Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.06.018
Andrew F. Angelino M.D. , Constantine G. Lyketsos M.D. , M. Shafeeq Ahmed M.D. , James B. Potash M.D. , Bernadette A. Cullen M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O.
Background
Patients with psychiatric illnesses are particularly vulnerable to highly contagious, droplet-spread organisms such as SARS-CoV-2. Patients with mental illnesses may not be able to consistently follow up behavioral prescriptions to avoid contagion, and they are frequently found in settings with close contact and inadequate infection control, such as group homes, homeless shelters, residential rehabilitation centers, and correctional facilities. Furthermore, inpatient psychiatry settings are generally designed as communal spaces, with heavy emphasis on group and milieu therapies. As such, inpatient psychiatry services are vulnerable to rampant spread of contagion.
Objective
With this in mind, the authors outline the decision process and ultimate design and implementation of a regional inpatient psychiatry unit for patients infected with asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 and share key points for consideration in implementing future units elsewhere.
Conclusion
A major takeaway point of the analysis is the particular expertise of trained experts in psychosomatic medicine for treating patients infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.05.026
Julie Graziane M.D., Erin Davidowicz M.D., Andrew Francis Ph.D., M.D.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.05.002
Mary A. LeCloux Ph.D. , Mathew Weimer M.D. , Stacey L. Culp Ph.D. , Karissa Bjorkgren B.S. , Samantha Service M.S. , John V. Campo M.D.
Objective
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and impact of a suicide risk screening program in a rural West Virginia primary care practice.
Methods
Patients presenting for routine and sick visits were asked to participate in electronic suicide risk screening using the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions tool; screen positive individuals were assessed with the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions Brief Suicide Safety Assessment. Screening program feasibility was evaluated by the proportion of patients consenting to participate, participant Ask Suicide-Screening Questions and Brief Suicide Safety Assessment completion rates, and response to a question asking whether primary care providers should ask about suicide. Screening impact was evaluated quasi-experimentally by comparing electronic medical record documentation of suicide risk screening, assessment, and risk determination in practice patients before and after implementing the screening program.
Results
Over half of the patients approached agreed to participate in a research study about suicide (N = 196; 57.7%). Feasibility of the screening program was demonstrated by the high completion rates for the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (99.0%) and the Brief Suicide Safety Assessment (100.0%) among study participants. Additionally, 95.4% (N = 187) of participants agreed primary care providers should screen patients for suicide. Suicide screening rates rose significantly between the baseline and intervention phases (5.8% to 61.0%; X2 = 200.61, P < 0.001), as did suicide risk detection rates (0.7% to 6.2%; X2 = 12.58, P < 0.001).
Conclusion
Suicide risk screening was feasible and well accepted by adult patients in rural primary care and has potential to improve suicide risk detection in this setting.
目的本研究的目的是评估自杀风险筛查项目在西弗吉尼亚州农村初级保健实践中的可行性和影响。方法采用“询问自杀筛查问题”(Ask suicide screening Questions)工具,要求就诊的患者参与电子自杀风险筛查;对筛查阳性个体进行自杀筛查问题简要自杀安全评估。筛选方案的可行性通过同意参与的患者比例、参与者询问自杀筛选问题和简要自杀安全评估完成率以及对初级保健提供者是否应该询问自杀问题的回答来评估。通过比较实施筛查计划前后患者自杀风险筛查、评估和风险确定的电子病历文件,对筛查的影响进行准实验评估。结果超过一半的患者同意参加一项关于自杀的研究(N = 196;57.7%)。筛选方案的可行性通过研究参与者自杀筛选问题的高完成率(99.0%)和简要自杀安全评估(100.0%)得到证明。此外,95.4% (N = 187)的参与者同意初级保健提供者应该对患者进行自杀筛查。自杀筛查率在基线和干预阶段之间显著上升(5.8%至61.0%;X2 = 200.61, P <0.001),自杀风险检出率也是如此(0.7%至6.2%;X2 = 12.58, P <0.001)。结论自杀风险筛查在农村初级保健成人患者中是可行的,且被广泛接受,具有提高自杀风险检测水平的潜力。
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Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2019.12.002
James H. Powers B.S. , GenaLynne C. Mooneyham M.D., M.S.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.03.009
Sarah A. Reinstein M.D. , Kristina M. Deligiannidis M.D.
{"title":"Acute Bipolar Psychosis Limited to the Course of an Ectopic Pregnancy","authors":"Sarah A. Reinstein M.D. , Kristina M. Deligiannidis M.D.","doi":"10.1016/j.psym.2020.03.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.psym.2020.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20746,"journal":{"name":"Psychosomatics","volume":"61 6","pages":"Pages 799-803"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.psym.2020.03.009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37929645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.06.015
Lisa Hutchison M.D. , Anna M. Plichta M.D. , Yehuda Lerea M.D. , Marlee Madora M.D. , H. Michael Ushay M.D., Ph.D.
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Pub Date : 2020-11-01DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2020.07.001
Jonathan S. Constant D.O., Sheryl B. Fleisch M.D.
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