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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 75
  • Number 6
  • June 2024

Taking Issue

Articles

Publication date: 11 January 2024

Pages514–520

Objective:Peer support workers are a substantial and growing part of the mental health workforce. Because little research has investigated how to effectively support and supervise peer support workers, the authors evaluated the efficacy of a training ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230112

Publication date: 19 January 2024

Pages521–527

Objective:This study examined racial-ethnic differences in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnosis and treatment during adolescence and early adulthood.Methods:A national health care claims database was used to identify a cohort of 4,216,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230113

Publication date: 27 March 2024

Pages528–533

Objective:The aim of this study was to examine the association between emergency department (ED) safety planning and subsequent use of mental health care among individuals treated in the ED for suicidal behavior and to determine whether subsequent use ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230187

Publication date: 21 December 2023

Pages534–542

Objective:The authors aimed to assess clinicians’ attitudes toward suicide-related practices and their implementation, across roles and settings, before implementation of the Zero Suicide model in a health care system.Methods:Clinicians (N=5,559) were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230082

Publication date: 05 December 2023

Pages543–548

Objective:The authors assessed changes in state insurance laws related to coverage for substance use disorder treatment across public and private insurance sectors from 2006 through 2020 in all 50 U.S. states.Methods:Structured policy surveillance methods,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220550

Reviews & Overviews

Publication date: 07 February 2024

Pages570–579

Objective:The authors reviewed the literature on finance-based interventions used to improve clinical and psychosocial outcomes among adults experiencing mental disorders, substance use disorders, or both.Methods:A systematic review of the peer-reviewed ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230271

Special Articles

Publication date: 13 February 2024

Pages580–588

The HEALing (Helping to End Addiction Long-term) Communities Study (HCS) aims to test the effectiveness of the Communities That HEAL intervention in decreasing opioid overdose deaths in 67 communities across four U.S. states. This intervention enlists a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230159

Publication date: 13 December 2023

Pages589–593

The authors examine the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Olmstead v L.C. ex rel. Zimring and related Supreme Court rulings that could raise questions about the Americans With Disabilities Act’s guarantee of care in integrated settings and about which ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230397

Open Forum

Publication date: 13 December 2023

Pages594–596

Psychiatric–mental health (PMH) advanced practice nurses have the education, certification, and licensure to address the need for providers who can deliver the full scope of mental health services and thereby increase access to mental health care. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230321

Publication date: 05 December 2023

Pages597–599

Emotional and interpersonal support systems are fundamental to recovery-oriented support programs. Peerness represents the quality of shared lived experience that enhances such support programs. Through peerness, providers of formal peer support (FPS) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230392

Controversies in Psychiatric Services

Global Mental Health Reforms

Publication date: 11 January 2024

Pages604–607

War, geopolitical instability, and natural disasters have contributed to enormous unmet mental health needs in the Middle East and North Africa. Jordan is a middle-income country that needs internal and international stakeholder engagement and support to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230365

Technology in Mental Health

Frontline Reports

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