Psychiatric servicesPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-06-05DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230260
Lavonia Smith LeBeau, Mackenzie C White, Rachel Mosher Henke, Justeen Hyde, Alexis Sarpong, Risa B Weisberg, Nicholas A Livingston, Norah Mulvaney-Day
{"title":"Considerations for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment From Policy Makers' Experiences With COVID-19 Policy Flexibilities.","authors":"Lavonia Smith LeBeau, Mackenzie C White, Rachel Mosher Henke, Justeen Hyde, Alexis Sarpong, Risa B Weisberg, Nicholas A Livingston, Norah Mulvaney-Day","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230260","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230260","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This qualitative study aimed to examine how states implemented COVID-19 public health emergency-related federal policy flexibilities for opioid use disorder treatment from the perspective of state-level behavioral health policy makers. Recommendations are given for applying lessons learned to improve the long-term impact of these flexibilities on opioid use disorder treatment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Eleven semistructured interviews were conducted with 13 stakeholders from six state governments, and transcripts were qualitatively coded. Data were analyzed by grouping findings according to state-, institution-, and provider-level barriers and facilitators and were then compared to identify overarching themes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Policy makers expressed positive opinions about the opioid use disorder treatment flexibilities and described benefits regarding treatment access, continuity of care, and quality of care. No interviewees reported evidence of increased adverse events associated with the relaxed medication protocols. Challenges to state-level implementation included gaps in the federal flexibilities, competing state policies, facility and provider liability concerns, and persistent systemic stigma.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As the federal government considers permanent adoption of COVID-19-related flexibilities regarding opioid use disorder treatment policies, the lessons learned from this study are crucial to consider in order to avoid continuing challenges with policy implementation and to effectively remove opioid use disorder treatment barriers.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141248468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reducing Law Enforcement Custody and Transportation During Behavioral Health Crises.","authors":"Marvin S Swartz, Megan Pruette","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.24075016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.24075016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatric servicesPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-07-03DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240041
Shannon Pagdon, Sarah S Shahriar, Samuel Murphy, Christina Bomnae Babusci, Ana T Flores, Ariana J Rivens, Arielle Ered, William R Smith, Nev Jones, Peter L Phalen, Monica E Calkins, Melanie E Bennett
{"title":"From Rhetoric to Action: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Coordinated Specialty Care for Early Psychosis.","authors":"Shannon Pagdon, Sarah S Shahriar, Samuel Murphy, Christina Bomnae Babusci, Ana T Flores, Ariana J Rivens, Arielle Ered, William R Smith, Nev Jones, Peter L Phalen, Monica E Calkins, Melanie E Bennett","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240041","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Attention to inclusivity and equity in health research and clinical practice has grown in recent years; however, coordinated specialty care (CSC) for early psychosis lags in efforts to improve equity despite evidence of ongoing disparities and inequities in CSC care. This Open Forum argues that marginalization and disparities in early psychosis research and clinical care are interrelated, and the authors provide suggestions for paths forward. Commitment to equity and justice demands recentering the perspectives of those most affected by early psychosis services and investing in the integration of historically excluded perspectives across all aspects of practice, policy, and research.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11530309/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141493203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatric servicesPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-06-28DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230359
Krista R Noam, Timothy Schmutte, Christopher Bory, Robert W Plant
{"title":"Mitigating Racial Bias in Health Care Algorithms: Improving Fairness in Access to Supportive Housing.","authors":"Krista R Noam, Timothy Schmutte, Christopher Bory, Robert W Plant","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230359","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230359","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Algorithms for guiding health care decisions have come under increasing scrutiny for being unfair to certain racial and ethnic groups. The authors describe their multistep process, using data from 3,465 individuals, to reduce racial and ethnic bias in an algorithm developed to identify state Medicaid beneficiaries experiencing homelessness and chronic health needs who were eligible for coordinated health care and housing supports. Through an iterative process of adjusting inputs, reviewing outputs with diverse stakeholders, and performing quality assurance, the authors developed an algorithm that achieved racial and ethnic parity in the selection of eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141470460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatric servicesPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230571
Jeroen B Zoeteman, Mathilde A S de Wit, Hans J de Haas, Kate M Borkent, Jaap Peen, Cornelis L Mulder, Jack Dekker
{"title":"Coercion During Psychiatric Ambulance Versus Police Transport in Mental Health Crises: A Pre- and Postimplementation Study.","authors":"Jeroen B Zoeteman, Mathilde A S de Wit, Hans J de Haas, Kate M Borkent, Jaap Peen, Cornelis L Mulder, Jack Dekker","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230571","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Police officers are often the first responders when individuals experience a mental health crisis and typically remain responsible for transport to a psychiatric emergency department. In 2014, a psychiatric ambulance (PA) was introduced in the city of Amsterdam to take over the transport of individuals in a mental health crisis. The purpose of the PA was to use fewer restrictive measures while guaranteeing safety for both patients and personnel.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A preimplementation-postimplementation design was used to assess the feasibility and utility of a single-vehicle PA service compared with police transport. Data on 498 rides were collected in the 4 months before implementation of the PA (pre-PA cohort) and on 655 rides in the 6 months after implementation (PA cohort).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After PA implementation, most patients were transported by the PA (82%), and rides by police vehicle were very rare (1%). Individuals in the PA cohort had a greater transportation delay, compared with those in the pre-PA cohort, but the PA reduced use of coercive measures with no increase in the incidence of patient aggression. Among individuals in the PA cohort, hospitalization was more often voluntary than among those in the pre-PA cohort.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Transporting emergency psychiatric patients by a special PA rather than by the police reduced the use of coercive measures during transport, kept the occurrence of aggressive incidents stable, and was associated with fewer coercive hospital admissions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Psychiatric servicesPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230464
Marcia J Ash, Melvin D Livingston, Jessica M Sales, Briana Woods-Jaeger
{"title":"Mental Health Treatment Utilization and Unmet Mental Health Needs Among Black Reproductive-Age Women in the United States.","authors":"Marcia J Ash, Melvin D Livingston, Jessica M Sales, Briana Woods-Jaeger","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230464","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230464","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Black women in the United States experience increased risk for mental disorders and are less likely to have access to appropriate mental health treatment compared with White women. To develop culturally responsive strategies to improve Black women's access to mental health treatment, the authors evaluated social determinants associated with mental health treatment utilization and unmet mental health needs among Black reproductive-age women with serious psychological distress.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The authors performed a secondary analysis of data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Data from 2009 to 2019 were pooled and restricted to Black women ages 18-44 years with serious psychological distress (N=4,171). Logistic regressions were conducted to identify personal and social determinants (e.g., education, employment status, poverty, and insurance status) of mental health treatment utilization, alternative mental health treatment utilization (e.g., spiritual support and self-help), and perceived unmet mental health needs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Education and employment status were significantly associated with all three outcomes. Among the women who reported unmet mental health needs, opposition to treatment and cost were the highest endorsed barriers. Differences were found by pregnancy status, with pregnant women being significantly less likely to endorse cost (p<0.001) and more likely to endorse time and transportation as barriers (p<0.01) to receiving mental health treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Strategies to improve mental health outcomes for Black women should focus on reducing cost and transportation barriers and on the development of culturally responsive intervention approaches that address Black women's concerns about mental health treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica L Sousa, Pushpa Raja, Maya Rabinowitz, Jessica Richard, Andrew Smith, Haiden A Huskamp, Ateev Mehrotra, Alisa B Busch, Lori Uscher-Pines
{"title":"Patient Experiences With Group Teletherapy for the Treatment of Mental Illness: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Jessica L Sousa, Pushpa Raja, Maya Rabinowitz, Jessica Richard, Andrew Smith, Haiden A Huskamp, Ateev Mehrotra, Alisa B Busch, Lori Uscher-Pines","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240058","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240058","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The authors sought to understand patient experiences with group teletherapy to inform improvements in service delivery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From December 2022 to October 2023, semistructured interviews were conducted with 20 adults with depression or bipolar disorder who had received outpatient group teletherapy in the past 2 years. A rapid thematic analysis was conducted by using a matrix to identify patterns and synthesize data. A logic model from the patients' perspective was developed by extracting common themes related to elements of effective group teletherapy.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Telehealth allowed for more empowered engagement in group teletherapy and enabled better access and longitudinal attendance for many patients, compared with in-person group therapy. However, many patients reported a reduced sense of emotional intimacy and connectedness with telehealth, and some reported that technology challenges and distractions contributed to feelings of disconnection. Patients were divided in their modality preferences, but many expressed an interest in receiving at least some of their group therapy sessions by telehealth.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although group teletherapy has the potential to meet patients' needs and preferences, more work is needed to improve the quality of the experience for patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Power of Hope: Growing Up in the Forensic System.","authors":"Grant J Everett","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patty B Kuo, Brendalisse Rudecindo, Joanna M Drinane, Karen Tao, Jake Van Epps, Zac E Imel
{"title":"Cultural Conversations in Therapy: How Often Clients Talk About Their Identities.","authors":"Patty B Kuo, Brendalisse Rudecindo, Joanna M Drinane, Karen Tao, Jake Van Epps, Zac E Imel","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to examine how often clients report discussing cultural identities during counseling sessions; the extent to which discussion of cultural identities during treatment varies across therapists; whether identifying as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) predicts clients' discussion of cultural identities in sessions; and whether differences in the frequency of cultural conversations (i.e., dialogue that focuses on client cultural identities) across client groups depend on the therapist.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study examined variation in reports of engagement in cultural conversations during sessions (N=10,731) with 1,997 clients and 72 therapists from a university counseling center. Data were analyzed by using Bayesian multilevel models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, clients reported having cultural conversations in 48.4% of sessions. Cultural conversations were much more likely to occur in sessions with BIPOC clients than with White clients: 66.2% of sessions with BIPOC clients involved conversations about cultural identities, compared with only 39.8% of sessions with White clients. Of note, the magnitude of this difference varied by therapist.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Cultural conversations were more likely to occur in treatment with BIPOC clients than with White clients, and the presence of cultural conversations in treatment varied by therapist.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142522807","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kimberly T Arnold, David S Mandell, Sidney H Hankerson
{"title":"Implementing a Grief Support Program in a Black Church to Support the Mental Health Needs of People in Bereavement.","authors":"Kimberly T Arnold, David S Mandell, Sidney H Hankerson","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240259","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142506776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}