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24-05-2024

Evaluation of the Implementation of the FLOW Program for Increasing Access to Mental Health Care

The FLOW program was designed to facilitate appropriate and safe transitions of patients from specialty mental health (SMH) to primary care (PC) as a method of improving access and reducing appointment burden on veterans who have improved or …

Authors:: Natalie E. Hundt, PhD, Maribel Plasencia, PhD, Amber B. Amspoker, PhD, Zenab Yusuf, MD, MPH, Annette Walder, MS, Herbert Nagamoto, MD, Bo Kim, PhD, Christie Ga-Jing Tsao, BA, Tracey L. Smith, PhD

Open Access 06-05-2024

Using Photovoice to Improve Engagement in Community Health Assessments Addressing Behavioral Health

Behavioral health disorders are well-known to have close links with the social determinants of health, yet little is known about how impacted communities perceive these links. Qualitative participatory methods can not only provide insight into how …

Authors:: Stacey Li, BSPH, Jennifer Gulley, MPH, BSN, RN, Marisa Booty, MHS, Bradley Firchow, BS, Margaret L. McGladrey, PhD, MA, BA

Open Access 02-05-2024 | Mood Disorders

The Efficacy of Telemental Health Interventions for Mood Disorders Pre-COVID-19: A Narrative Review

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a significant surge in the utilization of telemental health (TMH) services. This narrative review aimed to investigate the efficacy of TMH for serious mood disorders prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. A search …

Authors:: Alyssa M. Edwards, MPH, Jordan C. Petitt, MS, Martha Sajatovic, MD, Sanjana Kumar, MD, Jennifer B. Levin, PhD

Open Access 30-04-2024

Matching Mobile Crisis Models to Communities: An Example from Northwestern Ontario

Police are often the first to encounter individuals when they are experiencing a mental health crisis. Other professionals with different skill sets, however, may be needed to optimize crisis response. Increasingly, police and mental health …

Authors:: Jillian Zitars, MA, Deborah Scharf, PhD, C Psych

22-03-2024 | Opioids

Jail Characteristics and Availability of Opioid Treatment Services: Results from a Nationally Representative Survey

The current wave of the opioid epidemic has contributed to a record number of drug-related overdoses and a significant proportion of people who experience opioid use disorder are admitted to local jails. These correctional facilities serve as the …

Authors:: Albert M. Kopak, PhD, Sierra D. Thomas, MA

21-03-2024

What Attributes of Integrated Health Care for Mental Health Are the Most Important to Potential Consumers? A Relative Ranking Study

Integrated health care (IHC) is efficacious, cost-effective, and more attractive to some consumers than traditional standalone psychotherapy, but the specific characteristics of IHC that drive this enhanced attraction have yet to be explored among …

Authors:: Joseph H. Hammer, PhD, Valerie P. A. Verty, MS, Andrew Hauber, BS, Nayeon Kim, BA

11-03-2024 | Opioids

Patterns of polydrug use among Black Americans who misuse opioids

In the United States, opioid-related deaths involving polydrug use are now more prevalent than those involving only opioids. What often goes unnoticed is that deaths involving more than one substance are increasing more rapidly among Black …

Authors:: Khary K. Rigg, PhD, Michael A. Weiner, BA, Ethan S. Kusiak, BS

27-02-2024

Relational Complexity of the Near-Age Peer Support Provider Role in Youth and Young Adult Community Mental Health Settings

Increasingly, US community mental health settings are integrating professional near-age youth peer support providers to improve youth service engagement and outcomes. Youth peer specialists (YPS) use their lived and living experiences with a …

Authors:: Vanessa V. Klodnick, PhD, LCSW, Beth Sapiro, PhD, LCSW, Alisa Gold, BS, CPS, Mei Pearlstein, BS, Autumn N. Crowe, MPH, Ava Schneider, BA, Rebecca P. Johnson, MA, LCPC, Brianne LaPelusa, MFA, CRSS, Heidi Holland, MEd

02-02-2024 | Psychotherapy

Patient Satisfaction with Psychological Treatment on a Voluntary Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Despite the empirical literature suggesting the benefits of providing patient support and psychotherapy, research examining patient satisfaction with psychological services integrated within inpatient psychiatric treatment settings remains scarce.

Authors:: Thomas W. O’Kane, MA, Sherry D. Pujji, PhD, Anastasia Bullock, PsyD, Lucy Suokhrie, MS, BSN, RN, PMHN-BC

Open Access 12-12-2023

Implementing a Non-Specialist Delivered Psychological Intervention for Young Adolescents in a Protracted Refugee Setting: a Qualitative Process Evaluation in Lebanon

There has been an increase in the evaluation and implementation of non-specialist delivered psychological interventions to address unmet mental health needs in humanitarian emergencies. While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) provide important …

Authors:: Rayane Ali, MBA, Felicity L. Brown, PhD, MPsychClin, Kerrie Stevenson, MBChB BMedSci FHEA MSc MFPH, Mark Jordans, PhD, MSc, Karine Taha, MSc, Mounif El Amine, BA Psych, Frederik Steen, MSc, Bassel Meksassi, BA, Joseph Elias, BA, May Aoun, MSc, Bayard Roberts, PhD, MSc, Marit Sijbrandij, PhD, Pim Cuijpers, PhD, Aemal Akhtar, PhD, Aiysha Malik, DPhil, DCLinPsych, Aniek Woodward, MSc, Daniela C. Fuhr, DrPH, on behalf of the STRENGTHS Consortium

17-08-2023 | Public Health

Individual Differences in Females’ Adherence to Public Health Measures and Psychopathology Symptoms During a Global Health Crisis: the Role of Triarchic Psychopathic Traits

The two broad aims of this study were to (a) investigate how the three traits of the triarchic model—boldness, meanness, and disinhibition—relate to compliance with public health measures, as well as to internalizing and externalizing …

Authors:: Gisele Magarotto Machado, MS, Emily R. Perkins, PhD, Thalytha Padulla Gerodo, MS, João Victor Martins Miranda, BS, Claudio Sica, PhD, Christopher J. Patrick, PhD, Lucas de Francisco Carvalho, PhD

10-08-2023 | Addiction | Correction

Correction to: A Qualitative Exploration of Ontario Caregivers’ Perspectives of Their Role in Navigating Mental Health and/or Addiction Services for Their Youth

Authors:: Rachel Wong, BHSc, MScOT, Anna Podolsky, BA, MScOT, Anthony Levitt, MD, FRCPC, Andreina Da Silva, BA, Sugy Kodeeswaran, MHSc, Roula Markoulakis, PhD

10-07-2023 | Telemedicine

Technologically Punctual? A Preliminary Evaluation of Differences between Face-to-Face and Video Check-In Times for Initial Mental Health Services

Video-based telehealth provides mental health services to underserved populations. As decision makers reevaluate service offerings following COVID-19, it remains prudent to evaluate the utility of ongoing telehealth options among rural healthcare …

Authors:: Jonathan G. Perle, PhD, ABPP, Jennifer Ludrosky, PhD, Kari-Beth Law, MD

05-05-2022 | Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Potential Role of Conversational Agents in Encouraging PrEP Uptake

Approximately 1.2 million people are living with HIV, with many of them unaware of their infection. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is available to minimize transmission among those at high risk for infection, including men who have sex with men …

Authors:: Maryam Hassani, MS, Sean D. Young, PhD, MS

05-11-2020

Examining Criminogenic Risk Levels Among People with Mental Illness Incarcerated in US Jails and Prisons

This study examines criminogenic risk levels of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) involved in the justice system compared to justice-involved individuals without mental illness. The sample (N = 436) consisted of ninety-three …

Authors:: Amy Blank Wilson, PhD, LSW, Karen J. Ishler, PhD, LSW, Robert Morgan, PhD, Jonathan Phillips, MSW, Jeff Draine, PhD, MSW, Kathleen J. Farkas, PhD, LISW

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