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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 73
  • Number 8
  • August 2022

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 10 February 2022

Pages842–848

Objective: To assess model impact and opportunities for improvement, this study examined collaborative care model (CoCM) engagement and clinical outcomes among low-income patients from racial-ethnic minority groups with depression and anxiety. Methods: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000924

Publication date: 26 January 2022

Pages849–855

Objective: With widespread adoption of telemedicine in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, psychiatrists must determine which visits are best conducted via telemedicine versus in person. Although some telepsychiatry guidelines and best practices have been ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100519

Publication date: 26 January 2022

Pages856–863

Objective: Criminal recidivism is common among patients in mental health residential treatment programs. Moral reconation therapy (MRT) has empirical support for reducing criminal recidivism by modifying antisocial cognitions and behaviors; however, its ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100089

Publication date: 07 January 2022

Pages864–871

Objective: Demand for systematic linkage of patients to behavioral health care has increased because of the widespread implementation of depression screening. This study assessed the impact of deploying behavioral health social workers (BHSWs) in primary ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100322

Publication date: 18 January 2022

Pages872–879

Objective: Substance use disorders affect 30%−50% of single homeless adults, and specialized homelessness service programs enable homeless persons to exit homelessness at rates of about 80%. However, many such adults are treated in substance use disorder ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100430

Publication date: 17 February 2022

Pages880–888

Objective: Quality measures that are used to evaluate health care services have a central role in monitoring and incentivizing quality improvement and the provision of evidence-based treatment. This systematic scan aimed to catalog quality-of-care measures ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000913

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Pages897–909

Objective: Individuals with serious mental illness are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. Research has found that interventions targeting risk factors for recidivism (i.e., criminogenic risks) reduce justice involvement in the general ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000928

Special Articles

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Pages910–917

Over the past decade, police involvement in behavioral health crisis response has generated concern and controversy. Despite the salience and timeliness of this topic, the literature on service user experiences of interactions with officers is small and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100263

Brief Reports

Publication date: 18 January 2022

Pages918–921

Objective: This study examined the association between serious mental illness diagnoses and COVID-19 vaccination among Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients. Methods: The sample (N=4,890,693) comprised veterans ages ≥18 years with VHA outpatient ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100499

Publication date: 16 December 2021

Pages922–925

Objective: This study examined associations between social determinants of health (SDoHs) and need for and access to psychiatric treatment for U.S. children. Methods: Data were from the 2019 National Survey of Children’s Health, a nationally representative ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100307

Publication date: 04 March 2022

Pages926–929

Objective: This report examined challenges and adaptations to sustaining multidisciplinary team-based coordinated specialty care (CSC) for early-onset psychosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas. Methods: In June 2020, team leaders from 23 Texas CSC ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100429

Open forum

Publication date: 26 January 2022

Pages930–932

Despite the growth of intensive perinatal mental health programs in the United States, too few programs serve women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs). Furthermore, little is known about program operations, services, the women served, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100384

Open Forum

Publication date: 23 February 2022

Pages933–936

The improvement of systems of care has long been undermined by the gap between the availability and routine use of evidence-based interventions (EBIs). Researchers, implementation specialists, and service system stakeholders have created intermediary-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100425

Publication date: 23 February 2022

Pages937–939

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in health care services, including mental health services. The impact of the pandemic has been especially severe in low- and middle-income countries, such as India. This Open Forum examines the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100458

Personal Accounts

Integrated Care

Publication date: 07 January 2022

Pages946–949

Conventional models of health care for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) underserve people with serious mental illness. In a 6-month proof-of-concept study, colocated HCV care coordination was assessed within community mental health settings. The program, which ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100375

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 23 February 2022

Pages950–953

This column discusses lessons learned during a regional implementation of the evidence-based MISSION-CJ (Maintaining Independence and Sobriety through Systems Integration, Outreach, and Networking–Criminal Justice) case management program across multiple ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000443

Publication date: 17 February 2022

Pages954–957

Research has shown that the months after hospital discharge following treatment for suicidal thoughts or behaviors is a high-risk period for suicide. Moreover, the needs of a subset of youths at increased risk for suicide are not being met by community ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000559

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