Effects of fiscal retrenchment on public mental health services for the chronic mentally ill.

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to determine the acute and long term services and supports (LTSS) utilization, cost of health care and disparities in access of care for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Individuals with IDD on a waiver (receiving Medicaid-funded LTSS in community setting...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Amin MR,Gentile JP,Edwards B,Davis M

更新日期：2020-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is an exploration of mental health consumers' perspectives on information, including scientific information, and on other inputs to decision-making. Four focus groups were held with severely mentally ill consumers at two sites in the summer of 2005. Consumers varied in age, race and diagnosis. Participant r...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tanenbaum SJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes literature about paraprofessionals who assist children or families in the areas of mental health, education, or early childhood education, and focuses on three main questions: How effective are paraprofessionals?; what are the common and appropriate roles and responsibilities of paraprofessiona...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Walter UM,Petr CG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shared Decision Making (SDM) is an essential component of recovery oriented treatment for clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses. SDM has been found to be effective in improving outcome of treatment of non-psychiatric ailments, and studies of SDM in community mental health settings are limited. We designe...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Paudel S,Sharma N,Joshi A,Randall M

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of current interest to the field are clinical frameworks that foster recovery. The authors offer a psycho-developmental model that parallels Erik Erikson's theory of human development, and theorize that the process of psychiatric recovery involves a psychic reworking of these fundamental steps. Understanding recovery ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vogel-Scibilia SE,McNulty KC,Baxter B,Miller S,Dine M,Frese FJ 3rd

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisexual people experience minority stress and social isolation as a result of their marginalized sexual identities, and likely due to this stigmatization, previous research has identified high rates of psychological distress, anxiety, depression, suicidality, alcohol misuse, and self-harming behaviour among bisexual ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Eady A,Dobinson C,Ross LE

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a subpopulation of the seriously mentally ill who remain acute care recidivists, rarely becoming engaged in follow-up treatment. It has been argued that these individuals are system, rather than treatment resisters. The perceptions they have of their problems are often in conflict with staff evaluations, or w...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Santiago JM,Berren MR,Beigel A,Goldfinger SM,Hannah MT

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although gender differences in schizophrenic symptom expression have been widely established, no systematic studies have documented if these differences extend to the perception of quality of life. This survey gathered international data on the perception of quality of life among 102 outpatient men and women with schi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vandiver VL

更新日期：1998-10-01 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：:Stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness is a worldwide phenomenon, This Longitudinal study aimed to determine the level of stigma, among the internal displaced persons in central Sudan and explore possible changes in stigma associated with an intervention. 1549 persons were interviewed using standard...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sanhori Z,Eide AH,Ayazi T,Mdala I,Lien L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) is a self-report questionnaire that allows the assessment of positive mental health, including three well-being components-emotional, psychological and social-as well as the categorical diagnosis of the presence or absence of mental health. The purpose of this study is t...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Fonte C,Silva I,Vilhena E,Keyes CLM

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:This study explored the psycho-social factors associated with the mental health of uniformed personnel in Internally Displaced Persons' (IDP) camps in Nigeria. A quantitative research methodology was adopted using a descriptive survey. A total of 500 uniformed personnel, comprising of 311 males and 189 females in 5 ID...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lawrence KC

更新日期：2020-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe uses for a 17-item instrument that efficiently measures the functioning level of chronically mentally ill persons living in the community. The Multnomah Community Ability Scale is designed to be completed by case managers who work with chronically mentally ill consumers. The instrument is sensitiv...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Barker S,Barron N,McFarland BH,Bigelow DA,Carnahan T

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to evaluate the prevalence of depression and the severity of depressive symptoms among primary care patients, who are high utilizers (HU) of health care resources. A cross-sectional, two-stage design was applied to screen for depression using the Brief Psychiatric Health Questionnaire and the Diagnostic...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Berghöfer A,Roll S,Bauer M,Willich SN,Pfennig A

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe mental illness entails multiple hospital admissions and a large use of public resources. The Reflecting Team (RT), together with other dialogue strategies, place in a single therapeutic space, the patient, his family and a team of professionals to find together a solution to a situation of stagnation. The aim o...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Balcells-Oliveró MM,Nuño L,Freixa N,Domínguez I,Pons I,Alcover E,Gual T

更新日期：2020-09-29 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：: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：:Recovery from substance abuse and mental health disorders (dual-diagnosis) requires time, hard work and a broad array of coping skills. Empirical evidence has demonstrated the buffering role of social support in stressful situations. This paper investigates the associations among social support (including dual-recover...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Laudet AB,Magura S,Vogel HS,Knight E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A description of group supervision that focused on professional development of nurses through their discussion of home visits made to psychiatric patients and/or their families; this article presents an implementation of a philosophy of group leadership and the responses of the nurse participants to this type of group...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Paterson JG

更新日期：1966-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A context-specific quantity-frequency (CSQF) questionnaire has been developed to accurately measure alcohol consumption using probing questions on drinking context. The study aimed to describe the drinking context associated with different drinking intensities in a community of southern Thailand using the CSQF. A cros...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vichitkunakorn P,Conigrave KM,Geater AF,Assanangkornchai S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. President's Commission on Mental Health (1978) has called for a broader conception of mental health and the factors that influence it. The "macro"-social environment is emerging as one area of concern. The influence of two macroenvironmental domains, the physical and economic, on several areas of human functi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Monahan J,Vaux A

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study tested the mediating role of affiliate stigma on the relationships between face concern with psychological distress and subjective burden among caregivers of people with severe mental illnesses. One hundred and eight Chinese caregivers in Hong Kong were surveyed. Based on Baron and Kenny's (J Pers So...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Mak WW,Cheung RY

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mortality disparity for persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs) due to cardiovascular disease is a devastating problem. Many risk factors are present in young adults with psychosis that may be ameliorated with lifestyle interventions. Sixteen participants with SSDs enrolled in an 11-week open trial of...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Browne J,Cather C,Zvonar V,Thayer K,Skiest H,Arntz D,Kritikos K,Schnitzer K,Brown H,Evins AE,Donovan A

更新日期：2020-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, any program in the middle of the continuum of care--between inpatient and outpatient treatment on the dimensions of intensity and expense--has been called day treatment. This conception has yielded a diversity of programs, some of which are nebulously articulated and poorly understood. Day treatment sho...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Topp DB

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fragmentation in behavioral and mental health care to children has resulted in suboptimal care and high rates of psychotropic medication use, especially antipsychotic medications (APM). A qualitative study, based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), aimed to better understand prescribing practices, barriers to opt...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lohr WD,Brothers KB,Davis DW,Rich CA,Ryan L,Smith M,Stevenson M,Feygin Y,Woods C,Myers J,Liu GC

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:In California and in Great Britain plans are being made to move the treatment setting for many sex offenders from large state hospitals to community sites. The most useful aspects of the state hospital programs can be adapted to the community setting. In the proposed treatment centers, graded levels of security may in...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Freeman AM 3rd

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fundamental aspect of successful illness self-management for people with serious mental illnesses is the ability to advocate for themselves in health and rehabilitation settings. This study reports findings from a randomized controlled trial comparing propensity for patient self-advocacy among those who received a p...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Jonikas JA,Grey DD,Copeland ME,Razzano LA,Hamilton MM,Floyd CB,Hudson WB,Cook JA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessing and responding to suicidal risk among inmates is discussed based on a comprehensive literature review and personal experience. Sections detailing jail conditions, suicide risk factors, reasons for self-harm, and practical responses are included. Intoxication, isolation, and the initial 24 hours of incarcerat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Winkler GE

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00