Psychiatric Services
- Volume 75
- Number 4
- April 2024
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 19 October 2023
Pages308–315Objective: Patients’ race and age have each been identified as risk factors for experiencing restraint events during psychiatric hospitalization. Restraint duration is also an important variable in determining disparities in treatment. To the authors’ ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230057Publication date: 31 October 2023
Pages316–325Objective: Despite elevated risk for substance use disorder and overdose death in the homeless population, benzodiazepine prescribing for this population has not been examined. In this study, the authors used data from the U.S. Department of Veterans ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220472Publication date: 19 October 2023
Pages326–332Objective: Contingency management (CM) is a behavioral intervention in which tangible incentives are provided to patients when they achieve a desired behavior (e.g., reducing or abstaining from alcohol use). The authors sought to describe the resource ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220547Publication date: 14 November 2023
Pages333–341Objective: The authors sought to describe out-of-pocket (OOP) costs among beneficiaries with schizophrenia differing in Medicare Part D low-income subsidy (LIS) status. Methods: National 100% Medicare claims were used to identify all adult fee-for-service ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230142Publication date: 04 October 2023
Pages342–348Objective: Clinical guidelines recommend periodic monitoring for adverse metabolic effects associated with second-generation antipsychotic medications. The authors sought to evaluate adherence to the guideline-recommended metabolic monitoring schedule for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220584Publication date: 07 November 2023
Pages349–356Objective: The Veterans Choice Program (VCP) of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) allowed eligible veterans to use their benefits with participating providers outside the VHA. The authors aimed to identify characteristics of veterans with depression ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100731Publication date: 26 October 2023
Pages357–362Objective: This study aimed to compare the costs of two implementation models for the mobile health (mHealth) intervention FOCUS in community mental health settings. The external facilitation (EF) approach uses a hub-and-spoke model, in which a central ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230140Publication date: 26 October 2023
Pages363–368Objective: Disparities in U.S. mental health care by race and ethnicity have long been documented. The authors sought to compare specialty mental health service use among non-Hispanic White, English-preferring Hispanic, and Spanish-preferring Hispanic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220585Publication date: 07 February 2024
Pages369–377Objective: Receiving mental health services as part of primary care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) might increase engagement in specialty mental health care. The authors reexamined the association between primary care–mental health integration ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220631Open Forum
Publication date: 07 November 2023
Pages378–380The Zero Suicide (ZS) model is a promising approach for preventing all suicides across health care settings. ZS provides guidelines for health care systems to implement best practices in suicide prevention. Patients with substance use disorders are at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230175Publication date: 29 November 2023
Pages381–383Individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a chronic and disabling psychiatric disorder, experience high rates of occupational impairment. OCD symptoms commonly affect individuals’ vocational aspirations and result in disability and the need ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230075Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 06 March 2024
Pages384–386Patients who allege negligent treatment by their psychiatrists can sue to be compensated for the harms they experience. But what if the harms result from a criminal act committed by the patient that the patient claims the psychiatrist should have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240055Research, Community, & Services Partnerships
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Pages387–390Community engagement is important for research, yet many researchers do not routinely seek feedback from people with lived experience. A key barrier to this engagement is that the resources required to create an advisory board may be unavailable to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230328Racism & Mental Health Equity
Publication date: 13 February 2024
Pages391–394The efforts of an academic psychiatry department to embark on an antiracism strategic planning process are outlined, including the establishment of an antiracism task force charged with the development of an antiracism strategic plan. The initial process ...
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