A qualitative evaluation of an assisted self-help group for drug-addicted clients in a structured outpatient treatment setting.

abstract：:This paper analyzes the impact of the Kansas Mental Health Reform Act on client outcomes. The Act is of general interest because it reflects a trial of greater accountability without major changes in financial incentives. It made Community Mental Health Centers [CMHCs] gatekeepers that were accountable for services fo...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lee RH,Chamberlain R,Rapp C

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously showed that a multifaceted intervention designed to contain costs of prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) at a Veterans Affairs hospital resulted in substantial projected savings. Intervention components included clinician education and pharmacy and computer information process cha...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dobscha SK,Winterbottom LM,Snodgrass LS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:School psychology programs are undergoing extensive changes. This article analyzes some of the social forces and legislative developments that are contributing to these changes. The implications for modifying professional roles and for professional participation in larger societal planning is evaluated. ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Osterweil J

更新日期：1966-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of emotional exhaustion are frequently reported among clinicians working in community mental health settings. This study draws on social exchange theory and examines the relationships between emotional exhaustion and mental health provider work attitudes and turnover, and the moderating effect of functiona...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dishop CR,Green AE,Torres E,Aarons GA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an evaluation study of a volunteer monitoring program designed to improve the quality of life in group homes for adults with mental retardation. Special attention is given to the evaluation researchers' efforts to collaborate with the volunteer monitors to develop valid measures and a research de...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Reischl TM,Wordes M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hurricane Katrina caused many individuals to evacuate to towns and cities throughout the United States. Psychological First Aid (PFA) is a treatment program designed to help clinicians and other disaster relief workers address the needs of adults, youth, and families immediately following disasters. We conducted focus...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Legerski JP,Vernberg EM,Noland BJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent pessimistic criticism of right to treatment decisions is unwarranted. The developing law contains a great deal of flexibility, and this can be creatively utilized to secure resources for community-based services. Courts' emphasis on the physical framework of care is an intentional effort to avoid interfering wi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dix GE

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite their increasing numbers, Saudi Arabian international students in the United States have been the focus of few research studies. We examined acculturative stress among 84 female Saudi Arabian students enrolled in US colleges and universities in the vicinity of Washington, DC. Most participants experienced low ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Al-Krenawi A,Alotaibi F,Elbedour S

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During yearly meetings of the recently developed network of 15 public/community psychiatry fellowships, it has been noted that programs are having varying degrees of success with regard to recruitment. To understand factors that impact recruitment, a quality improvement survey of fellows and alumni was conducted. Resp...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Weinberg M,LeMelle S,Ranz J

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose is to present the mental health rehabilitation reform enacted in Israel in 2000, and to analyze the challenges it faces in its second decade of implementation. Lessons are drawn with regard to other jurisdictions interested in reforming mental health services. Besides reviewing the reform's accomplishments and...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Aviram U

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A division of a decentralized state hospital has experienced a 75% drop in census since practicing community psychiatry. Soon, it is anticipated that two comprehensive mental health centers will develop in the area it serves and that the division will "go out of business." In working with the "natural community" and t...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Emde RN

更新日期：1967-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goal attainment scaling is a program evaluation technique that measures program success using individualized client goals rather than the same measuring instrument for all clients. Although the reliability of the goal attainment scales is generally acceptable, such scales have not exhibited satisfactory validity. Also...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Calsyn RJ,Davidson WS

更新日期：1978-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to examine whether ACEs associate to regular smoking and nicotine dependence (ND) among 508 psychiatric inpatients aged 13-17 years. Adolescents were interviewed using the Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children and the European Addiction Severity Index -instruments. ND wa...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Penttinen R,Hakko H,Riipinen P,Isohookana R,Riala K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association of opinions towards seeking psychiatric help with the duration of untreated mental disorders in a sectorized Athens area, served by a Community Mental Health Centre. The sample consisted of 134 individuals who had sought help from health or mental hea...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Madianos MG,Zartaloudi A,Alevizopoulos G,Katostaras T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open Dialogue is a model of mental health services that originated in Finland and has since, been taken up in trial teams worldwide. As this is a relatively unknown approach in the UK, it is important to tentatively explore perspectives of NHS staff and service-users. Sixty-one Open Dialogue conference attendees, both...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Razzaque R,Wood L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence rates and characteristics of past-year mental health consultation for Ontario's adult (18 + years old) immigrant populations. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2012 was used to calculate the prevalence rates of past-year mental health consultation by service provider type. Charact...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Islam F,Khanlou N,Macpherson A,Tamim H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed mental disorders among 144 homeless and poor adults using four different methods: (a) history of psychiatric hospitalization, (b) structured clinical interview, (c) self-report symptom checklist, and (d) interviewer ratings. These four methods yielded divergent estimates of mental illness, ranging ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bellavia CW,Toro PA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a combined skills training (ST) and health management (HM) intervention for older adults with severe mental illness (SMI) and one-year pilot study outcomes. Findings are reported for twelve older persons with SMI (age 60+) who received ST+HM and twelve who received only HM. ST addressed interpers...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bartels SJ,Forester B,Mueser KT,Miles KM,Dums AR,Pratt SI,Sengupta A,Littlefield C,O'Hurley S,White P,Perkins L

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons with developmental disabilities and mental health needs present a complex and potentially rewarding challenge to workers in both developmental disabilities (DD) and mental health (MH) fields. These individuals may be shuttled between (DD) and (MH) systems. Effective care requires the person obtain services fro...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ryan R,Neligh GL,Aderman S

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors conceptualized multidisciplinary team decision making in terms of information collection, communication, and combination. The study explored the potentially biasing effects of situational variables on information collection. When compared with evening shift nurses, day shift nurses rated patients as much l...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Robertson DU,Mesmer R,Hoshino AY,Steinmeyer C

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study retrospectively reviews de-identified records from school-based mental health screening in a predominantly African American community. We compare participation rates, screening results, referrals to services and access to care of white and African American adolescents. Among those offered screening, 20.1% o...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Husky MM,Kanter DA,McGuire L,Olfson M

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The community-based mental health organizations known as "Clubhouses" have existed since the 1940s in the United States, and the model has since spread to many countries. The present study investigates the psychological and social trajectories of 33 members of Clubhouse Paris, the first Clubhouse in France. The study ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bouvet C,Battin C,Cappelaere C,Leroy-Hatala C

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the factors associated with a time lag between initial parental concern about ADHD symptoms and the first visit to a hospital in Japan that offers child psychiatric services. We investigated the demographic characteristic, symptoms, diagnosis, and healthcare system factors includin...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Yamauchi Y,Fujiwara T,Okuyama M

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Social determinants of health-defined by the World Health Organization as "the social factors and physical conditions of the environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work, and age"-are increasingly discussed as having relevance in community mental health service systems. This brief report describes how...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Croft B

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing awareness of the sensitive and crucial role of the law enforcement officer as a community caretaker. Rigorous efforts to define criteria of adequate performance and to select men who can meet these criteria are called for. In this study applicants for a law enforcement agency were subjected to an e...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McDonough LB,Monahan J

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States is a country of immigrants. With the exception of Native-Americans, every other American is, or descends from, an immigrant. First and second generation immigrant children are the most rapidly growing segment of the American population, with the great majority of this population being of non-European...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Pumariega AJ,Rothe E,Pumariega JB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with mental illness and mental retardation often fall between system and agency service cracks. This paper describes some of the barriers individuals and communities confront in developing new or expanding existing services to meet the needs of this population. It then describes how one community initiated...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Woodward HL

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wraparound care coordination has offered an individualized family approach to providing services to families in our county for the past decade. Instigated by our county mental health department interested in providing quality improvements to mental health services for families, we assessed the wraparound care coordina...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kernan JB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peer support facilitates recovery. However, little is known about the role of peer support within the Clubhouse model. This article reports on Clubhouse members' experiences of peer support and the outcomes they identify from engaging in this phenomenon. Grounded theory guided the study design involving 17 semi-struct...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Coniglio FD,Hancock N,Ellis LA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explored perceived mental health-related needs and barriers to meeting them in primary and mental health care settings. Fifty-one participants completed the Perceived Need for Care Questionnaire and an interview to qualitatively explore the meanings behind self-identified needs for medication, information, ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Fossey E,Harvey C,Mokhtari MR,Meadows GN

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00