Psychiatric Services
- Volume 72
- Number 6
- June 2021
Taking Issue
Viewpoint
Articles
Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages626–632Objective: This study sought to examine perceived barriers to and facilitators of the adoption, implementation, and sustainability of community-based mental health peer support services for criminal justice–involved individuals, also known as “forensic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900627Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages633–640Objective: The authors examined changes in buprenorphine treatment following Medicaid expansion, including the contribution of Medicaid-financed prescriptions. Methods: Buprenorphine pharmacy claims for patients were identified in the 2012–2018 IQVIA ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000491Publication date: 26 March 2021
Pages641–646Objective: Person-centered care is a key quality indicator and central to promoting integrated and recovery-oriented services. Person-centered care planning (PCCP) is a manualized intervention promoting the collaborative cocreation of a recovery-oriented ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000361Publication date: 23 April 2021
Pages647–653Objective: The authors sought to increase the rate of cardiometabolic monitoring for patients receiving antipsychotic drugs in an academic outpatient psychiatric clinic serving people with serious mental illness. Methods: Using a prospective quasi-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000155Publication date: 07 May 2021
Pages654–660Objective: The authors examined the acceptability and feasibility of telehealth services shortly after their rapid introduction into a community behavioral health agency as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Individuals receiving ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000623Publication date: 22 April 2021
Pages661–668Objective: More knowledge is needed about whether personal recovery, as defined by the CHIME framework (connectedness, hope, identity, meaning and purpose, and empowerment), is considered important by service users with psychosis. This study examined the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000223Current Capacity and Future Implementation of Mental Health Services in U.S. LGBTQ Community Centers
Publication date: 22 April 2021
Pages669–676Objective: Since the beginning of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights movement, LGBTQ community centers have been on the front lines of mental health care for sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) across the United States. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000575Special Articles
Publication date: 20 January 2021
Pages677–683A major obstacle to mental health treatment for many Americans is accessibility: the United States faces a shortage of mental health providers, resulting in federally designated shortage areas. Although digital mental health treatments (DMHTs) are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000561Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages684–690Patients from racial-ethnic minority groups undergo disparate electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment compared with Caucasian peers. One leading hypothesis is that clinicians may unknowingly display racial bias when considering ECT for patients of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000142Publication date: 26 March 2021
Pages691–703An ongoing need exists for innovation in service delivery to ensure that mental health services deliver high-quality treatment and prevention in the population. This Special Article proposes the adoption of “staged care” as a population health–oriented ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000145Brief Reports
Publication date: 17 February 2021
Pages704–707Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a rapid transition to telepsychiatry. This study examined the experience and attitudes of mental health care providers toward telehealth. Methods: At 18 centers across the United States, 819 mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000441Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages708–711Objective: This study aimed to examine differences in completion rates between telepsychiatry and in-person visits during the COVID-19 pandemic and a prior reference period. Methods: The authors used electronic medical record data along with chi-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000574Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages712–715Objective: The authors examined how individual placement and support (IPS), an evidence-based model of supported employment, has been successfully adapted in rural communities across the United States. Methods: Interviews with 27 key informants in 15 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000413Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages716–719Objective: The Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS) is one of the most used recovery measures in recovery-oriented practice evaluation of people with mental health conditions. Although its psychometric properties have been extensively studied, one critical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000521Open Forum
Publication date: 26 March 2021
Pages721–723Nonsuicidal self-injury is a common and serious concern because of its association with multiple psychiatric difficulties and illnesses as well as its robust association with suicidal thinking and behavior. Yet many individuals who self-injure find it ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000396Commentaries
Datapoints
Global Mental Health Reforms
Publication date: 27 January 2021
Pages729–731Children are likely to struggle with mental health consequences relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. School closures and home confinement increase the risk for emotional distress, domestic violence and abuse, and social isolation, as well as for disruption ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000597Economic Grand Rounds
Publication date: 17 February 2021
Pages732–735The rapid rise of value-based payment (VBP) models presents both new opportunities and challenges for behavioral health providers, especially in health systems that serve low-income and marginalized communities. This column discusses the experience of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000044Research, Community, & Services Partnerships
Publication date: 09 February 2021
Pages736–739In 2018, the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness (CCCSEW) developed the CCCSEW Consortium, a year-long virtual program for secondary schools, colleges, and universities, to support campus staff in promoting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000198State Mental Health Policy
Publication date: 18 March 2021
Pages740–742The behavioral health care transformation in Virginia resulted not from one policy change but from multiple changes prior to Medicaid expansion. These changes combined to shape a new behavioral health landscape, with more providers and more treated ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000466Frontline Reports
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