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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 73
  • Number 10
  • October 2022

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 03 May 2022

Pages1087–1093

This study found suicide safety planning in the emergency department (ED) to be feasible. Patients who created safety plans either with peers or with clinicians found the planning similarly acceptable, but peer-delivered plans had higher quality. Patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100561

Publication date: 11 May 2022

Pages1094–1101

Measurement-based care (MBC) systematically tracks patient symptoms and informs treatment but is rarely used in psychotherapy. The authors compared standardized and tailored MBC implementation. Tailored implementation resulted in better Patient Health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100284

Publication date: 05 April 2022

Pages1102–1108

In a sample of 240 patients with serious mental illnesses, nearly three-quarters had been arrested, and RAP sheets showed that an individual’s offenses changed over time, possibly reflecting a worsening disease course (e.g., disorderly conduct) or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000581

Publication date: 11 May 2022

Pages1109–1116

Annual costs for health services were ∼20% higher for veterans with PTSD receiving individual placement and support (IPS) than for veterans receiving usual care, a difference that was due to greater use of vocational services in the IPS group. Inpatient ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100197

Publication date: 13 April 2022

Pages1117–1122

People with serious mental illness who are experiencing homelessness often are involved in both mental health and criminal justice systems. Working slowly toward clients’ engagement with jail diversion programs may help build stable relationships over ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100317

Publication date: 13 April 2022

Pages1123–1131

Examining 1-year behavioral and medical health service use among adolescents with bipolar disorder, the authors found that 99% of adolescents used behavioral health services, and 78% used general medical health services. Greater coordination of health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100366

Publication date: 27 April 2022

Pages1132–1139

Patients’ perception of care is complex and is often assessed with patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). The authors report that a PROM developed with service users’ input captured patients’ perceptions of mental health care better than a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100470

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 23 June 2022

Pages1140–1152

Objective: Few reviews and no meta-analyses have explored the utility of investigations, such as laboratory tests, among patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms, and none has explored the yield of history and physical examination. A meta-analysis of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000858

Publication date: 12 August 2022

Pages1153–1164

Objective: Mobile health tools are feasible options to encourage behavior change among patients with serious mental illness. Mobile health tools vary widely, both in platforms used and content delivered. This literature review assessed the use of text ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100634

Special Articles

Brief Reports

Publication date: 27 April 2022

Pages1169–1172

Objective: This study examined the natural history of antipsychotic medication treatment for men with a psychotic disorder who entered the North Carolina prison system in 2016–2017. Methods: The authors used prison records to identify individuals with a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100545

Publication date: 31 March 2022

Pages1173–1176

Objective: The authors aimed to test the impact of an acceptance-facilitating intervention (AFI) on acceptance ratings and usage patterns of digital interventions for binge eating. Method: Participants with recurrent binge eating (N=398) were randomly ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100616

Commentary

Open Forum

Publication date: 27 July 2022

Pages1179–1181

The recent implementation of 988 as a behavioral crisis hotline is a critical opportunity for improving crisis care across the United States. The bold vision for 988 is to offer individuals experiencing a mental health crisis a rapid entry into a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220261

Integrated Care

Publication date: 25 May 2022

Pages1182–1185

People with serious mental illness die up to 20 years younger than others in the same age group, with people of color showing even earlier death. The social disadvantages experienced by this group—for example, poverty, criminal legal involvement, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100547

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 20 April 2022

Pages1186–1189

Kosrae is an island state in the Federated States of Micronesia, a low- to middle-income country. Kosrae Community Health Center, an independent nonprofit organization, partnered with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Hawai‘i to integrate ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100327

Lived Experience Inclusion & Leadership

Publication date: 20 April 2022

Pages1190–1192

Synopsis: A novel training intervention developed, in part, by young adults who had received intensive mental health services was shown to increase young adult peer support specialists’ confidence and skills in facilitating person-centered planning and to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100476

Law & Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 October 2022

Pages1193–1195

Although the Americans with Disabilities Act bars discrimination in the workplace on the basis of mental disability, the courts have not always been sympathetic to plaintiffs’ claims of discriminatory treatment. Judges often side with employers who claim ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220379

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