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  • Volume 75
  • Number 11
  • November 2024

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 19 July 2024

Pages1068–1074

Objective: Counselor assessment of suicide risk is one key component of crisis counseling, and standards require risk assessment in every crisis counseling conversation. Efforts to increase risk assessment frequency are limited by quality improvement tools ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230648

Publication date: 19 June 2024

Pages1075–1083

Objective: Transgender youths are more likely than cisgender youths to need mental health care because of their high exposure to discrimination and victimization, including within health care systems. Accordingly, transgender youths have low care ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230460

Publication date: 29 May 2024

Pages1084–1091

Objective: The authors sought to investigate whether utilization of inpatient occupational therapy (OT) was associated with reduced risk for 30-day psychiatric readmission in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Methods: The authors conducted a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230650

Publication date: 29 May 2024

Pages1092–1100

Objective: Black women in the United States experience increased risk for mental disorders and are less likely to have access to appropriate mental health treatment compared with White women. To develop culturally responsive strategies to improve Black ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230464

Publication date: 02 May 2024

Pages1101–1108

Objective: The authors evaluated associations between employment at discharge from Veterans Health Administration Vocational Rehabilitation Service (VR) programs and suicide and other causes of death. Methods: For veterans receiving VR between October 1, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230489

Publication date: 05 June 2024

Pages1109–1116

Objective: This qualitative study aimed to examine how states implemented COVID-19 public health emergency–related federal policy flexibilities for opioid use disorder treatment from the perspective of state-level behavioral health policy makers. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230260

Publication date: 19 June 2024

Pages1117–1124

Objective: Over time, most patients with schizophrenia wish to reduce or discontinue their antipsychotic medication treatment. In Denmark, a specialized government-funded outpatient clinic was established to offer guided antipsychotic dose reduction. This ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230641

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 28 June 2024

Pages1125–1143

Objective: Discriminatory practices in mental health care undermine the right to health of marginalized service users. Intersectional approaches enable consideration of multiple forms of discrimination that occur simultaneously and remain invisible in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230252

Special Articles

Publication date: 29 May 2024

Pages1144–1150

Objective: Police officers are often the first responders when individuals experience a mental health crisis and typically remain responsible for transport to a psychiatric emergency department. In 2014, a psychiatric ambulance (PA) was introduced in the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230571

Brief Reports

Publication date: 19 June 2024

Pages1151–1156

Objective: This study examined adherence to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) medication labels when prescribing psychotropic medications to Medicaid-insured children with attention-deficit hyperactivity ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230369

Open Forum

Personal Accounts

Lived Experience Inclusion & Leadership

Publication date: 05 June 2024

Pages1163–1166

Research shows that guests experience peer-run respites as empowering and safe places where they feel more seen, heard, and respected than they do in conventional settings. This column describes the successful and unique processes of peer-run respites ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230599

Racism & Mental Health Equity

Publication date: 28 June 2024

Pages1167–1171

Algorithms for guiding health care decisions have come under increasing scrutiny for being unfair to certain racial and ethnic groups. The authors describe their multistep process, using data from 3,465 individuals, to reduce racial and ethnic bias in an ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230359

Publication date: 19 June 2024

Pages1172–1175

Historical mistreatment of Black persons in research settings has had lasting impacts on their recruitment into present-day studies. A medical student recruited Black individuals for a qualitative study aiming to improve the experiences of Black patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230372

Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care

Publication date: 17 September 2024

Pages1176–1179

Peer recovery coaches (PRCs) are increasingly playing a role in helping patients with substance use disorders engage with treatment. PRCs can support and motivate patients in meeting their self-defined recovery goals, engaging in addiction treatment, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230526

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