking for persons with depression, psychosis, alcohol use disorder, and epilepsy. The authors evaluated the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900377

Publication date: 12 May 2020

Pages816–823

Objective:This study compared two vocational programs: the About Face Vocational Program (AFVP), a traditional group-based vocational program created for formerly incarcerated veterans, and a hybrid program combining the AFVP with principles of individual ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900421

Publication date: 08 April 2020

Pages824–828

Objectives:No study has assessed utilization of hospital-level mental health care for French prisoners. In particular, the impact of unités hospitalières spécialement aménagées (UHSAs; “specially equipped hospital units”), the full-time inpatient ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900497

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Pages829–838

Objective:Suicide ideation, plan, attempt, and death are significant and prevalent concerns among individuals with psychosis. Previous studies have focused on risk factors, but few have systematically evaluated the effect of psychosocial interventions on ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900487

Special Article

Publication date: 30 June 2020

Pages839–842

Despite a call to action by accreditation bodies and payers alike, the infrastructure needed to continuously improve the quality and safety of behavioral health care has been slow to develop. The causes of this are complex and multifactorial yet likely ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900620

Brief Reports

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Pages843–846

Objective:This study analyzed race-ethnicity and arrest charge data from the Los Angeles (LA) County jail mental health (JMH) population to examine disparities by race and ethnicity.Methods:Data from the LA County Sheriff’s Department for all persons in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900429

Publication date: 28 April 2020

Pages847–850

Objective:The authors assessed central nervous system (CNS) polypharmacy among low-income, racially diverse homebound older adults with depression (N=277) and its associations with the participants’ ratings of depressive symptoms and pain.Methods:CNS-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900551

Open Forum

Publication date: 29 October 2019

Pages852–854

Exciting changes have the potential to reshape the tools used to treat mental illness, promote mental health, and bring this country’s too-long fragmented and specialist-centered mental health system closer to delivering on the goals of improving ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900105

Publication date: 04 May 2020

Pages855–857

People with mental illness must often decide the extent to which they want to disclose their mental illness publicly. Especially in the context of work, this is a complex and individual decision. This Open Forum discusses the importance of well-reasoned ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900617

Personal Accounts

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 15 April 2020

Pages860–863

Although telepsychiatry has emerged as an innovative tool for increasing access to behavioral health services, few studies have examined the complexities associated with designing and implementing telepsychiatry programs. This column examines a multisite, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900231

Publication date: 03 June 2020

Pages864–867

School behavioral health crisis referrals have emerged as a significant driver of avoidable emergency department (ED) visits. However, few resources exist to divert students to more appropriate settings. This article examines the effectiveness of an ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900195

Culture & Mental Health Services

Publication date: 24 June 2020

Pages868–871

Children who experience transnational separation (TS) from their parents, often referred to as “satellite babies,” endure a relatively common but underdiscussed experience. To date, no evaluations of clinical interventions to specifically support ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900624

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