The status of community mental health centers ten years into Block Grant Financing.

abstract：:Individual dietetic consultations were trialled in a community-based first-episode psychosis program. Participants received eight individualised dietetic consultations, plus weekly shopping tours and cooking groups. The outcome measure was waist circumference (WC). In total, 30 patients commenced the program. An inten...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Teasdale S,Harris S,Rosenbaum S,Watkins A,Samaras K,Curtis J,Ward PB

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pictorial mood assessments reduce the barriers of age, culture, gender and language fluency in the course of psychiatric assessments. This study sought to validate the Ottawa Mood Scales, a pictorial form of mood assessment questionnaire among non-native English speaking young adults in Malaysia. Since the Ottawa Mood...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Wong MY,Croarkin PE,Lee CK,Lee PF

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Indications and criteria for psychiatric hospitalization(PH) continue to be questioned and assessed. We investigated the major clinical criteria affecting child psychiatrists' decision to recommend hospitalization. Records of 80 children (aged 7–13 years) treated at the Geha Mental Health Center's (GMHC's) outpatient ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Golubchik P,Server J,Finzi-Dottan R,Kosov I,Weizman A

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:There has been partial implementation of the Saskatchewan Plan to replace the large centralized public mental hospital with small regional centers stressing community care. Intensive treatment of new patients together with intensive rehabilitation of old patients has greatly reduced the accumulation of chronic patient...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lafave HG,Stewart A,Grunberg F

更新日期：1968-02-01 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：:Jail diversion and forensic community treatment programs have proliferated over the past decade, far outpacing evidence regarding their efficacy. The current study reports findings from a randomized clinical trial conducted in California for frequent jail users with serious mental illness that compares a forensic asse...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cusack KJ,Morrissey JP,Cuddeback GS,Prins A,Williams DM

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Little is known about patients' electronic cigarette use, interest in and use of smoking cessation treatments, and providers' attitude towards such treatment. We assessed patients (N = 231) and providers (45 psychiatrists, 97 case workers) in four Community Mental Health Centers. Interestingly, 50% of smokers reported...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Chen LS,Baker T,Brownson RC,Carney RM,Jorenby D,Hartz S,Smock N,Johnson M,Ziedonis D,Bierut LJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:One hundred and twenty-two adult outpatients, 81 women and 41 men, in a community mental health center responded to a survey of history of sexual assault and abuse. Overall, 48% reported they had been sexually assaulted or abused, 59% of women and 24% of men. Forty-two percent of women and 17% of men reported they had...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hutchings PS,Dutton MA

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot evaluation study of the implementation of the Rapid Response Program, a program utilizing the ecosystemic structural family therapy model, in a rural area of Pennsylvania was conducted. This approach was implemented in children's mental health to supplant a costly model of care that had not proven to break the...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Clossey L,Simms S,Hu C,Hartzell J,Duah P,Daniels L

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intake policy of an agency is presented as an integral part of an agency's impact upon community organization and hence as crucial in the effectiveness and efficiency with which it carries out the mission of total community care. Three possible models for intake policy are elaborated: direct service, extended comm...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Feldman SE,Jacobson M

更新日期：1969-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of hearing voices is currently a much-discussed topic, both in the field of research and in the field of care services. The majority of people who report "hearing voices" do not subsequently receive services or receive a diagnosis of psychopathology. This topic raises questions for professionals in the ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Iudici A,Quarato M,Neri J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper highlights the results of a consensus meeting regarding best practices for the assessment and treatment of co-occurring traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health (MH) problems among Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn Veterans seeking care in non-Veterans Affairs Color...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Olson-Madden JH,Brenner LA,Matarazzo BB,Signoracci GM,Expert Consensus Collaborators.

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mental health disparities affect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in rural America. There are few empirically-based mental health interventions for this population. This exploratory study uses a mixed-method approach to assess implementation issues related to the feasibility, acceptability...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Willging CE,Harkness A,Israel T,Ley D,Hokanson PS,DeMaria C,Joplin A,Smiley V

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：:This study described the prevalence and correlates of comorbid moderate-severe depressive symptoms (comorbid depression thereafter) and their association with quality of life (QOL) in schizophrenia patients treated in primary care. 623 schizophrenia patients were enrolled. Patients' socio-demographic and clinical char...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hou CL,Ma XR,Cai MY,Li Y,Zang Y,Jia FJ,Lin YQ,Chiu HF,Ungvari GS,Hall BJ,Zhong BL,Cao XL,Xiang YT

更新日期：2016-11-01 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：:A prospective study of all suicidal behaviors by burns requiring hospitalization was conducted in the province of Khorasan, Iran, from March 21, 2005 to March 20, 2006, to examine marital status, urbanity and literacy among these patients. Data were obtained through interviews during the course of hospitalization. A t...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Alaghehbandan R,Lari AR,Joghataei MT,Islami A

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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：:Supported employment (SE) is an evidence-based practice that helps people with severe mental disorders obtain competitive employment. The implementation of SE programs in different social contexts has led to adaptations of the SE components, therefore impacting the fidelity/quality of these services. The objective of ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Corbière M,Lanctôt N,Lecomte T,Latimer E,Goering P,Kirsh B,Goldner EM,Reinharz D,Menear M,Mizevich J,Kamagiannis T

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the direct and indirect effects of demographic predictors on level of resilience following a potentially traumatic event. We hypothesized that the direct effects of three variables (exposure to fire hazards, gender, and economic condition) on resilience following a fire disaster would be mediat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Eshel Y,Majdoob H,Goroshi M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Why do some implementations in human service settings of goal attainment scaling (GAS), an innovative program evaluation technique, last over time, whereas others die out despite an initially successful period of operation? To provide some tentative answers to this question and to help shed more light generally on dif...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Glaser EM,Backer TE

更新日期：1980-07-01 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 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：: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：: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：:To inform efforts to improve physical health care for adults with serious mental illness, this study examines predictors of provision and receipt of physical health services in freestanding mental health clinics in New York state. The number of services provided over the initial 12-months of implementation varied acro...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Breslau J,Pritam R,Guarasi D,Horvitz-Lennon M,Finnerty M,Yu H,Leckman-Westin E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00