Psychiatric Services
- Volume 74
- Number 2
- February 2023
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 14 July 2022
Pages112–118Objective: In this article, the authors used data from a national survey of mental health activists and advocates (MHAAs) with lived experience of psychiatric disabilities to investigate attitudes toward psychiatric care. Methods: The authors distributed a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220078Publication date: 13 September 2022
Pages119–126Objective: Many health care workers avoid seeking mental health care, despite COVID-19–related increases in risk of psychopathology. This study assessed the effects of two versions (distinguished by the race of the protagonist) of a brief social contact–...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220083Publication date: 25 August 2022
Pages127–133Objective: Physician supervision of nurse practitioners (NPs) was temporarily waived in Massachusetts in response to a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors examined the impact of the scope-of-practice changes and pandemic-related ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100725Publication date: 30 June 2022
Pages134–141Objective: Provider networks for mental health are narrower than for other medical specialties. Providers’ influence on access to care is potentially greater in Medicaid because enrollees are generally limited to contracted providers, without out-of-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100623Publication date: 06 September 2022
Pages142–147Objective: The mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have been widely felt among already vulnerable populations, such as U.S. military veterans, including a heightened risk for depression and suicidal ideation. Support hotlines such as the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200044Publication date: 30 August 2022
Pages148–157Objective: Federal legislation has expanded Veterans Health Administration (VHA) enrollees’ access to VHA-purchased “community care.” This study examined differences in the amount and type of behavioral health care delivered in VHA and purchased in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100730Publication date: 14 July 2022
Pages158–165Objective: Forcibly displaced persons may be at elevated risk for poor mental health outcomes because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study sought to examine associations between COVID-19–related socioeconomic insecurity and mental health outcomes among ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200052Special Articles
Publication date: 19 August 2022
Pages166–172As reviewers, editors, and researchers with lived experience of mental health challenges, addiction, and/or psychosocial distress/disability, the authors have struggled to find an adequate way to address inappropriate or misleading use of the term “...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220085Publication date: 20 July 2022
Pages173–181The Pennsylvania State Hospital System’s use of containment procedures has been studied for >30 years. This prospective study assessed the effects of ending the use of seclusion and mechanical restraint in the system’s six civil hospitals and two forensic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200004Publication date: 23 June 2022
Pages182–187Lack of accountability contributes to the gap between best practices and potential outcomes. Few mental health providers routinely practice evidence-based care. In fact, within the mental health field, there is significant controversy over the use of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220097Brief Reports
Publication date: 27 July 2022
Pages188–191Objective: This study estimated mental health service use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults in the United States who reported having made a suicide attempt. Methods: Data came from the pooled 2015–2019 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220132Publication date: 20 July 2022
Pages192–196Objective: This study explored the characteristics and health care utilization of adults released from state prisons and enrolled in Medicaid in Indiana, which has policies to facilitate timely enrollment. Methods: Medicaid claims and Department of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200035Publication date: 14 July 2022
Pages197–200Objective: This study examined the relationship between individual placement and support (IPS) employment specialists’ time spent in the community and employment outcomes in the current digital age, featuring increased technology use and online hiring ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100550Open Forum
Publication date: 14 July 2022
Pages201–203Patients, clinicians, researchers, and policy makers have long called for greater integration of services for people with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders. Decades later, these services remain fragmented in psychiatry across much of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100724Datapoints
Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 30 August 2022
Pages206–209The U.S. Veterans Health Administration developed a suicide prediction statistical model and implemented a novel clinical program, Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health–Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET). This high-value suicide prevention ...
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