Psychiatric Services
- Volume 73
- Number 3
- March 2022
Taking Issue
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Articles
Publication date: 09 August 2021
Pages249–258Objective: The objective of this project was to develop a set of patient-reported outcome measures for adolescents and adults who meet criteria for a psychotic disorder. Methods: A research team and an international consensus working group, including service ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000888Articles
Publication date: 29 July 2021
Pages259–264Objective: In 2008, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) established a suicide high-risk flag (HRF) for patient records. To inform ongoing suicide prevention activities as part of operations and quality improvement work in the U.S. Department of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000771Articles
Publication date: 29 July 2021
Pages265–270Objective: This article describes policy surveillance methodology used to track changes in the comprehensiveness of state mental health insurance laws over 23 years, resulting in a data set that supports legal epidemiology studies measuring effects of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100019Articles
Publication date: 20 July 2021
Pages271–279Objective: The authors examined the prevalence of co-occurring opioid use disorder and willingness to engage in treatment among clients of eight Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health outpatient clinics. Methods: Adults presenting for an appointment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000818Articles
Publication date: 04 August 2021
Pages280–286Objective: Integrated treatment services are the gold standard for addressing co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, yet they are not readily available. The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) was hypothesized to be an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000293Articles
Publication date: 04 August 2021
Pages287–292Objective: People with early episode psychosis (EEP) have more negative care outcomes than do people with later episode psychosis (LEP), including higher levels of high-intensity psychiatric service use. It is unclear whether these differences are best ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000802Articles
Publication date: 20 July 2021
Pages293–298Objective: The authors aimed to describe the development and testing of quality measures included in a public-facing addiction treatment facility search engine. Methods: An addiction treatment facility survey was created that queried providers in six U.S. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000879Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 13 August 2021
Pages299–312Objective: The authors of this systematic review (SR) sought to provide evidence for effects of commonly used psychosocial interventions on several outcomes among adults with schizophrenia. Methods: MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library, and PsycINFO databases were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000649Special Articles
Publication date: 04 August 2021
Pages313–320Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at high risk of co-occurring mental health conditions, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, psychotic illnesses, impulse control disorders, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900504Special Articles
Publication date: 04 August 2021
Pages321–328Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at high risk of co-occurring mental health conditions, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, anxiety disorders, impulse control disorders, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900505Special Articles
Publication date: 23 June 2021
Pages329–334Affordable housing for persons with severe mental illness has never developed on the scale needed. Nearly one million individuals with mental illness are incarcerated, homeless, couch surfing, or cycling among institutions and unstable housing options ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100158Brief Reports
Publication date: 29 July 2021
Pages335–338Objective: The authors evaluated the likelihood of hospital admission, mechanical ventilation, and mortality within 30 days after a COVID-19 diagnosis among persons with or without serious mental illness. Methods: Adults with and without serious mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100151Brief Reports
Publication date: 29 July 2021
Pages339–342Objective: This study aimed to examine the proportion of U.S. mental health facilities that provide non-English language services. Methods: Using data from the 2018 National Mental Health Services Survey, the authors examined differences between mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100093Open Forum
Publication date: 09 August 2021
Pages343–345Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a frequently disabling disorder characterized by distressing thoughts and behaviors, often goes undetected, or individuals with this disorder do not receive evidence-based care. Educating clinicians and individuals ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100083Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 29 July 2021
Pages346–348This study assessed the cost savings to the local health care system from using a 16-bed crisis residential facility (the Inn) in Austin, Texas, instead of hospitalization, for individuals with acute psychiatric illness (N=1,364) during FY2017–FY2019. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100037Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 29 July 2021
Pages349–352The emergency department (ED) physicians working for the French Service d'Aide Medicale d'Urgence (SAMU) refer about 84% of individuals who contact SAMU for psychiatric problems to the psychiatric ED (PED), compared with only 20% of those calling with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000929Social Determinants of Mental Health
Publication date: 04 August 2021
Pages353–356Individually, the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid epidemic have each been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. Systemic racism, including public perceptions about people who use opioids, inadequate substance abuse prevention and treatment efforts,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100070Global Mental Health Reforms
Publication date: 13 July 2021
Pages357–360The Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020, traumatized the Lebanese population. It also revealed a lack of disaster mental health preparedness in a country subject to significant political, economic, and security challenges. The Trauma Assessment and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000846Datapoints
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