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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 74
  • Number 5
  • May 2023

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 02 November 2022

Pages446–454

Objective: Rural residents have higher rates of serious mental illness than urban residents, but little is known about the quality of inpatient psychiatric care available to them locally or how quality may have changed in response to federal initiatives. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220277

Publication date: 02 November 2022

Pages455–462

Objective: Although U.S. mental health treatment rates increased in the 2000s, gaps in treatment among racial-ethnic groups grew. Little is known, however, about national trends after 2012, when treatment access increased overall. This study assessed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100700

Publication date: 15 November 2022

Pages463–471

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of the Nutrition and Exercise for Wellness and Recovery (NEW-R) intervention for improving competency and behaviors related to diet, physical activity, and weight management. Methods: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200038

Publication date: 27 October 2022

Pages472–479

Objective: Public interest in developing a national health care system has grown in the United States, but so have concerns that a large system would provide poor care. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest national U.S. health care ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100713

Publication date: 18 October 2022

Pages480–487

Objective: The authors sought to determine whether staff at a peer-run agency could deliver supported employment services with high fidelity to the individual placement and support (IPS) model and whether employment outcomes of peer-delivered IPS plus work-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220134

Publication date: 27 October 2022

Pages488–496

Objective: Sensational headlines describing police entanglements with young children have prompted questions about how often these incidents occur and why. The authors of this cross-sectional study examined the factors associated with police versus ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200028

Publication date: 13 October 2022

Pages497–504

Objective: Women with serious mental illness are more likely to be diagnosed as having late-stage breast cancer than women without serious mental illness, suggesting a disparity in screening mammography. This study aimed to compare screening mammography ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220163

Policy Reviews

Publication date: 07 December 2022

Pages505–512

Objective: The 988 telephone number was established by the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 and implemented in July 2022 as a more accessible way to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Current financial and training resources, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220294

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 18 October 2022

Pages513–522

Objective: Mental health emergency hotlines provide clinical supports and connection to services. This scoping review describes the current literature on hotlines in the United States, including which populations they do and do not reach, typical call ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220128

Publication date: 02 November 2022

Pages523–533

Objective: The early intervention service (EIS) model for psychosis has been implemented with increasing frequency; yet, improving outcomes across domains for all patients remains challenging. Measurement-based care can strengthen outcomes by optimizing ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100506

Brief Reports

Publication date: 27 September 2022

Pages534–538

Objective: The authors explored whether a digital literacy program, Digital Outreach for Obtaining Resources and Skills (DOORS), could improve self-reported functional skills and clinical outcomes among people with serious mental illness. Methods: The 8-week ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220205

Publication date: 27 September 2022

Pages543–546

Objective: The authors characterized hearing loss among individuals diagnosed as having schizophrenia to inform provision of routine behavioral health services to this population. Methods: Audiometry data collected between October 2019 and December 2021 from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220226

Racism & Mental Health Equity

Publication date: 18 October 2022

Pages547–550

Community psychiatrists serve multiple institutional roles, and at times these roles may include the review of grant proposals from nonprofit organizations. In this column, the authors argue that privilege and social capital can easily become concentrated ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220306

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 05 October 2022

Pages551–554

The authors sought to assess the impact of a continuity-of-care model on quality-of-care measures among hospitalized patients with severe mental illness in Israel. A “continuity-of-care physician” provided psychiatric care to patients during ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100508

State Mental Health Policy

Publication date: 22 December 2022

Pages555–558

Aligning with Washington State’s goal of reducing unnecessary emergency department (ED) use and improving linkage to outpatient primary and behavioral health care, this study evaluated whether an Emergency Department Information Exchange (EDIE) improved ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220231

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