Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss In SHAPE, a lifestyle intervention for individuals with serious mental illness; outcomes of a peer mentor intervention for persons with recurrent psychiatric hospitalizations; and the inaugural Viewpoint column in Psychiatric Services. Viewpoint is a new feature that touches on controversial and important current topics. Our first Viewpoint discusses work requirements in Medicaid. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org. Follow the journal on Twitter at @APAPubPsychSvcs.

Lloyd Sederer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of the New York State Office of Mental Health and adjunct professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, joins host Josh Berezin, M.D., M.S., to discuss psychiatric workforce issues, a depression-prevention program in high schools, and how implicit bias affects mental health care services. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss recipients of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT; peer-led self-management of general medical conditions for patients with serious mental illnesses; and racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in health care access and use among U.S. adults with serious psychological distress. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss discharge practices in individual placement and support programs, a quality improvement approach to improving use of constant observation in a general hospital, and three nontraditional approaches to improving psychiatric care. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss person-oriented recovery of individuals with serious mental illnesses, the management of common medical conditions by office-based psychiatrists, and behavioral health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin examine the links between mental illness and child abuse, explore the effects of a police-based crisis intervention program, and look at whether financial incentives promote smoking cessation in a Medicaid population. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org. We are conducting a listener survey. Please go to ps.psychiatryonline.org/podcast and select the link to the survey. It won't take more than a few minutes to complete, and your feedback will remain anonymous. We appreciate your responses. Thank you.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss what policy makers can do regarding fentanyl and the evolving opioid epidemic, explore communication strategies to counter stigma and improve mental illness and substance use disorder policy, and document how the concept of multimorbidity is making its way into clinical practice. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org. We are conducting a listener survey. Please go to ps.psychiatryonline.org/podcast and select the link to the survey. It won't take more than a few minutes to complete, and your feedback will remain anonymous. We appreciate your responses. Thank you.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss mental health programs offered in religious congregations, explore the association between direct-to-consumer advertising and medication adherence, and review strategies to prevent suicide in hospital emergency departments. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.

Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin discuss the controversial practice of outpatient commitment (community treatment orders or assisted outpatient treatment) and its effect on mortality, the use of the ECHO model (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) in providing case-based training for health care providers via videoconferencing with a team of specialists, and whether mental health courts affect rates of recidivism. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.

Editor Lisa B. Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., and co-host Josh Berezin, M.D., M.S., discuss the dollars and cents behind a collaborative care intervention for perinatal depression, how individuals experience involuntary admissions to psychiatric hospitals, and how the use of psychotherapy relates to polypharmacy. Articles may be viewed online at ps.psychiatryonline.org.