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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 72
  • Number 1
  • January 2021

Taking Issue

Viewpoints

Articles

Publication date: 03 November 2020

Pages7–15

Objective:This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of varenicline, bupropion, and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) among smokers with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in post hoc analyses of Evaluating Adverse Events in a Global Smoking ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000032

Publication date: 20 October 2020

Pages16–22

Objective:Rapid increases in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and increased access to intensive behavioral interventions have likely increased health care spending. This study estimated recent changes in spending among privately insured ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000099

Publication date: 10 November 2020

Pages23–30

Objective:This study sought to extend findings from previous studies of the association between having had interpersonal contact with individuals with mental illness and the desire to avoid contact with them (i.e., social distance).Methods:The authors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000064

Publication date: 03 November 2020

Pages31–36

Objective:Implementation facilitation is an effective strategy that increases uptake of behavioral health interventions. Facilitation is grounded in partnerships with leadership and clinical stakeholders. Researchers have documented some negative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000151

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 03 November 2020

Pages37–48

This review examines the history and contemporary landscape of school mental health, describing evidence that schools are an essential component of the system of child and adolescent care and providing recommendations to advance this vital care delivery ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900575

Publication date: 25 November 2020

Pages49–60

Objective:Therapeutic benefits associated with early services for psychosis are influenced by the degree to which participants engage in treatment. The main objective of this review was to analyze rates of disengagement in early psychosis services and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900375

Special Articles

Publication date: 03 November 2020

Pages61–68

Objective:Characterizing commitment as an involuntary psychiatric emergency detention that possibly extends into a longer-term detention, the authors aimed to calculate population rates of detentions and chart interstate differences since 2011 by means of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900477

Global Mental Health Implementation Science Protocols

Brief Reports

Publication date: 25 August 2020

Pages77–80

Objective:This study aimed to quantify the association between pharmaceutical industry payments to physicians for pimavanserin and both pimavanserin prescription volume and Medicare expenditures.Methods:This retrospective cross-sectional study used 2016 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000251

Publication date: 14 October 2020

Pages81–84

Objective:The authors sought to describe state-to-state variations in the scope of statutory authority granted to default surrogates who decide on mental health treatment for incapacitated patients.Methods:The authors investigated state statutes ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900320

Open Forum

Publication date: 12 August 2020

Pages86–88

To address the global mental health crisis exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, an urgent need has emerged to transform the accessibility, efficiency, and quality of mental health care. The next suite of efforts to transform mental health care must ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000257

Publication date: 27 October 2020

Pages89–90

COVID-19 has affected many people worldwide. Beyond the physical symptoms brought on by this virus, it has adversely affected those without the illness through isolation, social distancing, and changes in job and housing security. Clinicians are trying to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000261

Publication date: 20 October 2020

Pages91–93

The increasing need for psychiatry services in medically underserved communities has proven to be challenging for health care systems. Caring for this population is complex and can be overwhelming for the inexperienced provider. Proper utilization of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900420

Commentaries

Technology in Mental Health

Publication date: 19 August 2020

Pages100–103

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many mental health care services have been shifted from face-to-face to virtual interactions. Several health policy changes have influenced telehealth uptake during this time, including changes in technology, Internet ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000368

Law & Psychiatry

Publication date: 10 November 2020

Pages104–106

The U.S. Supreme Court has not previously ruled on whether the insanity defense, a long-established component of criminal law, is constitutionally required. Five states have abolished the insanity defense, and a challenge to one of those laws reached the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000707

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 10 November 2020

Pages107–109

Many veterans who need mental health treatment are reluctant to seek care, and their family members often do not know how to encourage them to do so. In 2011, a telephone-based service called Coaching Into Care (CIC) was developed to address this concern. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900113

Publication date: 10 November 2020

Pages110–113

Intervention adaptations expand the availability of evidence-based treatments across clinical settings and demographically different populations. These adaptations utilize systematic strategies to preserve core components of an intervention. Intervention ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900611

Culture & Mental Health Services

Publication date: 03 November 2020

Pages114–116

Self-determination is a critical element of shared decision making among people recovering from mental illness. However, shared decision making between the patient and caregiver may not align with the accepted values of East Asian communities. Family-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900570

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