Psychiatric Services
- Volume 75
- Number 11
- November 2024
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 19 July 2024
Pages1068–1074Objective: 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.20230648Publication date: 19 June 2024
Pages1075–1083Objective: 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.20230460Publication date: 29 May 2024
Pages1084–1091Objective: 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.20230650Publication date: 29 May 2024
Pages1092–1100Objective: 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.20230464Publication date: 02 May 2024
Pages1101–1108Objective: 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.20230489Publication date: 05 June 2024
Pages1109–1116Objective: 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.20230260Publication date: 19 June 2024
Pages1117–1124Objective: 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.20230641Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 28 June 2024
Pages1125–1143Objective: 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.20230252Special Articles
Publication date: 29 May 2024
Pages1144–1150Objective: 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.20230571Brief Reports
Publication date: 19 June 2024
Pages1151–1156Objective: 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.20230369Open Forum
Publication date: 03 July 2024
Pages1157–1160Attention to inclusivity and equity in health research and clinical practice has grown in recent years; however, coordinated specialty care (CSC) for early psychosis lags in efforts to improve equity despite evidence of ongoing disparities and inequities ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240041Personal Accounts
Lived Experience Inclusion & Leadership
Publication date: 05 June 2024
Pages1163–1166Research 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.20230599Racism & Mental Health Equity
Mitigating Racial Bias in Health Care Algorithms: Improving Fairness in Access to Supportive Housing
Publication date: 28 June 2024
Pages1167–1171Algorithms 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“Can I Call You Back?”: A Medical Student’s Reflections on Research Recruitment in a Black Community
Publication date: 19 June 2024
Pages1172–1175Historical 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.20230372Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 17 September 2024
Pages1176–1179Peer 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.20230526Editor’s Choice
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