Psychiatric Services

Publication date: 01 February 2024

Publication date: 11 October 2023

Objective: This study aimed to examine population-level disruption in psychotherapy before and after the rapid shift to virtual mental health care induced by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Methods: This retrospective study used ...

Publication date: 27 September 2023

Objective: This study quantified the prevalence of postpartum mood and anxiety disorder (PMAD) diagnoses among symptomatic Michigan Medicaid enrollees and explored factors associated with receiving a diagnosis. Methods: Data sources comprised Michigan ...

Publication date: 09 August 2023

Objective: Suicide remains an urgent public health crisis. Although some sociodemographic characteristics are associated with greater suicide risk in the general population, it is unclear whether individuals utilizing health care in the United States have ...

Publication date: 09 August 2023

Objective: The purpose of this study was to test the effects of causal explanations, information about treatability, and type of psychiatric diagnosis on how the public reacts to an individual described as having a specific mental illness versus ...

Publication date: 17 August 2023

Objective: The authors aimed to use health records data to examine how the accuracy of statistical models predicting self-harm or suicide changed between 2015 and 2019, as health systems implemented suicide prevention programs. Methods: Data from four large ...

Publication date: 09 August 2023

Objective: In July 2022, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline went live. The Lifeline is part of larger federal and state efforts to build comprehensive behavioral health crisis response systems that include mobile crisis units and crisis diversion and ...

Publication date: 02 August 2023

Objective: Although coordinated specialty care (CSC) is an effective service model to address first-episode psychosis, CSC is not widely accessible in the United States, and funding for this service model often remains challenging. The authors examined ...

Publication date: 09 August 2023

Objective: Programs for early detection of psychosis help identify individuals experiencing emerging psychosis and link them with appropriate services, thereby reducing the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP). The authors used the cascade-of-care ...

Publication date: 31 October 2023

Background: Task sharing may involve training nonspecialist health workers (NSHWs) to deliver brief mental health interventions. This approach is promising for reducing the global mental health treatment gap. However, capacity is limited for training large ...

Publication date: 09 August 2023

Objective: The authors aimed to assess differences in appointment completion rates between telepsychiatry and in-person outpatient psychiatric care for patients with depression in an academic health system. Methods: Electronic health records of encounters ...

Publication date: 24 August 2023

Objective: This report aimed to assess how accountable care organizations (ACOs) addressed ongoing opioid use disorder treatment needs over time. Methods: Responses from the 2018 (N=308 organizations) and 2022 (N=276) National Survey of Accountable Care ...

Publication date: 02 August 2023

Objective: This study aimed to examine differences in community mental health visit notes before and after initiation of collaborative documentation, a practice in which clinicians and consumers jointly document clinical encounters. Methods: Using a clinical ...

Publication date: 21 September 2023

Intermediary and purveyor organizations play a key role in disseminating and implementing evidence-based behavioral health best practices (EBPs). The authors provide a case example to describe how state-funded intermediaries can enhance the implementation ...

Publication date: 07 September 2023

More than $100 billion in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding was intended to support financially stressed health care providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The distribution of the CARES Act’s Provider Relief Fund among ...

Publication date: 09 August 2023

Refugee populations face disproportionately high risk for mental health challenges because of their exposure to geopolitical conflict, persecution, violence, and human rights violations. Dedicated, sustained psychological services are scarce in refugee ...