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News Briefs [News & Notes]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Financing of Programs, Health Insurance, Access to Services News & Notes Source Type: journals

Kaiser Annual Survey Finds Sharp Increases in Medicaid Enrollment and Spending [News & Notes]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Financing of Programs, Health Insurance, Access to Services News & Notes Source Type: journals

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Millkey, A. M. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Treatment of Bipolar Illness: A Casebook for Clinicians and Patients [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Marsh, W. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Addicted to Incarceration: Corrections Policy and the Politics of Misinformation in the United States [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lamb, H. R. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Dimensional Approaches in Diagnostic Classification: Refining the Research Agenda for DSM-V [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Provost, S. E. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Criminalization of Mental Illness: Crisis and Opportunity for the Justice System [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Frese, F. J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Psychosocial Distress in Cancer Patients' Families: Reply [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Muriel, A. C., Pirl, W. Tags: Chronically Mentally Ill Patients, Other Ethics Issues, Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines Letters Source Type: journals

Psychosocial Distress in Cancer Patients' Families [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gulliver, S. Tags: Primary Care, Education, Patient and Family, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders Letters Source Type: journals

Satisfaction as an Outcome Measure: Reply [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Norquist, G. S. Tags: Primary Care, Education, Patient and Family, Syndromes Secondary to General Medical Disorders Letters Source Type: journals

Satisfaction as an Outcome Measure [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Awad, A. G., Voruganti, L. N. P. Tags: Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Outcome and Process Assessment, Research Design, Methodology Letters Source Type: journals

An Early Example of Culturally Competent Services: Reply [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Acevedo-Polakovich, I. D., Callejas, L. M., Hernandez, M. Tags: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Outpatient Services Letters Source Type: journals

An Early Example of Culturally Competent Services [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Lefley, H. P. Tags: Cross-Cultural Psychiatry, Outpatient Services Letters Source Type: journals

A Staging Model to Guide Psychological Interventions in Psychosis [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Raballo, A., Laroi, F. Tags: Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Letters Source Type: journals

Shared Decision Making: Whose Decision? Reply [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Drake, R. E., Deegan, P. E. Tags: Chronically Mentally Ill Patients, Other Ethics Issues, Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines Letters Source Type: journals

Shared Decision Making: Whose Decision? [Letters]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Corrigan, P. W., Larson, J. E. Tags: Chronically Mentally Ill Patients, Other Ethics Issues, Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines Letters Source Type: journals

Association of Perceived Quality of Life and Oral Health Among Psychiatric Outpatients [Brief Reports]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Correlations between subjective and general health-related quality of life and oral health-related quality of life had not been detected in this group before. In order to improve mental health consumers' total perceived quality of life, oral health problems should be regularly addressed in the course of psychiatric care. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Persson, K., Axtelius, B., Soderfeldt, B., Ostman, M. Tags: Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Outpatient Services, Other Health Services Issues Brief Reports Source Type: journals

Burnout in Nonhospital Psychiatric Residential Facilities [Brief Reports]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Interventions to prevent burnout among employees should be developed. These include providing feedback about performance, clearly identifying the tasks of the job, and providing support. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pedrini, L., Magni, L. R., Giovannini, C., Panetta, V., Zacchi, V., Rossi, G., Placentino, A. Tags: Community Residential Facilities, Staff Issues, Staffing, Other Administrative Issues Brief Reports Source Type: journals

Involuntary Admission of Emergency Psychiatric Patients: Report From the Amsterdam Study of Acute Psychiatry [Brief Reports]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The hypothesis that outpatient treatment may help to prevent compulsory admission found some support in this study. More research is needed to understand the mechanisms of the associations so that an intervention study can be developed to test this hypothesis. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: van der Post, L., Mulder, C. L., Bernardt, C. M. L., Schoevers, R. A., Beekman, A. T. F., Dekker, J. Tags: Commitment of the Mentally Ill, Other Forensic Issues, Crisis and Emergency Treatment Brief Reports Source Type: journals

Population-Based Service Planning for Implementation of MBCT: Linking Epidemiologic Data to Practice [Brief Reports]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: A large proportion of the population is eligible for MBCT introduction; however, after introduction, the rate of emergence of candidates would yield a smaller patient pool, which may limit implementation in small population centers. Treatment acceptability is a key variable. These analyses highlight the potential value of epidemiologic data and simulation modeling in planning. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Patten, S. B., Meadows, G. M. Tags: Depression, Needs Assessment, Other Administrative Issues, Cognitive Therapy Brief Reports Source Type: journals

The Role of Patient Activation in Psychiatric Visits [Brief Reports]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Consumers were found to be active participants in treatment in a variety of ways, but similar to other populations, the relationship between observed patient activation and consumer-reported desire for involvement was not direct. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Salyers, M. P., Matthias, M. S., Spann, C. L., Lydick, J. M., Rollins, A. L., Frankel, R. M. Tags: Patient Advocacy, Rating Scales (Nondiagnostic) Brief Reports Source Type: journals

Achieving Recognition That Mental Health is Part of the Mission of CDC [Open Forum]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
For much of its history the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considered mental health to be outside of its mission. That assumption persisted even after CDC became a leading public health agency and began to face important mental health issues. This narrative describes how the organizational paradigm indicating that mental health was not mission related was challenged and superseded by a new paradigm recognizing mental health as part of CDC's public health mission. Even after the CDC Mental Health Work Group's establishment in 2000, CDC took eight more years to overcome powerful remnants of the old par...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Safran, M. A. Tags: Other Health Services Issues, Other Education and Training Issues Open Forum Source Type: journals

Assessing Nurse-Initiated Care in a Mental Health Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team in Australia [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings indicate that the nurse practitioner role can potentially initiate safe and effective mental health care and treatment that is as satisfying as that initiated by a physician. Additional, larger-scale research is required to determine the generalizability of these findings. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Happell, B., Sundram, S., Wortans, J., Johnstone, H., Ryan, R., Lakshmana, R. Tags: Crisis and Emergency Treatment, Outcome and Process Assessment, Other Health Services Issues Other Articles Source Type: journals

Assessing Risk of Future Violence Among Forensic Psychiatric Inpatients With the Classification of Violence Risk (COVR) [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The study provides the first independent validation of the COVR and evidence of the usefulness of the COVR in predicting harmful behavior in forensic inpatient settings in the United Kingdom. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Snowden, R. J., Gray, N. S., Taylor, J., Fitzgerald, S. Tags: Mentally Ill Offenders, Violence in Treatment Settings, Rating Scales (Nondiagnostic) Other Articles Source Type: journals

Parole Revocation Among Prison Inmates With Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings highlight the need for future investigations of specific social, behavioral, and other factors that underlie higher rates of parole revocation among individuals with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Baillargeon, J., Williams, B. A., Mellow, J., Harzke, A. J., Hoge, S. K., Baillargeon, G., Greifinger, R. B. Tags: Dual Diagnosis Patients, Bipolar Disorder, Mentally Ill Offenders, Depression, Addictive Disorders (General), Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Other Articles Source Type: journals

Bridging the Divide: In Search of Common Ground in Mental Health and Education Research and Policy [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article summarizes historical perspectives on U.S. child mental health policies and their interface with education and discusses trends in educational policy relevant to children's mental health, specifically the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and No Child Left Behind. The traditional approach of mental health research in schools, which focuses on program and intervention development, has become stagnant. New paradigms are needed. These include attending to indigenous school resources, to the organizational context of learning, and to participatory models for constructing environments conducive to mental ...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kataoka, S. H., Rowan, B., Hoagwood, K. E. Tags: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Financing of Programs, Access to Services, Health Policy and Legislation Other Articles Source Type: journals

Recent Changes in Medicaid Policy and Their Possible Effects on Mental Health Services [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As Medicaid has emerged as the primary funder of public mental health services, its character has affected the organization and delivery of such services. Recent changes to the program, however, promise to further affect the direction of changes in states' mental health service systems. One group of changes will further limit the flexibility of Medicaid mental health funding, while increasing provider accountability and the authority of state Medicaid agencies. Others will increase incentives for deinstitutionalization and community-based care and promote person-centered treatment principles. These changes will likely affe...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Buck, J. A. Tags: Health Insurance Other Articles Source Type: journals

Apathy and Functioning in First-Episode Psychosis [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Apathy is a prevalent symptom in first-episode psychosis and has a significant association with everyday functioning; the presence and consequences of apathy should thus be evaluated at the start of treatment. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Faerden, A., Friis, S., Agartz, I., Barrett, E. A., Nesvag, R., Finset, A., Melle, I. Tags: Chronically Mentally Ill Patients, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Tests Other Articles Source Type: journals

Health Services Determinants of the Duration of Untreated Psychosis Among African-American First-Episode Patients [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: Health services-related factors, such as lack of insurance, are predictive of longer treatment delay. Efforts to eliminate uninsurance and underinsurance, as well as minimize barriers to treatment, would be beneficial for improving the prognosis of young patients with emerging nonaffective psychotic disorders. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Compton, M. T., Ramsay, C. E., Shim, R. S., Goulding, S. M., Gordon, T. L., Weiss, P. S., Druss, B. G. Tags: Minority Issues, Hospitals, Hospital Treatment, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Other Articles Source Type: journals

Collaborating to Provide Early-Intervention Services to Persons in England With First-Episode Psychosis [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights that traditional hierarchical models of policy implementation may be less successful in achieving the goal of collaborative partnerships at the interface between CAMHS and EIS. The most successful model of working between CAMHS and EIS required an innovative approach to commissioning, policy implementation, and service development. The findings from this study may help determine the best model of partnership development for EIS and CAMHS in England. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: England, E., Lester, H., Birchwood, M. Tags: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Organizational Models, Other Administrative Issues, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Other Articles Source Type: journals

Multifamily Psychoeducation for First-Episode Psychosis: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that multifamily group psychoeducation may not only be a cost-effective intervention for first-episode psychosis but may often be a cost-saving intervention. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Breitborde, N. J. K., Woods, S. W., Srihari, V. H. Tags: Patients' Families, Other Economics Issues, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Other Articles Source Type: journals

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy for Early-Course Schizophrenia: Effects of a Two-Year Randomized Controlled Trial [Other Articles]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSIONS: CET appears to be an effective approach to the remediation of cognitive deficits in early schizophrenia that may help reduce disability in this population. The remediation of such deficits should be an integral component of early intervention programs treating psychiatrically stable schizophrenia outpatients. (Source: Psychiatr Serv)
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Eack, S. M., Greenwald, D. P., Hogarty, S. S., Cooley, S. J., DiBarry, A. L., Montrose, D. M., Keshavan, M. S. Tags: Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Therapy Other Articles Source Type: journals

The STAR*D Trial: Revealing the Need for Better Treatments [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
STAR*D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression) continues to stimulate debate. The landmark trial demonstrated the feasibility of large-scale, community-based studies conducted without pharmaceutical company support. The results provided insight into nonresponse to initial treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and alternatives for second- and third-line treatment options and suggested opportunities for personalized approaches to depression care. However, initial and one-year remission rates (28% and 70%, respectively) suggest that important goals for treatment of this disabling disease rema...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Insel, T. R., Wang, P. S. Tags: Depression, Antidepressants Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

Impact of the STAR*D Trial From the Perspective of the Payer [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The authors discuss implications for private and public insurers of the STAR*D trial (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression), which found evidence that for second- and third-line treatment, no second-generation antidepressant was superior to another in terms of effectiveness or of the overall incidence of harmful effects. These findings have permitted payers to construct formulary coverage rules with more confidence and have highlighted the benefits of policies that improve access to care (for example, encouraging primary care treatment of depression) or promote treatment adherence (for example, implementi...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Little, A., Hansen, R. A., Gartlehner, G., Gray, C. Tags: Health Insurance, Access to Services, Depression, Antidepressants Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

Wishing Upon a STAR*D: The Promise of Ideal Depression Care by Primary Care Providers [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) trial found that after initial treatment, depressed patients treated in primary care settings had the same or slightly better outcomes than those treated in specialty care settings. The authors describe challenges to using the STAR*D approach and protocols in usual primary care settings. These include inadequate availability of appointments, insufficient resources for care management and treatment monitoring, and lack of payment to primary care providers for providing mental health care. Substantial reengineering of payment and delivery systems is needed i...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ong, M. K., Rubenstein, L. V. Tags: Primary Care, Depression, Organizational Models, Antidepressants Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

STAR*D: Helping to Close the Gap Between Science and Practice [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Practical clinical trials, such as STAR*D (Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression), extend the traditional randomized controlled trial to real-world settings. Consumers and clinicians should be encouraged by STAR*D's 70% remission rate and should realize that for many participants remission required medication switching and augmentation. Policy makers should recognize the importance of easy access to a full range of treatments. Researchers should be sobered by the high attrition rate and the 30% of participants who did not achieve remission. Although more such practical trials are needed, future work must m...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shern, D. L., Moran, H. Tags: Patient Advocacy, Health Policy and Legislation, Depression, Antidepressants Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

Pharmacogenetics Studies in STAR*D: Strengths, Limitations, and Results [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Several lines of evidence support an important genetic contribution to the wide individual variation in therapeutic response to antidepressant medications. The Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study provided the largest cohort assembled to date of DNA from patients with nonpsychotic major depressive disorder, uniformly treated with citalopram and followed prospectively for up to 12 weeks. This pivotal study changed the face of pharmacogenetics research by increasing the sample size by an order of magnitude as well as by providing detailed prospective information about antidepressant response ...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Laje, G., Perlis, R. H., Rush, A. J., McMahon, F. J. Tags: Depression, Antidepressants Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

What Did STAR*D Teach Us? Results From a Large-Scale, Practical, Clinical Trial for Patients With Depression [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The authors provide an overview of the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) study (www.star-d.org), a large-scale practical clinical trial to determine which of several treatments are the most effective "next-steps" for patients with major depressive disorder whose symptoms do not remit or who cannot tolerate an initial treatment and, if needed, ensuing treatments. Entry criteria were broadly defined and inclusive, and patients were enrolled from psychiatric and primary care clinics. All participants began on citalopram and were managed by clinic physicians, who followed an algorithm-guided acute...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Gaynes, B. N., Warden, D., Trivedi, M. H., Wisniewski, S. R., Fava, M., Rush, A. J. Tags: Health Policy and Legislation, Depression, Research Design, Methodology, Antidepressants Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

Introduction to the STAR*D Special Section [Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Norquist, G. S. Tags: Special Section on the Implications of STAR*D Source Type: journals

Best Practices: Community-Based Postpartum Depression Screening: Results From the CARE Study [Columns]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This column describes findings and best-practice recommendations from CARE (Communicating and Relating Effectively), a prospective randomized study in which 5,169 mothers were screened for postpartum depression. The prevalence rate was 13%. Results support use of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Screening Scale and a diagnostic assessment for those who screen positive. Of the 674 mothers with positive screens, 26% were not asked about their emotional state by clinicians. Screening must be linked to treatment options via referral and follow-up. Best-practice strategies for implementing screening include educating clinicia...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Horowitz, J. A., Murphy, C. A., Gregory, K. E., Wojcik, J. Tags: Access to Services, Depression, Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines Columns Source Type: journals

Best Practices: An Emerging Best Practice Model for Perinatal Depression Care [Columns]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Perinatal depression is a significant health problem, especially among inner-city women. The authors explored the feasibility of an innovative model that integrated depression screening and treatment within an agency for maternal-child health. The team conducted depression screening with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; they confirmed the primary diagnosis with the PRIME-MD instrument for 29 women with positive screens. Most participants had moderate or severe major depressive disorder. Women contended with multiple treatment barriers. Colocated depression care was highly acceptable and enabled evidence-based care...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sit, D. K. Y., Flint, C., Svidergol, D., White, J., Wimer, M., Bish, B., Wisner, K. L. Tags: Depression, Quality of Care, Practice Guidelines Columns Source Type: journals

Public-Academic Partnerships: Early Intervention for Psychotic Disorders in a Community Mental Health Center [Columns]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Early intervention may improve long-term outcomes for psychotic illnesses. Early-intervention services in other countries have focused on reducing the duration of untreated illness and adapting interventions for younger patients. This column describes the process of building such a service, called specialized treatment early in psychosis (STEP), at the Connecticut Mental Health Center. This effort is rooted in a long-standing collaborative relationship between the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Yale. The authors describe the critical contribution of such partnerships in evaluating the co...
Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Srihari, V. H., Breitborde, N. J. K., Pollard, J., Tek, C., Hyman, L., Frisman, L. K., McGlashan, T. H., Jacobs, S., Woods, S. W. Tags: Child/Adolescent Psychiatry, Chronically Mentally Ill Patients, Organizational Models, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Columns Source Type: journals

November: This Month's Highlights [This Month's Highlights]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: This Month's Highlights Source Type: journals

Quality of Medical Information: A Meaty Topic [Taking Issue]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Siris, S. G. Tags: Medical Records, Organizational Models, Other Administrative Issues Taking Issue Source Type: journals

News Briefs [News & Notes]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: News & Notes Source Type: journals

Kaiser Foundation Reports Aimed at Informing Debate on Health Care Reform [News & Notes]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Tags: News & Notes Source Type: journals

Schizophrenia: Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Herman, L. C. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

The Lives They Left Behind [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Geller, J. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

The Physician as Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Baron, D. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals

Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments [Book Reviews]Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Psychiatr Serv - October 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vawter, L. C. Tags: Book Reviews Source Type: journals