Let's quit stalling and do program evaluation.

abstract：:We recruited a sample of individuals who were formerly homeless that received assertive community treatment (ACT) services to assess differences in their sources and perceived quality of social support related to changes in their residence status. Standardized questionnaires were administered to 22 participants via fa...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Carton AD,Young MS,Kelly KM

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

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：:To describe 5-year changes in the provision of Residential Facilities (RFs) in a large Italian Region and in the characteristics of their staffing and patients. 2000 census data of all RFs with >4 residential beds in the Emilia-Romagna Region were compared with 2005 census data. The number of residential beds increase...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Neri G,Guzzetta F,Pazzi L,Bignami R,Picardi A,de Girolamo G

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：: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

abstract：:With cultural issues prominent in the United States today and with ongoing rapid changes in health care management and delivery, this paper discusses the shift from a genetic-type psychiatry (i.e., assuming that humans the world over are no different, and will react to given stressors in life in the same manner) to on...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Moffic HS,Kinzie JD

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:The purpose of this exploratory study is to: (1) assess prevalence of childhood adversities and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); (2) assess their association, and; (3) explore whether proximal sources of stress affect this relationship and/or have an association with PTSD among people with severe and persistent p...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Adams RE,Bonfine N,Ritter C

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretaries in community mental health centers have functions that transcend their job descriptions. Their performance of these functions contributes to the success or failure of their centers' therapeutic programs. The Mental Health Training Institute of North Carolina initiated two separate pilot training progra...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Nyman GW,Watson D,Schmidt D,James SE

更新日期：1975-07-01 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：:Two aspects of social support, availability and adequacy, were assessed for 729 severely mentally ill adults enrolled in seven state-supported Community Support Services (CSS) programs as part of repeated questionnaire surveys nine months apart. Perceived quality of life interviews with the clients were also conducted...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Baker F,Jodrey D,Intagliata J

更新日期：1992-10-01 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：:In structured interviews with 96 women with severe mental illness, nearly two-thirds had not used condoms during sexual intercourse in the past 3 months, more than two-thirds had sex with multiple partners, and almost one-third had been treated for a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the past year. Women who rep...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Randolph ME,Pinkerton SD,Somlai AM,Kelly JA,McAuliffe TL,Gibson RH,Hackl K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schizophrenia is viewed by most as having a neuropsychological component, with deficits primarily occurring in the areas of attention/concentration, memory, and executive functioning. These deficits often contribute to difficulties in everyday living and social functioning. The purpose of this study is to examine the ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Davalos DB,Green M,Rial D

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In October 2006, a survey was undertaken of youth "on the streets" in the Arusha and Kilimanjaro regions of Tanzania (n = 1,923). The question of interest was if street children who live on streets full-time differ concerning reports of abuse and support, compared to reports of children who are only part-time on the s...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McAlpine K,Henley R,Mueller M,Vetter S

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:This study examines the relationship between objective and subjective measures of social support with recovery from serious mental illness; recovery has been described as both an outcome state and an ongoing process. One hundred and seventy six people with serious mental illness completed the Recovery Assessment Scale...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Corrigan PW,Phelan SM

更新日期：2004-12-01 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：: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：: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：:In reviewing the public mental health services of 11 California counties during a period of fiscal retrenchment, we found several common trends: a greater focus on the severely mentally disabled; an increase in utilization of hospital-based care, residential treatment, day treatment, and case management services; and ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Surber RW,Shumway M,Shadoan R,Hargreaves WA

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：: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 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：: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：: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：: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：:This study examined whether concurrent medical status contributes to employment outcomes among those with psychiatric disabilities. Thirty-five percent (n = 70) of the 200 participants reported being currently employed. Sixty-three percent (n = 127) reported one or more co-occurring medical conditions; thirty-six perc...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Goldberg RW,Hackman A,Medoff DR,Brown C,Fang LJ,Dickerson F,Kreyenbuhl J,Dixon L

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00