Psychiatric Services
- Volume 75
- Number 6
- June 2024
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Pages514–520Objective: 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.20230112Publication date: 19 January 2024
Pages521–527Objective: 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.20230113Publication date: 27 March 2024
Pages528–533Objective: 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.20230187Publication date: 21 December 2023
Pages534–542Objective: 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.20230082Publication date: 05 December 2023
Pages543–548Objective: 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.20220550Publication date: 19 March 2024
Pages549–555Patient-therapist alliance in two alternative treatment settings developed similarly to that in traditional psychiatric hospitalization.
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230009Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 31 January 2024
Pages556–569Objective: College students have high rates of mental health problems and low rates of treatment. Although sociodemographic disparities in student mental health treatment seeking have been reported, findings have not been synthesized and quantified. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230414Publication date: 07 February 2024
Pages570–579Objective: 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.20230271Special Articles
Publication date: 13 February 2024
Pages580–588The 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.20230159Publication date: 13 December 2023
Pages589–593The 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.20230397Open Forum
Publication date: 13 December 2023
Pages594–596Psychiatric–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.20230321Publication date: 05 December 2023
Pages597–599Emotional 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.20230392Controversies in Psychiatric Services
Global Mental Health Reforms
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Pages604–607War, 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.20230365Technology in Mental Health
Digital Navigator Training to Increase Access to Mental Health Care in Community-Based Organizations
Publication date: 10 April 2024
Pages608–611Providing human support for users of behavioral health technology can help facilitate the necessary engagement and clinical integration of digital tools in mental health care. A team conducted digital navigator training that taught participants how to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230391