A retrospective quasi-experimental study of a transitional housing program for patients with severe and persistent mental illness.

abstract：:The assumption that terminations data represent a cross section of patients treated at mental health centers is investigated by comparing social characteristics of patients admitted to and terminated from mental health centers. The great majority of patient characteristics of the two groups are similar enough to make ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Stern MS

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic tic disorders (CTD) are characterized by motor and/or vocal tics. Existing data on the impact of tics in adulthood is limited by small, treatment-seeking samples or by data aggregated across adults and children. The current study explored the functional impact of tics in adults using a nationwide sample of 672...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Conelea CA,Woods DW,Zinner SH,Budman CL,Murphy TK,Scahill LD,Compton SN,Walkup JT

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) is a common strategy despite guidelines advising against this practice. This article seeks to quantify the prevalence and correlates of APP using Medicaid Analytic eXtract files from 2003 to 2004. Nineteen percent of Medicaid recipients who received an antipsychotic were treated with A...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cotes RO,Goldsmith DR,Kopelovich SL,Lally CA,Druss BG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors review four approaches chairmen of departments of psychiatry have used to attempt to ensure quality resident education in CMHCs they do not control. Several examples are presented of administrative problems that may develop in this type of relationship. Based on this material and the author's experience, a...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Faulkner LR,Eaton JS Jr,Bloom JD,Cutler DL

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As many as 50% of patients with schizophrenia do not take oral antipsychotic medications as prescribed, yet long acting injections are rarely utilized. Community agencies that serve this population are often over-burdened and poorly funded. There are negative attitudes on the part of both physicians and consumers abou...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Velligan DI,Medellin E,Draper M,Maples N,Dassori A,Moore TA,Lopez L

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citizen involvement in CMHC service delivery has two bases: (a) volunteerism and (b) identification with clients and citizens who may need services. This identification is expressed two ways, as cultural similarity to clients or social activism in their behalf. Paraprofessionals have been portrayed as a major mechanis...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Riley W

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of innovative alternatives to nursing homes is critical, especially in the context of OBRA mandates and the growing geriatric population. This article examines the experience of one urban country in Washington State in providing supported housing for the OBRA-affected mentally ill elderly. The signific...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sohng SS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-income and Latinos use the emergency department (ED) as a primary source of care. Also, the depression prevalence in ED patients is high, making the ED a compelling venue for depression screening and intervention. This study examined barriers and facilitators to depression treatment among low-income, predominantly...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Wells A,Lagomasino IT,Palinkas LA,Green JM,Gonzalez D

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the reliability, construct validity, and factor pattern of the Dutch version of the Enright Forgiveness Inventory (EFI) in a sample of 731 respondents (heterosexually married adults, 359 males and 372 females) in Belgium. The Cronbach alpha for EFI total (.98) and all its subscales, Positive Affect...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Orathinkal J,Vansteenwegen A,Enright RD,Stroobants R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to bridge the gap between service need and service utilization, an urban based, university affiliated children's psychiatric outpatient clinic has implemented a program which provides mental health services in inner city schools. When compared with the central clinic populations (N = 304), the school samp...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Armbruster P,Gerstein SH,Fallon T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A content analysis of all (N = 604) published articles in the Community Mental Health Journal from 1965 through 1977 was performed (a) to provide a cross-sectional view of the community mental health field, and (b) to identify topic trends over time. Sixty-one content categories were used to classify topic areas. Resu...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lounsbury JW,Roisum KG,Pokorny L,Sills A,Meissen GJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:State mental health authorities have a leadership role in implementing evidence-based practices (EBPs), but few instruments are available to assess the impact of this role. We describe the development of the State Mental Health Authority Yardstick (SHAY), a behaviorally anchored instrument designed to assess state-lev...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Finnerty MT,Rapp CA,Bond GR,Lynde DW,Ganju V,Goldman HH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key jingler is the staff person in any institution who uses his power in a manner that is debilitating to the inmates. He is a confidence man, bureaucrat, buck passer, someone putting up a front. Quite often it is the norms of the institution that impose this kind of behavior on the staff. The key jingling process...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hartman C

更新日期：1969-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the planning, development, implementation, and results of a consultation program to the clergy as part of an agency's community mental health service. The paper focuses on the four main program goals of (1) revitalizing a local association for the clergy, (2) developing the clergy's pastoral skill...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kaseman CM,Anderson RG

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The legislative pressures now dominating the realm of program accountability are moving the mental health system from process to outcome evaluations. While the need for this type of assessment is generally acknowledged, its methodological validity and policy-setting utility are the subject of considerable controversy....

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Schulberg HC

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Siblings are considered logical replacements for aging parental caregivers of persons with severe mental illness. For workshops on future planning conducted with 400 elderly parents, 60 siblings answered a survey regarding their future caregiving expectations, anticipated difficulties, and need for help. Nearly all ex...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hatfield AB,Lefley HP

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive Behavior Support (PBS) was introduced to community-based providers in Kansas in 2012 in response to a federally funded initiative to reduce the placement of youth in psychiatric facilities. As core project activities concluded in 2016, researchers investigated the impact of this comprehensive PBS initiative o...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Matthews K,Enyart M,Freeman R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this paper is to document and evaluate the process of implementing an evidence-based depression intervention in community settings through the use of community-academic partnered approaches. We discuss how and to what extent the goals of community engagement and collaborative planning were achieved in the ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Khodyakov D,Sharif MZ,Dixon EL,Mendel P,Chung B,Linkski B,Jones JB

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper addresses itself to the solutions developed in Massachusetts to three key legal problem areas with regard to the psychiatric halfway house. The areas are (1) the assurance of the overall quality of the programs through rigorous implementation of regulatory statutes; (2) the determination of beneficial locat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Budson RD

更新日期：1975-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vocational integration in mental health is part of a national initiative to make quality, community-based work a possibility for persons with psychiatric disabilities. While effective delivery of these services requires trained staff, preparing professionals to provide relevant vocationally oriented services is comple...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kelley SD,Belgard W,Cooper D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to assess whether the constructs of self-determination theory-autonomy, competence, and relatedness-are associated with adherence to outpatient follow-up appointments after psychiatric hospitalization. 242 individuals discharged from inpatient psychiatric treatment within the Veterans H...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sripada RK,Bowersox NW,Ganoczy D,Valenstein M,Pfeiffer PN

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied trends in antipsychotic polypharmacy over a 4 year period in order to see if a change occurred when a statewide quality improvement program aimed at reducing the practice was implemented. Antipsychotic polypharmacy prevalence rates were calculated for eight 6-month periods for enrollees with schizophrenia a...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Constantine RJ,Andel R,Tandon R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This community survey studied remission from pathological gambling (PG) among American Indian (AI) and Hispanic American (HA) veterans. Remission was defined as having a lifetime diagnosis of PG, but no gambling symptoms in the last year. Sample consisted of 1624 AI and Hispanic veterans. Instruments included demograp...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Westermeyer J,Canive J,Thuras P,Kim SW,Crosby R,Thompson J,Garrard J

更新日期：2006-12-01 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 report describes a domestic violence program in an urban Indian health center. The failure of office-based interventions and the importance of developing interventions that are sensitive to the needs of this population are discussed. Successful interventions including home visits and a domestic violence group tha...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Norton IM,Manson SM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramedical personnel offer a ready reservoir of partially trained personnel who can assist in combating the ever-increasing problem of emotional disorders. A multi-disciplinary program of continuing education for these allied professionals is outlined. Four courses, Personality Development, Emotional and Mental Disor...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kriegman G,Harris MD,Rosinski EF

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the reasons why pregnant and puerperal women fail to seek or accept treatment for perinatal depression in low- and middle-income countries, where there is a high prevalence of this disorder. To help fill this gap, this study investigated the factors influencing the decision not to seek or...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Baldisserotto ML,Miranda Theme M,Gomez LY,Dos Reis TBQ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a one-year experience with a new program of group therapy for Southeast Asians who were treated in a psychiatric program for Indochinese refugees. Cultural factors involving communication styles, respect for authority, and traditional social relationships greatly influence the group process. Soci...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kinzie JD,Leung P,Bui A,Ben R,Keopraseuth KO,Riley C,Fleck J,Ades M

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A description and analysis of the Range Mental Health Center's professional activities are presented. The results of this program analysis suggest that a public health, consultation-oriented mental health center can provide equitable and effective services to a large geographic area. Maintenance of ongoing consultativ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hunter WF,Ratcliffe AW

更新日期：1968-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeless population has complex needs. Peers with experience of homelessness offer unique perspectives in supporting those experiencing homelessness. Peer support fostered and developed by professional organisations, termed intentional peer support (IPS), formalises this process. This review aims to assess the eff...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Barker SL,Maguire N

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00