Psychiatric Services
- Volume 75
- Number 10
- October 2024
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 08 May 2024
Pages944–952Objective: Although eating disorders are associated with high rates of psychological and physical impairments and mortality, only about 20% of individuals with eating disorders receive treatment. No study has comprehensively assessed treatment access for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230193Publication date: 23 April 2024
Pages953–960Objective: The authors examined the prevalence and correlates of co-occurring opioid use disorder and opioid overdose among individuals receiving psychiatric services. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of adults with continuous enrollment in New York ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230338Publication date: 02 May 2024
Pages961–968Objective: This study aimed to examine racial-ethnic differences in engagement with and clinical outcomes of a collaborative care model (CoCM) implemented in primary care outpatient clinics in an urban academic medical center. Methods: Adult patients (N=4,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230482Publication date: 12 June 2024
Pages969–978Objective: The authors sought to update and expand the evidence on the quality of health care and disparities in care among Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia. Methods: Adult beneficiaries of New York State Medicaid with schizophrenia receiving care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230564Publication date: 05 June 2024
Pages979–985Objective: The authors examined the initial implementation of the Indiana Adolescent Addiction Access (AAA) program, modeled on the widely disseminated Child Psychiatry Access Program framework. The AAA program developed a statewide consultation helpline ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230289Publication date: 05 June 2024
Pages986–992Objective: People with previous incarceration and a mental disorder, a substance use disorder, or both are less likely to obtain employment than are those without these characteristics. Distance learning and education (DLE) systems are increasingly being ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230408Publication date: 03 July 2024
Pages993–998Objective: The authors sought to determine whether providing recipients of supported employment with individual budgets from which they could purchase employment-related goods and services would improve employment and financial outcomes. Methods: Sixty study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230597Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 19 June 2024
Pages999–1008Objective: This review aimed to examine the impact of patient suicide on health care professionals (HCPs), assess available support resources, and evaluate postvention (i.e., activities designed to support HCPs after a patient suicide) efforts. Methods: An ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230351Publication date: 28 June 2024
Pages1009–1030Objective: The authors investigated barriers to practices that promote family involvement in mental health services, focusing on individuals with severe mental illness, their families, and mental health providers. Additionally, the authors sought to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230452Brief Reports
Publication date: 21 May 2024
Pages1031–1034Objective: This study investigated variations in the measurement of fidelity to coordinated specialty care (CSC) within the Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET), a learning health system that consists of 101 CSC programs within eight hubs. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230556Publication date: 28 June 2024
Pages1035–1038Objective: The impact of obtaining second-opinion consultations on diagnoses of schizophrenia spectrum disorders was evaluated. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted for 177 patients referred to a psychosis consultation service at an academic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230623Open Forum
Publication date: 27 March 2024
Pages1039–1041Board-certified psychiatric pharmacists (BCPPs) are doctorate-level, board-certified experts in managing medications for people living with psychiatric disorders, including substance use disorders. BCPPs work as part of an integrated health care team that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230303Publication date: 15 April 2024
Pages1042–1044The mental and behavioral health workforce shortage has hindered access to care in the United States, resulting in long waitlists for persons who need behavioral health care. Global models for task sharing, combined with U.S.-led studies of nonspecialists ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230312Personal Accounts
Culture & Mental Health Services
Publication date: 29 May 2024
Pages1049–1052Evangelical Christians constitute one-quarter of the U.S. population and can present challenges to mental health treatment, such as beliefs that psychiatric problems result from personal sin and that secular professionals pose a threat to their faith. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230425Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 27 August 2024
Pages1053–1055Students at colleges and universities report high rates of mental disorders, including depression and anxiety, and frequent suicidal ideation. School policies toward such students, however, often have appeared punitive or aimed primarily at reducing the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240362Integrated Care
Publication date: 10 April 2024
Pages1056–1059Demand for mental health services has dramatically increased in recent years, raising concerns about the availability of service providers to meet these increased needs. One approach to expanding access to care is the use of highly qualified board-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230521Lived Experience Inclusion & Power in Services & Research
Publication date: 02 May 2024
Pages1060–1062This column details some of the ways in which psychiatric survivors or those writing about their lived experience with mental illness are disadvantaged and devalued in mainstream academic publishing. This devaluation stems from structural issues involving ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240026