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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 72
  • Number 6
  • June 2021

Taking Issue

Viewpoint

Articles

Publication date: 18 March 2021

Pages626–632

Objective: 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.201900627

Publication date: 18 March 2021

Pages633–640

Objective: 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.202000491

Publication date: 26 March 2021

Pages641–646

Objective: 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.202000361

Publication date: 07 May 2021

Pages654–660

Objective: 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.202000623

Publication date: 22 April 2021

Pages661–668

Objective: 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.202000223

Publication date: 22 April 2021

Pages669–676

Objective: 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.202000575

Special Articles

Publication date: 18 March 2021

Pages684–690

Patients 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.202000142

Brief Reports

Publication date: 17 February 2021

Pages704–707

Objectives: 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.202000441

Publication date: 18 March 2021

Pages712–715

Objective: 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.202000413

Publication date: 18 March 2021

Pages716–719

Objective: 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.202000521

Open Forum

Publication date: 26 March 2021

Pages721–723

Nonsuicidal 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.202000396

Commentaries

Datapoints

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 27 January 2021

Pages729–731

Children 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.202000597

Economic Grand Rounds

Publication date: 17 February 2021

Pages732–735

The 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.202000044

Research, Community, & Services Partnerships

Publication date: 09 February 2021

Pages736–739

In 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.202000198

State Mental Health Policy

Publication date: 18 March 2021

Pages740–742

The 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.202000466

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