Current Issue
- Volume 75
- Number 8
- August 2024
Taking Issue
Articles
Publication date: 06 March 2024
Pages726–732Objective:In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a national suicide prevention program, called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health–Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET), that uses a predictive algorithm to identify, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230277Publication date: 19 March 2024
Pages733–739Objective:Previous research has suggested that demographic factors affect the likelihood of a patient with schizophrenia receiving a clozapine prescription. The authors aimed to determine the impact of race, social determinants of health, gender, rurality,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230226Publication date: 10 April 2024
Pages740–747Objective:Churches in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods serve as safe havens in many Black communities. Churches provide faith and charitable services but often have limited resources to address the mental health needs of their communities. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230263Publication date: 27 March 2024
Pages748–755Objective:The authors sought to assess workplace characteristics associated with perceived reasonable workload among behavioral health care providers in the Veterans Health Administration.Methods:The authors evaluated perceived reasonable workload and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230406Publication date: 13 March 2024
Pages756–762Objective:This study compared mental health treatment engagement among people with serious mental illness after release from jails that had either a for-profit (N=3 jails) or a nonprofit mental health provider (N=7 jails).Methods:Across the 10 jails, data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230396Publication date: 03 April 2024
Pages763–769Objective:Globally, rates of metabolic disorders continue to climb, leading to significant disease morbidity and mortality. Individuals with mental illness are particularly prone to obesity, and some medications, such as antipsychotics, may increase the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230472Publication date: 21 May 2024
Pages770–777Objective:The authors aimed to identify barriers to and strategies for supporting coordination between state agencies for intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) or mental health to meet the mental health needs of people with co-occurring IDD and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230451Reviews & Overviews
Publication date: 27 February 2024
Pages778–788Objective:Personal recovery refers to a person’s pursuit of a full, meaningful life despite the potentially debilitating impact of a mental illness. An evidence base describing personal recovery among people at risk for developing a mental illness is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230133Publication date: 29 May 2024
Pages789–800Objective:Suicide is a significant public health concern. About 48,000 individuals died by suicide in 2021 in the United States, and approximately one in 100 deaths globally are due to suicide. Continuing efforts in program development and evaluation are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230173Special Articles
Publication date: 03 April 2024
Pages801–806In the context of the current youth mental health crisis, it is prudent to reconsider how resources are allocated to facilitate the delivery of effective and comprehensive supports and services to children and adolescents. Schools are the main delivery ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230553Brief Reports
Publication date: 13 March 2024
Pages807–811Objective:Although antipsychotic medications are considered first-line treatment for psychosis, rates of discontinuation and nonadherence are high, and debate persists about their use. This pilot study aimed to explore the usability, feasibility, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230230Publication date: 06 March 2024
Pages812–816Objective:The authors sought to assess why patients use out-of-network health care providers and whether patients’ reasons differ for mental and general medical health providers.Methods:In a national Internet survey of commercial plan enrollees (N=713) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230212Open Forum
Publication date: 27 February 2024
Pages817–819Community practitioners inconsistently implement evidence-based interventions. Implementation science emphasizes the importance of some practitioner characteristics, such as motivation, but factors such as practitioners’ emotion regulation and cognitive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230574Publication date: 19 February 2024
Pages820–823This Open Forum is relevant for investigators who conduct research with historically understudied and marginalized populations. The authors introduce a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinical trial that experienced challenges with recruitment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230189Datapoints
Promoting High-Value Mental Health Care
Publication date: 23 April 2024
Pages826–829This column shares lessons learned from a 1-year pilot implementation of a crisis response program deploying crisis professionals to rural parts of Albany County, New York. The data (325 crisis interventions for 191 unique individuals, 57% of cases ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230111Corrections
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