Psychiatric Services
- Volume 73
- Number 10
- October 2022
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 03 May 2022
Pages1087–1093This 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.202100561Publication date: 11 May 2022
Pages1094–1101Measurement-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.202100284Publication date: 05 April 2022
Pages1102–1108In 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.202000581Publication date: 11 May 2022
Pages1109–1116Annual 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.202100197Publication date: 13 April 2022
Pages1117–1122People 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.202100317Publication date: 13 April 2022
Pages1123–1131Examining 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.202100366Publication date: 27 April 2022
Pages1132–1139Patients’ 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.202100470Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 23 June 2022
Pages1140–1152Objective: 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.202000858Publication date: 12 August 2022
Pages1153–1164Objective: 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.202100634Special Articles
Publication date: 05 April 2022
Pages1165–1168The journal’s Policy Advisory Group has issued a call to Psychiatric Services readers and the broader mental health community for submissions of a new article type—the Policy Review—with the aim of focusing attention on using the best current evidence to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100428Brief Reports
Publication date: 27 April 2022
Pages1169–1172Objective: 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.202100545Publication date: 31 March 2022
Pages1173–1176Objective: 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.202100616Commentary
Open Forum
Publication date: 27 July 2022
Pages1179–1181The 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.20220261Integrated Care
Publication date: 25 May 2022
Pages1182–1185People 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.202100547Global Mental Health Reforms
Publication date: 20 April 2022
Pages1186–1189Kosrae 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.202100327Lived Experience Inclusion & Leadership
Publication date: 20 April 2022
Pages1190–1192Synopsis: 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.202100476Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 01 October 2022
Pages1193–1195Although 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.20220379Editor’s Choice
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