One community's response to the multi-system service needs of individuals with mental illness and developmental disabilities.

abstract：:This study identifies patient characteristics associated with adherence to outpatient mental health treatment referrals from a VA psychiatric emergency department. Attendance of outpatient appointments was monitored for 12 weeks following emergency department visits (N = 241). Overall attendance of the first appointme...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dobscha SK,Delucchi K,Young ML

更新日期：1999-10-01 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 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 descriptive study was aimed to evaluate the attitudes of the engaged men and women who are of legal age to marry towards gender roles and acceptance of couple violence, and determine their sexual/reproductive health education needs. It was conducted in two marriage registry offices in Ankara, Turkey. The study sa...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Terzioglu F,Kok G,Guvenc G,Ozdemir F,Gonenc IM,Hicyilmaz BD,Sezer NY

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：: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：: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：:We conducted a qualitative evaluation of a semi-structured, client-led support group that addressed drug use recovery issues and was assisted by a psychological consultant. Seven regular group members and their counselors were interviewed about the effect of the assisted self-help group on drug use and the clients' qu...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Félix-Ortiz M,Salazar MR,González JR,Sorensen JL,Plock D

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the U.S. serious mental illness (SMI) is common in jails, which are often primary healthcare providers. Incarceration and healthcare are intertwined-lack of care access increases the risk of imprisonment which decreases care access. This case study explores a jail program which assists people with SMI with the disa...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McCauley E,Samples L

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the addition of medication monitoring to the duties of nurses working as case managers in a day treatment program for the chronically mentally ill. The nurses used their medical and behavioral knowledge to form a more complete picture of the patient than either a visiting psychiatrist or a case-manager who...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Davidson RE,Factor R,Gundlach E,Adler K

更新日期：1988-04-01 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：:Supported employment programs are evidence-based practices to help people with severe mental illness to obtain competitive employment. The competencies of employment specialists working in these programs are key elements related to work integration. In France, the Messidor Association, a prevocational organisation, ha...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： de Pierrefeu I,Corbière M,Pachoud B

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to examine adolescent predictors (family- and school-related factors, substance use, and psychiatric disorders) for drug crime offending. The initial study population consisted of 508 former adolescent psychiatric inpatients aged between 13 and 17 years. Of them, 60 (12%) had committed a drug crime by youn...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kontu M,Hakko H,Riala K,Riipinen P

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The research was carried out as a pre-test, post-test patterned intervention with one group in order to evaluate the psychoeducation given to older people at nursing homes for a healthy lifestyle and developing life satisfaction. The research was done with 21 female and 21 male older people staying at the state-owned ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tambağ H,Öz F

更新日期：2013-12-01 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：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the outcome of a community-based prevention program against suicides among the elderly aged 65 and over in the Japanese rural town of Joboji (population 7,010), using a quasi-experimental design with two neighboring control areas. During the 10-year implementation of the program ba...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Oyama H,Koida J,Sakashita T,Kudo K

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines which issues public psychiatrists perceive as having most impacted their careers over the past five years and whether this impact was experienced differently by psychiatrists in varying regions of the country. The author sent a questionnaire to all members of the American Association of Community P...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ranz J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was intended to evaluate the mental health literacy vis-à-vis depression among inhabitants of Penang state in North Malaysia. Using a clustered random sampling method, 1,855 respondents were approached to participate in the survey. A total of 1,149 respondents actually participated, for a 61.9% response rat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Khan TM,Sulaiman SA,Hassali MA,Anwar M,Wasif G,Khan AH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many if not most scenarios for reform of the U.S. health care system imply that health maintenance organizations (HMOs) will continue their rapid growth. Some advocates argue that a comprehensive health care system should offer services to the severely mentally ill on the same basis as the physically ill. Others note ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McFarland BH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines early adjustment to marital separation as a function of sex and parent status in a sample of 153 persons separated an average of eight weeks from their spouses because of marital discord. Men were much more satisfied with the quality of their marriages prior to separation and much more opposed to i...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bloom BL,Hodges WF

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the comprehensiveness of disaster mental health state plans and their adherence to published best practices in three states that experienced post-9/11 federally-declared disasters. There were 59 disaster mental health best practices used in this study to assess each state disaster mental plan's...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McIntyre J,Nelson Goff BS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Medicaid for mental health services by the severely mentally ill is examined using paid Medicaid claims for clients of Community Support Programs in Wisconsin. The extent to which clients participate in Medicaid, the types and amounts of mental health services, and the costs of services are discussed. A nar...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hollingsworth EJ

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：: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 purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Kaohsiung Suicide Prevention Center (KSPC) of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, during the period from June 2005 to June 2008. We used a modified CIPP evaluation model to evaluate the suicide prevention program in Kaohsiung. Four evaluation models were applied to...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ho WW,Chen WJ,Ho CK,Lee MB,Chen CC,Chou FH

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Transitional housing programs aim to improve living skills and housing stability for tenuously housed patients with mental illness. 113 consecutive Transitional Housing Team (THT) patients were matched to 139 controls on diagnosis, time of presentation, gender and prior psychiatric hospitalisation and compared using a...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Siskind D,Harris M,Kisely S,Siskind V,Brogan J,Pirkis J,Crompton D,Whiteford H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutual- and self-help groups for persons with severe mental illness have typically been most accessible to individuals who live independently. In an effort to make their organization more accessible to those who live in residential treatment facilities, Schizophrenics Anonymous (SA) ran introductory mutual-help meetin...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Salem DA,Gant L,Campbell R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Violence inflicted by individuals with mental illness towards healthcare workers has received significant media attention. Though such incidents are relatively infrequent, they inspire reactive responses and contribute to further stigmatization of the mentally ill. Prevention of violence is an important challenge for ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Weisman RL,Lamberti JS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relapse prevention (RP) programs mainly focus on patients and their families; however a patient's community can also play a significant role in RP. A randomized-controlled-trial was conducted among opiate-dependents discharging from residential abstinence-based treatment programs to assess the effect of a community-ba...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Maarefvand M,Eghlima M,Rafiey H,Rahgozar M,Tadayyon N,Deilamizadeh A,Ekhtiari H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00