Psychiatric Services
- Volume 74
- Number 11
- November 2023
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Publication date: 18 April 2023
Pages1116–1122Objective: The authors aimed to uncover factors that affect engagement in substance use disorder treatment among Medicaid beneficiaries in New York State. Methods: The authors conducted 40 semistructured interviews with clients, plan administrators, health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220193Publication date: 10 May 2023
Pages1123–1131Objective: Three rounds of stimulus checks were distributed to middle- and low-income U.S. adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. This 15-month longitudinal study examined rates of receipt of these stimulus checks, planned expenses, and associations with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230021Publication date: 24 May 2023
Pages1132–1136Objective: The authors examined cost and utilization metrics for racially diverse Medicaid primary care patients with depression receiving care through either a collaborative care model (CoCM) of integration or the standard colocation model. Methods: Data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220604Publication date: 05 April 2023
Pages1137–1145Objective: The authors examined associations between Medicaid expansion and self-reported mental health by race-ethnicity, focusing on lagged associations. Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional study used 2011–2019 data from the Behavioral Risk Factor ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220394Publication date: 12 April 2023
Pages1146–1153Objective: Long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications (LAIAPs) are a valuable and underused treatment for patients with chronic mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This study aimed to examine prescription patterns of LAIAPs ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220586Publication date: 05 May 2023
Pages1154–1162Objective: Prescription benzodiazepines are among the most commonly used and misused controlled medications. The authors aimed to examine transitions from medical use of prescription benzodiazepines to prescription benzodiazepine misuse, prescription ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220247Special Articles
Publication date: 18 April 2023
Pages1163–1170The overrepresentation of people with serious mental illnesses in the criminal legal system has spurred the development of crisis response models to improve or reduce police response to a mental health crisis. However, limited research has explored ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220363Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 17 May 2023
Pages1171–1175Objective: Shared decision making (SDM) is a health communication model to improve treatment decision making and is underused for people with mental health conditions and limited, impaired, or fluctuating decisional capacity. SDM measures are essential to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200018Brief Reports
Publication date: 12 April 2023
Pages1176–1179Objective: This study investigated whether a layperson-delivered telephone program focusing on empathy could improve depressive symptoms among adults. Methods: Data for a subset of participants from a randomized controlled trial (July 6–September 24, 2020) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220440Publication date: 10 May 2023
Pages1180–1184Objective: The authors sought to determine the effectiveness of a self-administered computerized mental health screening tool in a general acute care emergency department (ED). Methods: Changes in patient care (diagnosis of a past-year psychiatric disorder, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220523Publication date: 25 April 2023
Pages1185–1188Objective: With a lifetime U.S. prevalence of 2.3%, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic condition often producing reduced quality of life and disability when left untreated. Little is known about the prevalence or treatment of diagnosed OCD in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220152Open Forum
Publication date: 05 May 2023
Pages1189–1191Two articles recently published in this journal identified racial inequities in routine psychiatric practice. This Open Forum discusses the need for a paradigm shift in inequities research. The two articles reviewed here, one by Shea and colleagues on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220595Integrated Care
Publication date: 20 March 2023
Pages1192–1195The collaborative care model (CoCM) is an effective strategy to manage common mental disorders in primary care. Despite the growing adoption of newer CoCM billing codes to support these programs, few studies have investigated the use of these codes. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220596Publication date: 14 March 2023
Pages1196–1199Oral health affects whole health and quality of life. This is especially true for people with serious mental illness, a population with heightened risks for oral disease and needs for oral treatment. Studies have previously shown the effectiveness of peer ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220465Publication date: 05 April 2023
Pages1200–1203Coordinated specialty care (CSC) improves mental health and functional outcomes among individuals with first-episode psychosis but lacks a standardized approach to addressing chronic disease risk. The authors used community-based participatory ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220583Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 25 April 2023
Pages1204–1207A patient-oriented discharge summary (PODS) is a patient-facing process to provide best practices in discharge planning. The PODS process was implemented in phases in 22 units of a large, publicly funded psychiatric hospital in Canada. The authors studied ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220309Social Determinants of Mental Health
Publication date: 14 March 2023
Pages1208–1211Debt is an overlooked social determinant of health that reinforces systems of discrimination. This study examined the impact of debt among individuals with serious mental illness. Individuals with serious mental illness who identified as Black, Indigenous,...
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