Elizabeth B Matthews, Victoria E Stanhope, Yuanyuan Hu, Daniel M Baslock
{"title":"The Role of Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers in Improving Access to Peer-Supported Services.","authors":"Elizabeth B Matthews, Victoria E Stanhope, Yuanyuan Hu, Daniel M Baslock","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09903-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09903-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Peer support workers (PSW) improve outcomes for people with behavioral health needs, but integrating PSWs into routine behavioral healthcare has been challenging. Certified Community Health Centers (CCBHC), a new comprehensive care model, provides new opportunities to increase access to PSWs. The present study examines whether PSW utilization changed following one organization's transition to a CCBHC. Administrative data from a large behavioral health organization was used to examine changes in peer delivered services before and after CCBHC implementation. Chi-square analyses examined changes in the number of visits delivered by peers. Logistic regression examined differences in the likelihood of accessing PSW services during pre and post timepoints. Following CCHC implementation, the overall number of PSW visits delivered within substance use and transition age youth programs increased. In contrast, the number of PSW visits in community-based intensive case management program decreased. Clients with opioid use disorders were more likely to have accessed PSW services following CCBHC implementation. Results reflect that CCBHC designation generally increased the number of PSW visits within this organization; however, changes in peer service utilization were primarily concentrated among individuals with opioid use disorders and within substance use and transitional aged youth programs. This study provides novel insight into how PSWers are being integrated into the CCBHC model.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"180-188"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142005620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T Freeman Gerhardt, Emilie Ellenberg, Melissa Carlson, Kathleen A Moore
{"title":"Moving Beyond Referrals: Addressing Multilevel Barriers to Substance Use Treatment Engagement Through Police-Led Recovery Management Check-Ups.","authors":"T Freeman Gerhardt, Emilie Ellenberg, Melissa Carlson, Kathleen A Moore","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09899-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09899-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The opioid epidemic in the United States (US) has prompted innovative responses from law enforcement agencies including specialized units to refer overdose survivors to substance use treatment following an overdose. However, traditional law enforcement outreach does not address the multilevel barriers to treatment engagement that lead to repeat overdose-related calls for service. The current evaluation explored the process components and outcomes of a Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Program (COAP) initiative within a local law enforcement agency in the Southeast US. COAP funding supported a police-led recovery management team (RMT) to connect overdose survivors to substance use treatment. The RMT also utilized recovery management check-ups (RMCs) to provide sustained support to enhance substance use treatment engagement beyond the initial treatment referral. A mixed-methods approach was employed to examine participant demographic, substance use, mental health, treatment, and criminal justice characteristics (N = 65) and explore perceptions of programmatic strengths and potential areas for improvement (N = 15). The quantitative and qualitative analyses were informed by the Recovery Capital Model. Quantitative analysis revealed that the RMT connected many participants with various support services, notably including housing assistance and health insurance. Qualitative findings highlight program effectiveness in improving social, community, and personal recovery capital. These findings contribute to expanding research on police-led post-overdose initiatives and suggest that police-led RMCs can address multilevel barriers to treatment engagement and minimize law enforcement stigma.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"64-85"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141989288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The National Council's Five-Year Strategic Plan: Transformation in the Year of the Snake.","authors":"Chuck Ingoglia","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09923-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09923-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142808192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Bond, Faith Cheonga, William Byansi, Eve Puffer, Theresa S Betancourt
{"title":"Exploring Nonspecialist Preparedness to Deliver an Evidence-Based, Family Strengthening Intervention in Rwanda: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Laura Bond, Faith Cheonga, William Byansi, Eve Puffer, Theresa S Betancourt","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09913-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09913-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Families in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face significant mental health and psychosocial care gaps. In recent years, researchers and practitioners have addressed these gaps by task-sharing evidence-based mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions to nonspecialist community providers. Supervision and training approaches are intended to prepare nonspecialists to deliver evidence-based interventions with quality. However, there is still little research exploring nonspecialist experiences with training and supervision and how, if at all, their training and supervision experiences result in fidelity and competence in delivering the intervention. This qualitative study uses data from a cluster-randomized trial of a family strengthening and violence prevention program in Rwanda, known as Sugira Muryango. In semi-structured interviews, the nonspecialists provided examples of using skills such as rapport-building, empathy, and active listening to deliver Sugira Muryango effectively. Because nonspecialists were serving in their own communities, they found that it was easier to earn trust with friends and neighbors, and this facilitated effective delivery of Sugira Muryango. Nonspecialists discussed how training, monthly supervision, in-person monitoring visits, and the use of the manual and audio recorders equipped them to deliver Sugira Muryango with quality. Nonspecialists also provided examples of barriers to quality of delivery, including supervisor lack of availability, delayed compensation, and technology issues. Preparedness was consistent across gender; however, nonspecialists serving in a better-resourced district had previous experiences delivering evidence-based interventions and felt more prepared at the beginning of Sugira Muryango.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"139-154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142330681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brianna Lombardi, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Todd Jensen, Evan Galloway, Maria Gaiser
{"title":"Behavioral Health Workforce Distribution in Socially Disadvantaged Communities.","authors":"Brianna Lombardi, Lisa de Saxe Zerden, Todd Jensen, Evan Galloway, Maria Gaiser","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09897-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09897-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study sought to understand the geographic distribution of three behavioral health clinician (BHC) types in disadvantaged communities in the U.S. across a standardized index of area disadvantage. CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System's data were used to identify BHC practice addresses. Addresses were geocoded and mapped to census block groups across Area Disadvantage Index (ADI) scores. Differences in the proportion of BHCs per 100k people in a block group by ADI, clinician type, and rurality were compared. Zero-inflated negative binomial models assessed associations between ADI score with any amount, and expected count, of BHC type in a block group. The sample included 836,780 BHCs (51.5% counselors, 34.5% social workers, 14.0% psychologists). Results indicated there were fewer BHCs in areas of high disadvantage with 351 BHCs in the lowest need versus 267 BHCs in highest need areas, per 100k people. BHC type was differently associated with the rate of clinicians per 100k by ADI and block groups that were both rural and high ADI had the least BHCs located. Findings suggest the maldistribution of BHCs by ADI underscores how some BHCs may be better positioned to meet the needs of vulnerable communities. Increasing access to behavioral health care requires a workforce equitably positioned in high-need areas. Reforms to payment and practice regulations may support BHCs to deliver services in socially disadvantaged neighborhoods.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"168-179"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141767799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zachary D Zuschlag, Benjamin Lord, Teagen Smith, Alexander Lengerich, Brianna Tindall, Kaitlin Leonard, Yvette Guereca, Vanessa Panaite, Ambuj Kumar, Michael A Norred, Vanessa A Milsom
{"title":"The Management of Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care: Examining Predictors of Adherence to a Psychopharmacological Collaborative Care Management Program for Veterans.","authors":"Zachary D Zuschlag, Benjamin Lord, Teagen Smith, Alexander Lengerich, Brianna Tindall, Kaitlin Leonard, Yvette Guereca, Vanessa Panaite, Ambuj Kumar, Michael A Norred, Vanessa A Milsom","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09904-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09904-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Collaborative care management (CoCM) is an evidenced based approach to psychiatric treatment in primary care, yet literature examining factors associated with program adherence is lacking. This study analyzed predictors of adherence to a CoCM model of psychopharmacological treatment of depression and anxiety in primary care by conducting a retrospective cohort analysis on Veterans referred to a large VA Medical Center's CoCM program over an 18-month period. Baseline characteristics, symptomatic assessments, and covariates of interest were collected. For the primary outcome, the association between covariates and programmatic completion were analyzed. Secondary analyses assessed improvements in psychiatric symptoms. A total of 757 Veterans with depressive or anxiety disorders were included, and 256 completed the CoCM program. Baseline covariates associated with differences in completion rates included the following: age, contact with psychology prior to referral, baseline PHQ-9, baseline GAD-7, and a number of comorbid psychiatric/substance abuse covariates. After controlling for baseline differences, age remained a significant positive predictor of completion (OR 1.019, 95% CI 1.008‒1.030) and cannabis use a significant negative predictor (OR 0.507, 95% CI 0.275‒0.934). Both early improvement in PHQ-9 (OR 1.864, 95% CI 1.210‒2.872) and GAD-7 (OR 1.762, 95% CI 1.154‒2.691) scores were positive predictors. Secondary analyses showed that programmatic completion was associated with greater reductions in psychiatric symptoms. Results identified a number of modifiable parameters associated with differences in completion rates and greater symptomatic reduction for those who complete the program. Additional studies should be conducted examining interventions to optimize CoCM programs by supporting positive predictors while minimizing negative predictors.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"19-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142047405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Audio-Only Telehealth for Behavioral Health Services May Support Health Equity.","authors":"Mitchell Berger","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09916-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09916-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"189-191"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142394585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer I Manuel, Tania DeBarros, Daniel Baslock, Caroline Davidson, Teresa Halliday, Flannery Peterson, Pam Pietruszewski, Alexandra Plante, J'Neal Woods Razaa, William Sloyer, Amanda Stark, Victoria Stanhope
{"title":"Applying Communication Science to Substance Use Prevention Messaging.","authors":"Jennifer I Manuel, Tania DeBarros, Daniel Baslock, Caroline Davidson, Teresa Halliday, Flannery Peterson, Pam Pietruszewski, Alexandra Plante, J'Neal Woods Razaa, William Sloyer, Amanda Stark, Victoria Stanhope","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09901-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09901-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite a wealth of evidence-based messaging on youth alcohol and drug prevention, there remains a dearth of research on how to construct and deliver these messages effectively. Communication science is useful for increasing the efficacy of these messages in reducing substance use risk among youth. This study explores the perspectives of youth and youth-serving providers to identify theory-informed substance use prevention messages and strategies and how the content and delivery of prevention messages evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a secondary analysis of qualitative data derived from focus groups with 53 youth ages 13 to 18 years and 18 youth-serving providers conducted in the USA between 2021 and 2022. The results describe theory-informed strategies that are important to consider when constructing effective substance use prevention messaging for youth, including preferences around key communication framework constructs, including sources, content, channels, and context. An element that emerged across the communication constructs was the saliency of \"connection\" in youth substance use prevention messaging content. Findings point to the need to further explore connection related to having shared experiences and the extent to which these dimensions are critical ingredients to effective substance use prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"4-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142094009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yueqi Li, Jen Jen Chang, Hong Xian, Lauren D Arnold
{"title":"Factors Associated with Mental Health Service Use Among Children with ADHD from Adolescence to Early Adulthood.","authors":"Yueqi Li, Jen Jen Chang, Hong Xian, Lauren D Arnold","doi":"10.1007/s11414-024-09917-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-024-09917-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common and is associated with lifelong adverse outcomes. Little is known about factors associated with mental health service use (MHSU) among children with ADHD from adolescence to early adulthood. This retrospective cohort study aims to investigate factors associated with MHSU among children with ADHD from adolescence to early adulthood using secondary data from Waves I to III of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (n = 554). Multivariable Poisson regression and Generalized Estimating Equation were used to estimate adjusted relative risks and 95% confidence intervals. Results indicate that factors significantly associated with MHSU from adolescence to early adulthood included race/ethnicity, a routine physical exam last year, and a history of suicidal ideation or attempt. Findings of the study extend the current understanding by identifying predictors and barriers for MHSU and inform the development of targeted intervention programs for increasing MHSU among children with ADHD.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"86-108"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142478648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy Blank Wilson, Karen J Ishler, Robert Morgan, Jonathan Phillips, Jeff Draine, Kathleen J Farkas
{"title":"Examining Criminogenic Risk Levels Among People with Mental Illness Incarcerated in US Jails and Prisons.","authors":"Amy Blank Wilson, Karen J Ishler, Robert Morgan, Jonathan Phillips, Jeff Draine, Kathleen J Farkas","doi":"10.1007/s11414-020-09737-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11414-020-09737-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examines criminogenic risk levels of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) involved in the justice system compared to justice-involved individuals without mental illness. The sample (N = 436) consisted of ninety-three individuals with SMI incarcerated in a county jail in a mid-size Midwest city, 217 individuals with SMI incarcerated in a state prison in the US Northeast, and 126 individuals without mental illness incarcerated in a state prison in the US Southwest. Results indicated that people with SMI incarcerated in jail and prison had higher overall criminal risk levels than prison inmates without mental illness. Results further demonstrated that, on average, higher percentages of persons with SMI had high/very high criminogenic risk scores. Finally, we noted that persons with SMI scored higher on most of the eight criminogenic risk domains measured by the Level of Service Inventory. These findings are possibly the most compelling to date in the growing body of literature demonstrating that justice-involved people with SMI have elevated criminogenic risk comparable to or greater than their non-mentally ill peers involved in the justice system. Consequently, treatment programs and interventions for justice-involved individuals with SMI need to explicitly target criminogenic needs into treatment efforts.</p>","PeriodicalId":49040,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research","volume":" ","pages":"32-47"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10016026/pdf/nihms-1644534.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9121050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}