Psychiatric Services
- Volume 75
- Number 5
- May 2024
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 29 November 2023
Pages402–409Objective: The authors aimed to examine how access to trauma-informed mental health services in safety-net health centers varies by insurance type and race-ethnicity of the care seeker. Methods: In this mystery shopper study, three women (White, Latina, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230198Publication date: 07 November 2023
Pages410–418Objective: The authors sought to characterize perceptions of the impacts, attributes, and support for taxes earmarked for behavioral health services and to compare perceptions of the taxes among professionals in California and Washington, two states ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230257Publication date: 05 December 2023
Pages419–426Objective: The authors examined whether machine-learning models could be used to analyze data from electronic health records (EHRs) to predict patients’ responses to antidepressant medications. Methods: EHR data from a Washington State health system ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230380Publication date: 11 January 2024
Pages427–433Objective: Prolonged duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) predicts poor outcomes of first-episode psychosis (FEP) and is often linked to low socioeconomic status (SES). The authors sought to determine whether patients’ personal income, used as a proxy for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230239Publication date: 13 December 2023
Pages434–443Objective: To examine potential health disparities due to a broad reliance on telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, the authors studied the impact of video-enabled tablets provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on psychotherapy usage ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230134Publication date: 14 November 2023
Pages444–450Objective: The authors examined changes in perceived anxiety, stress, and mental health symptoms (i.e., psychological distress) reported by recipients of New York State public mental health services during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230025Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Pages451–460Objective: The NIH has mandated equal representation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) individuals in clinical research, but it is unclear whether such inclusion has been achieved in multisite research studies of individuals at clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230120Publication date: 25 January 2024
Pages461–469Objective: State mental health systems are retraining their workforces to deliver services supported by research. Knowledge about evidence-based therapies (EBTs) for child and adolescent disorders is robust, but the feasibility of their statewide scaling ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230183Special Articles
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Pages470–476Objective: This study sought to establish the feasibility of a two-component intervention embedded within a jail setting that would detect detainees with early psychosis and connect them to coordinated specialty care (CSC) in the community upon release. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230125Brief Reports
Publication date: 29 November 2023
Pages477–480Objective: The authors sought to provide updated estimates of the proportion of psychotropic medications prescribed by different medical providers. Methods: This pooled cross-sectional study used data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (2016–2019). ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230156Publication date: 21 December 2023
Pages481–484Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether an online, on-demand, and publicly accessible mental health training session on care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and all sexual-diverse and gender-diverse (LGBTQ+) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220473Publication date: 13 December 2023
Pages485–488Objective: This study aimed to compare the efficacy of two brief video interventions in reducing mental health–related stigma: one featuring a person with lived experience of mental illness, the other featuring an actor guided by focus groups of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230215Open Forum
Publication date: 05 December 2023
Pages489–491Despite prolific jail diversion initiatives, people with serious mental illness continue to be overrepresented in the criminal legal system. This continued overrepresentation has led to recent calls to address social determinants of health and criminal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230218Racism & Mental Health Equity
Publication date: 31 January 2024
Pages492–495Verbal mistreatment of staff by patients is common in health care settings. Experiencing or witnessing mistreatment can have harmful psychological impacts, affecting well-being and clinical practice. As part of an effort to become an antiracist ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230234Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 13 December 2023
Pages496–499Validated, multicomponent treatments designed to address symptoms and functioning of individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis are currently lacking. The authors report findings of a study with such individuals participating in step-based care—a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230188Publication date: 19 February 2024
Pages500–503Previous evaluations of interventions for borderline personality disorder have focused on psychotherapies. This study (N=42 patients), conducted in Liverpool, United Kingdom, reviewed the effect on out-of-area treatments (OATs) and hospital admissions of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230028Publication date: 13 February 2024
Pages504–507Stressful events can exacerbate symptoms of psychiatric disorders among primary care patients, putting them at increased risk for suicide. In a pilot study that ran from August to December of 2020, researchers evaluated the acceptability and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230157Editor’s Choice
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