Psychiatric Services
- Volume 72
- Number 12
- December 2021
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 15 April 2021
Pages1370–1376Objective: Most U.S. acute care hospitals have adopted basic electronic health record (EHR) functionality and health information exchange (HIE) (84% and 88%, respectively, in 2017). This study examined whether rates of EHR and HIE adoption by hospital-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000816Articles
Publication date: 02 June 2021
Pages1377–1384Objective: This study examined characteristics and planned expenses of U.S. adults who received the economic impact payment (EIP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Using a nationally representative sample of 6,607 middle- and low-income U.S. adults, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100001Articles
Publication date: 15 June 2021
Pages1385–1391Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the availability and national distribution of HIV testing and counseling at substance use treatment facilities in the United States. Methods: Analyses of data from the 2018 National Survey of Substance ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000524Articles
Publication date: 20 July 2021
Pages1392–1399Objective: The comparable severities of cluster B personality disorders and schizophrenia are increasingly recognized. The authors sought to compare the general medical and psychiatric comorbid conditions and use of medical services among individuals with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000554Articles
Publication date: 21 May 2021
Pages1400–1406Objective: The Supported Employment Demonstration (SED), a multiyear (2016–2022), randomized controlled trial funded by the Social Security Administration, recruited a nontraditional sample of benefits applicants with self-reported or documented mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000826Articles
Publication date: 02 June 2021
Pages1407–1414Objective: The primary objectives of this study were to examine referral sources and demographic, clinical, and socioenvironmental characteristics of Hispanics referred to and enrolled in a program of coordinated specialty care (Early CSC program) for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000798Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 09 June 2021
Pages1415–1427Objective: Hospital-in-the-home (HITH) is a service model widely adopted in medical specialties to help alleviate pressure on the availability of inpatient beds and allow patients to receive acute care in familiar surroundings. To date, such models are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000763Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 12 May 2021
Pages1428–1433The current configuration and function of U.S. societal structures drives the overrepresentation of people with serious mental illness in the criminal legal system. Although the causes are multifactorial, the mental health system poorly serves those at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000735Special Articles
Publication date: 11 May 2021
Pages1434–1440Social Security Administration demonstration projects that are intended to help people receiving disability benefits have increased employment but not the number of exits from disability programs. The Supported Employment Demonstration (SED) is a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000671Special Articles
Publication date: 07 May 2021
Pages1441–1450Objective: Although depression is a prevalent and costly health problem exacting a large toll on work productivity, interventions targeting occupational functioning are rare. This article describes the development of the Tufts Be Well at Work intervention, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000762Brief Reports
Publication date: 30 June 2021
Pages1451–1454Objective: The authors compared maintenance of training outcomes for two approaches to training college therapists in interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT): train the trainer versus expert training. Methods: A cluster-randomized trial was conducted in 24 college ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000702Brief Reports
Publication date: 02 June 2021
Pages1455–1459Objective: This study examined whether documented disparities in access to behavioral health specialty care persisted in a novel integrated primary care model situated in a large health system when triage and referral management supports were provided by a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000535Open Forum
Publication date: 30 April 2021
Pages1461–1463Psychoanalytic approaches, although still extensively used by practitioners, have been marginalized in treatment guidelines partly because of limited efficacy research. In recent years, several manualized psychodynamic approaches have been developed that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000887Open Forum
Publication date: 15 June 2021
Pages1464–1466Despite treatment guidelines recommending antipsychotic medication (APM) as the frontline treatment for schizophrenia, its use remains a controversial topic, and nonadherence rates range between 40% and 60%. At the heart of the debate lies a divergence of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100006Integrated Care
Publication date: 09 June 2021
Pages1467–1470Individuals with serious medical illnesses experience high rates of comorbid behavioral health conditions. Behavioral health comorbidity affects outcomes in serious illness care. Despite this consequence, behavioral health remains siloed from serious ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000903State Mental Health Policy
Publication date: 18 June 2021
Pages1471–1474Treatment courts aim to reduce criminal recidivism by addressing the behavioral health care needs of persons with psychiatric or substance use disorders that contribute to their offending. Stable funding and access to behavioral health providers are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000868