{"title":"The Injustices of the Social Security System With Regard to Psychiatric Patients.","authors":"Michael J Williams","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.202200015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202200015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1313"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40453647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Implicit Bias on Black and Latinx Students.","authors":"Kenneth M Rogers, Kimberly Gordon-Achebe","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.22073012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.22073012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1201"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40460478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lauren Gonzales, Lauren E Kois, Crystal Chen, Laura López-Aybar, Brittany McCullough, Kendra J McLaughlin
{"title":"Reliability of the Term \"Serious Mental Illness\": A Systematic Review.","authors":"Lauren Gonzales, Lauren E Kois, Crystal Chen, Laura López-Aybar, Brittany McCullough, Kendra J McLaughlin","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.202100661","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.202100661","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The term \"serious mental illness\" (SMI) is widely used across research, practice, and policy settings. However, there is no consistent operational definition, and its reliability has not been systematically evaluated. The purpose of this review was to provide a comprehensive qualitative content analysis of \"SMI\" empirical research, including study and sample characteristics and SMI operational definitions. These data can provide important considerations for how stakeholders conceptualize SMI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Systematic review of PsycInfo, PsycArticles, and PubMed databases from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, identified 788 original empirical studies that characterized the sample as having \"SMI.\"</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Descriptive content analysis indicated that most studies (85%) provided no operational definition for SMI. Only 15% defined the term, and an additional 26% provided examples of SMI that included only psychiatric diagnostic categories (e.g., SMI, such as schizophrenia). Of the 327 studies that provided any description of SMI, variability was noted regarding whether criteria included any mental health diagnosis (N=31) or only specified diagnoses (N=289), functional impairment (N=73), or any specified duration of symptoms (N=39). Across all studies that characterized samples as having SMI, substantial variability was noted regarding included diagnostic classifications.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Referencing \"SMI\" is second nature for many stakeholders. Findings suggest that evidence-based practice and policy efforts should weigh the level of research support indicating that the construct and the term \"SMI\" lacks generalizability. Researchers and stakeholders are encouraged to develop precise and agreed-upon diagnostic language in their efforts to support and advocate for people with mental illnesses.</p>","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1255-1262"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40661170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Complex Task of Measuring the Value of Laboratory Investigations and Other Diagnostic Tests: Commentary on Srivastava and Nair.","authors":"Ryan E Lawrence","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20220076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1177-1178"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40239094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Utility of Investigations, History, and Physical Examination in \"Medical Clearance\" of Psychiatric Patients: A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Anil Srivastava, Rajesh Nair","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.202000858","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000858","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Few reviews and no meta-analyses have explored the utility of investigations, such as laboratory tests, among patients presenting with psychiatric symptoms, and none has explored the yield of history and physical examination. A meta-analysis of studies exploring the utility of \"medical clearance\" among adult psychiatric patients was conducted.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, PsycInfo, and Web of Science were systematically searched from inception until February 15, 2021. Primary outcome was detection by investigations (e.g., bloodwork and imaging), history, or physical examination of an illness that caused or aggravated psychiatric symptoms or was comorbid and that resulted in change in the patient's diagnosis or management (\"yield\"). A mixed-effects meta-analysis with inverse-variance weighting was used to pool results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-five cross-sectional studies were included. Pooled yield of investigations was 1.1% (95% confidence interval [CI]=0.5%-2.2%), although yield was relatively higher among disoriented, agitated, or older patients. Yield was higher in the inpatient setting, compared with the emergency room, with similar results by approach (protocolized versus nonprotocolized). Compared with investigations, yield of history and physical examination was higher (15.6%, 95% CI=9.1%-25.6%, and 14.9%, 95% CI=8.1%-25.9%, respectively), with nonsignificant differences by evaluator (psychiatrist versus nonpsychiatrist) for physical examination.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Investigations were of relatively low yield, especially when weighed against cost and potential harm, and they should not be routinely conducted for patients presenting with primarily psychiatric complaints, although certain subgroups may benefit. History and physical examination, by contrast, should be undertaken for all patients, ideally with participation of the consulting psychiatrist.</p>","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1140-1152"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40237576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Workplace Discrimination Against People With Mental Disorders and the ADA.","authors":"Paul S Appelbaum","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20220379","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although the Americans with Disabilities Act bars discrimination in the workplace on the basis of mental disability, the courts have not always been sympathetic to plaintiffs' claims of discriminatory treatment. Judges often side with employers who claim that necessary accommodations would create undue hardship or are otherwise unreasonable or that plaintiffs are not qualified for the job. Although statutory or regulatory changes may be needed to protect workers' rights, mental health professionals can be helpful to their patients who are requesting accommodations by carefully describing their functional limitations and how they can be accommodated.</p>","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1193-1195"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40386398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"If This Is an Emergency, Hang up and Dial 911\" in the Era of 988.","authors":"Leah G Pope, Michael T Compton","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20220261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220261","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The recent implementation of 988 as a behavioral crisis hotline is a critical opportunity for improving crisis care across the United States. The bold vision for 988 is to offer individuals experiencing a mental health crisis a rapid entry into a coordinated crisis system and reduce reliance on 911 (and prevent a police response when it is not warranted). In this Open Forum, the authors suggest that mental health professionals have a role to play in educating their clients about when to use 988. Promoting 988 will also depend on answering key questions about what constitutes a crisis and how 988 is being implemented at a local level.</p>","PeriodicalId":520759,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)","volume":" ","pages":"1179-1181"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40661171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}