Psychiatric Services
- Volume 74
- Number 7
- July 2023
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 04 January 2023
Pages674–683Objective: The authors aimed to compare national rates and patterns of use of outpatient mental health care among Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black, and non-Hispanic White individuals. Methods: Data from the 2018–2019 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220365Publication date: 18 January 2023
Pages684–694Objective: This study used an ecosocial perspective to examine ethnoracial disparities in timely outpatient follow-up care after psychiatric hospitalization in a cohort of Medicaid recipients. Methods: This retrospective analysis used 2012–2013 New York ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220110Publication date: 07 December 2022
Pages695–701Objective: In many European countries, flexible assertive community treatment (FACT) has replaced assertive community treatment (ACT) despite limited evidence for FACT’s effectiveness in improving functional and patient-reported outcomes. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220235Publication date: 10 January 2023
Pages702–708Objective: The authors examined associations between criminal legal involvement (CLI) and serious psychological distress and how these associations differed by racial-ethnic group. Methods: The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of multiple cross-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200048Characteristics and Trends in HIV Testing Among Medicaid Enrollees Diagnosed as Having Schizophrenia
Publication date: 28 February 2023
Pages709–717Objective: People with schizophrenia have more HIV risk factors and higher rates of HIV infection than the general U.S. population. The authors aimed to examine HIV testing patterns in this population nationally and by demographic characteristics and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220311Publication date: 07 December 2022
Pages718–726Objective: Maryland’s Behavioral Health Integration in Pediatric Primary Care (BHIPP) is a child psychiatry access program offering child-adolescent psychiatry consultation, resource and referral networking, and direct-to-patient mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220323Special Articles
Publication date: 25 January 2023
Pages727–736One Mind, in partnership with Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute, convened several virtual meetings of mental health researchers, clinicians, and other stakeholders in 2020 to identify first steps toward creating an initiative for early screening and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200008Publication date: 23 February 2023
Pages737–745Objective: Recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder are at high risk of overdose and adverse outcomes as a result of biopsychosocial risk factors. Peer support models aiming to improve these outcomes have expanded in recent years. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220310Publication date: 04 January 2023
Pages746–755Objective: The complex practice of measurement-based care (MBC) for mental health conditions has proven challenging to implement. This study aimed to evaluate an intensive strategy to implement MBC in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Primary Care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220140Brief Report
Publication date: 13 December 2022
Pages756–759Objective: The authors investigated associations between rates of contact with individuals in distress during field visits by mobile crisis teams and client and referral source characteristics. Methods: In this retrospective observational study of an urban ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100736Lived Experience Inclusion & Leadership
Publication date: 07 December 2022
Pages760–763Despite some progress toward greater inclusion, individuals with personal experience of psychosis are rarely integrated into the training of clinicians or knowledge generation. Their exclusion increases the risk that dominant ways of conceptualizing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220488Personal Accounts
State Mental Health Policy
Publication date: 23 November 2022
Pages766–769Recent COVID-19–related federal legislation has resulted in time-limited increases in Mental Health Block Grant (MHBG) set-aside dollars for coordinated specialty care (CSC) throughout the United States. The state of Ohio has opted to apply these funds to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220126Controversies in Psychiatric Services
Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 25 January 2023
Pages774–777In response to the opioid crisis, Catholic Charities of Baltimore sought to integrate substance use disorder treatment into their outpatient community mental health clinics. The agency developed a systematic practice improvement strategy that included a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100643Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 24 May 2023
Pages778–780People with mental illnesses are markedly overrepresented in U.S. jails and prisons. Although a variety of factors account for this overrepresentation, punitive actions by prosecutors and judges in response to behaviors caused by mental illness play an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230208Global Mental Health Reforms
Publication date: 10 January 2023
Pages781–784Ensuring that sustainable and effective mental health services are available for children and adolescents is a growing priority for national governments. However, little guidance exists on how to support service implementation. In Kenya, partnerships were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220200