Psychiatric Services

Publication date: 01 February 2022

Publication date: 09 August 2021

Objective: Racial disparities across various domains of health care are a long-standing public health issue that affect a variety of clinical services and health outcomes. Mental health research has shown that prevalence rates of posttraumatic stress ...

Publication date: 30 June 2021

Objective: This study aimed to characterize the experiences of persons with serious mental illness during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Adults with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, major depression, or no psychiatric disorder (N=195) were interviewed ...

Publication date: 30 June 2021

Objective: Evidence-based lifestyle interventions tailored to young adults with serious mental illness are needed to reduce their cardiometabolic risk. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a group lifestyle intervention (“PeerFIT”) enhanced with ...

Publication date: 23 June 2021

Objective: This study examined the extent to which prehospital treatment engagement is related to posthospital follow-up treatment among psychiatric inpatients and whether the effects of inpatient discharge planning on posthospital follow-up treatment ...

Publication date: 29 July 2021

Objective: Mindful Mood Balance (MMB) is an effective Web-based program for residual depressive symptoms that prevents relapse among patients with partial recovery from major depressive episodes. This cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted from the ...

Publication date: 30 June 2021

Objective: A central objective of early psychosis therapy is to restore social functioning (e.g., through employment and education). Employment and educational outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic were examined in a well-defined cohort of patients ...

Publication date: 04 August 2021

Objective: This study aimed to examine the impact of a behavioral health home (BHH) to better understand its potential to improve health for individuals with serious mental illness. Methods: Propensity score–weighted interrupted time series analysis was ...

Publication date: 13 July 2021

Objective: Persons with serious mental illness face adverse psychiatric and medical outcomes, and their care is associated with a large burden of health care costs. Care management, in which assessment, care planning, and care coordination are provided, ...

Publication date: 23 June 2021

Objective: Client engagement in behavioral and mental health services has been strongly linked to improved outcomes and treatment completion. Animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) are increasingly used to improve client engagement, for example, by ...

Publication date: 04 August 2021

Background: Mental disorders are a major cause of the global burden of disease and significantly contribute to disability and death. This challenge is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where >85% of the world’s population ...

Publication date: 30 June 2021

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and correlates of unmet need for mental health counseling among U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Data from the December 9–21, 2020, cross-sectional Household Pulse Survey (N=69,...

Publication date: 02 September 2021

Publication date: 29 July 2021

This Open Forum describes the process of integrating personal experience; clinical experience in providing care; and research background, methods, and data in creating an arts project (i.e., an opera) highlighting veterans’ resilience and recovery in the ...

Publication date: 13 July 2021

In 2017, the National Association of Peer Supporters (N.A.P.S.) leadership became aware of growing member concerns about supervision contradicting or conflicting with core peer support values. In response, N.A.P.S. established a work group that revised ...

Publication date: 30 June 2021

The health care systems affiliated with the Mental Health Research Network strive to be learning health care systems that identify and address evidence gaps of importance to clinicians, patients, and funders. This column describes how research guides ...

Publication date: 23 June 2021

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become increasingly recognized as essential to the practice of high-quality patient care delivery and the support of members of the clinical environment. A solid understanding of DEI contributes to a better ...

Publication date: 23 June 2021

Despite consensus that clinicians should receive cultural competence training to reduce mental health disparities among racial-ethnic minority groups, few studies have evaluated training in community settings. This column delineates implementation of the ...

Publication date: 08 July 2021

Every health care system requires an adequate health care workforce, service delivery, financial support, and information technology. During the COVID-19 pandemic, global health systems were ill prepared to address the rising prevalence of mental health ...

Publication date: 15 June 2021

A quality improvement process targeted mental health care uptake and system capacity in an underserved region. The pediatric program created pathways for rapid referral from primary care and schools to four sessions of evidence-based treatments for ...

Publication date: 13 July 2021

Publication date: 01 February 2022