Pub Date : 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240044
Cheryl Y S Foo, Kevin Potter, Lindsay Nielsen, Aarushi Rohila, Melissa Culhane Maravic, Kristina Schnitzer, Gladys N Pachas, Douglas E Levy, Sally Reyering, Anne N Thorndike, Corinne Cather, A Eden Evins
Objective: Adults with serious mental illness have high rates of tobacco use disorder and underuse pharmacotherapy for tobacco cessation. In a previous randomized controlled trial, participants receiving community health worker (CHW) support and education for their primary care providers (PCPs) had higher tobacco abstinence rates at 2 years, partly because of increased initiation of tobacco-cessation pharmacotherapy. The authors aimed to determine the association between CHW-participant engagement and tobacco abstinence outcomes.
Methods: The authors conducted a secondary, mixed-methods analysis of 196 participants in the trial's intervention arm. Effects of the number and duration of CHW visits, number of smoking-cessation group sessions attended, and number of CHW-attended PCP visits on initiation of tobacco-cessation pharmacotherapy and tobacco abstinence were modeled via logistic regression. Interviews with 12 CHWs, 17 patient participants, and 17 PCPs were analyzed thematically.
Results: Year 2 tobacco abstinence was significantly associated with CHW visit number (OR=1.85, 95% CI=1.29-2.66), visit duration (OR=1.51, 95% CI=1.00-2.28), and number of group sessions attended (OR=1.85, 95% CI=1.33-2.58); effects on pharmacotherapy initiation were similar. One to three CHW visits per month across 2 years were optimal for achieving abstinence. Interviews identified CHW-patient engagement facilitators (i.e., trust, goal accountability, skills reinforcement, assistance in overcoming barriers to treatment access, and adherence). Training and supervision facilitated CHW effectiveness; barriers included PCPs' and care teams' limited understanding of the CHW role.
Conclusions: Greater CHW-participant engagement, within feasible dose ranges, was associated with tobacco abstinence among adults with serious mental illness. Implementation of CHW interventions may benefit from further CHW training and integration within clinical teams.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240040
John A Cosgrove, Neha Rao, Preethy George, Tabitha Hoey, Jeffrey Taylor, Tina Marshall, Sushmita Shoma Ghose, Nikhil A Patel
Objective: The social and emotional learning (SEL) framework is widely recognized as being effective for developing social and emotional competencies among students of all ages. However, the evidence for specific intervention models with older student populations is less established. The objective of this systematic review was to rate the evidence supporting the effectiveness of SEL interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes among preadolescents and adolescents.
Methods: A search of major databases, gray literature, and evidence base registries was conducted to identify studies published from 2008 to 2022 that assessed the effects of SEL interventions on mental health outcomes among students ages 10-19 years. The authors rated the evidence for SEL interventions as high, moderate, or low based on established rating criteria.
Results: In total, 25 articles reporting on 17 original research studies were reviewed. Sixteen intervention models were assessed, with 11 resulting in improved mental health symptoms; however, no intervention was evaluated in a large enough number of studies to surpass a low evidence rating. Some studies reported cost benefits and high effectiveness of an intervention with students from diverse racial-ethnic or low socioeconomic backgrounds.
Conclusions: SEL interventions can improve mental health outcomes among preadolescents and adolescents. Additional research is needed to strengthen the evidence base for specific intervention models.
目的:社会和情感学习(SEL)框架被广泛认为能有效培养各年龄段学生的社会和情感能力。然而,针对高年级学生群体的特定干预模式的证据却不那么成熟。本系统性综述的目的是对旨在改善学龄前儿童和青少年心理健康结果的 SEL 干预措施的有效性证据进行评估:方法:对主要数据库、灰色文献和证据基础登记处进行了检索,以确定 2008 年至 2022 年间发表的评估 SEL 干预措施对 10-19 岁学生心理健康结果影响的研究。作者根据既定的评级标准,将 SEL 干预措施的证据评级为高、中或低:结果:共审查了 25 篇文章,报告了 17 项原创研究。对 16 种干预模式进行了评估,其中 11 种干预模式的心理健康症状得到了改善;但是,没有任何一种干预模式在足够多的研究中得到评估,因此被评为低证据等级。一些研究报告称,对来自不同种族或低社会经济背景的学生进行干预具有成本效益和较高的有效性:结论:SEL 干预措施可以改善学龄前儿童和青少年的心理健康结果。需要进行更多的研究来加强特定干预模式的证据基础。
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Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230430
Blanche Wright, Katherine L Nelson, Kimberly E Hoagwood, Jonathan Purtle
Objective: This study aimed to characterize the perceived priorities of state and county policy makers for youth mental health services and the factors that influence those priorities.
Methods: Mental health agency officials (N=338; N=221 state officials, N=117 county officials) representing 49 states completed a Web-based survey in 2019-2020. On 5-point scales, respondents rated the extent to which 15 issues were priorities for their agency in providing youth mental health services and the extent to which nine factors influenced those priorities.
Results: Suicide was identified as the highest priority (mean±SD rating=4.38±0.94), followed by adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma and then increasing access to evidence-based treatments. Budget issues (mean=4.27±0.92) and state legislative priorities (mean=4.01±0.99) were perceived as having the greatest influence on setting priorities.
Conclusions: These findings provide insights into youth mental health policy priorities and can be used to guide implementation and dissemination strategies for research and program development within state and county systems.
{"title":"Mental Health Agency Officials' Perceived Priorities for Youth Mental Health and Factors That Influence Priorities.","authors":"Blanche Wright, Katherine L Nelson, Kimberly E Hoagwood, Jonathan Purtle","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20230430","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to characterize the perceived priorities of state and county policy makers for youth mental health services and the factors that influence those priorities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Mental health agency officials (N=338; N=221 state officials, N=117 county officials) representing 49 states completed a Web-based survey in 2019-2020. On 5-point scales, respondents rated the extent to which 15 issues were priorities for their agency in providing youth mental health services and the extent to which nine factors influenced those priorities.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Suicide was identified as the highest priority (mean±SD rating=4.38±0.94), followed by adverse childhood experiences and childhood trauma and then increasing access to evidence-based treatments. Budget issues (mean=4.27±0.92) and state legislative priorities (mean=4.01±0.99) were perceived as having the greatest influence on setting priorities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings provide insights into youth mental health policy priorities and can be used to guide implementation and dissemination strategies for research and program development within state and county systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875814","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}
Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240106
Lauren Gonzales, Alice M Saperstein, Nev Jones, Matthew D Erlich, Alice Medalia
Objective: Stigma toward schizophrenia spectrum disorders is pervasive and negatively influences service access and delivery. Cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS) is common, but its association with stigma is unknown. In this study, the authors examined whether individuals with CIAS receiving cognitive remediation treatment report experiencing CIAS-related stigma and sought to establish associations between CIAS-related stigma and recovery-relevant outcomes.
Methods: Data from 48 individuals with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses were drawn from a larger study evaluating cognitive remediation. Participants completed measures of CIAS-related stigma, internalized mental illness stigma, self-perceived cognitive impairment, cognitive performance, and interviewer-rated quality of life.
Results: CIAS-related stigma was commonly reported and significantly positively associated with internalized stigma and self-perceived cognitive impairment. CIAS-related stigma was also significantly negatively associated with motivation to engage in goal-directed behavior and daily activities.
Conclusions: CIAS-related stigma exists and warrants additional exploration with regard to implications for psychiatric service delivery.
{"title":"Perceived Stigma Toward Cognitive Impairment Among People With Schizophrenia.","authors":"Lauren Gonzales, Alice M Saperstein, Nev Jones, Matthew D Erlich, Alice Medalia","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240106","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240106","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Stigma toward schizophrenia spectrum disorders is pervasive and negatively influences service access and delivery. Cognitive impairment associated with schizophrenia (CIAS) is common, but its association with stigma is unknown. In this study, the authors examined whether individuals with CIAS receiving cognitive remediation treatment report experiencing CIAS-related stigma and sought to establish associations between CIAS-related stigma and recovery-relevant outcomes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 48 individuals with schizophrenia spectrum diagnoses were drawn from a larger study evaluating cognitive remediation. Participants completed measures of CIAS-related stigma, internalized mental illness stigma, self-perceived cognitive impairment, cognitive performance, and interviewer-rated quality of life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>CIAS-related stigma was commonly reported and significantly positively associated with internalized stigma and self-perceived cognitive impairment. CIAS-related stigma was also significantly negatively associated with motivation to engage in goal-directed behavior and daily activities.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CIAS-related stigma exists and warrants additional exploration with regard to implications for psychiatric service delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875781","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}
Pub Date : 2024-08-02DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240066
Rebecca E Stewart, Nicholas C Cardamone, Lisa Shen, Natalie Dallard, Carrie Comeau, David S Mandell, Jill Bowen, Aileen Rothbard
Objective: Youths who start behavioral health treatment often stop before completing a therapeutic course of care. To increase treatment engagement and quality of care, the Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation Center in Philadelphia has incentivized use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for mental health care of youths. The authors aimed to compare treatment outcomes between youths who received EBP care and those who did not.
Methods: Using EBP-specific billing codes and propensity score matching, the authors compared treatment retention among youths who received trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT; N=413) or parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT; N=90) relative to matched samples of youths in standard outpatient therapy (N=503).
Results: Youths with a minimum of one session of TF-CBT or PCIT attended a second session at higher rates than did youths in the matched control group (TF-CBT: 96% vs. 68%, p<0.01; PCIT: 94% vs. 69%, respectively, p<0.01). On average, these returning youths attended more sessions in the EBP groups than in the control group (TF-CBT: 15.9 vs. 11.5 sessions, p<0.01; PCIT: 11.2 vs. 6.9 sessions, p<0.01).
Conclusions: These findings indicate that, in addition to improving quality of care, EBP implementation helps address the major challenge that most youths who engage with treatment are not retained long enough for care to have therapeutic effects. Future research should examine the mechanisms through which EBPs can improve treatment retention.
{"title":"Effect of Providing Evidence-Based Mental Health Treatment on Retention in Care Among Medicaid-Enrolled Youths.","authors":"Rebecca E Stewart, Nicholas C Cardamone, Lisa Shen, Natalie Dallard, Carrie Comeau, David S Mandell, Jill Bowen, Aileen Rothbard","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240066","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Youths who start behavioral health treatment often stop before completing a therapeutic course of care. To increase treatment engagement and quality of care, the Evidence-Based Practice and Innovation Center in Philadelphia has incentivized use of evidence-based practices (EBPs) for mental health care of youths. The authors aimed to compare treatment outcomes between youths who received EBP care and those who did not.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using EBP-specific billing codes and propensity score matching, the authors compared treatment retention among youths who received trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy (TF-CBT; N=413) or parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT; N=90) relative to matched samples of youths in standard outpatient therapy (N=503).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Youths with a minimum of one session of TF-CBT or PCIT attended a second session at higher rates than did youths in the matched control group (TF-CBT: 96% vs. 68%, p<0.01; PCIT: 94% vs. 69%, respectively, p<0.01). On average, these returning youths attended more sessions in the EBP groups than in the control group (TF-CBT: 15.9 vs. 11.5 sessions, p<0.01; PCIT: 11.2 vs. 6.9 sessions, p<0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings indicate that, in addition to improving quality of care, EBP implementation helps address the major challenge that most youths who engage with treatment are not retained long enough for care to have therapeutic effects. Future research should examine the mechanisms through which EBPs can improve treatment retention.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875813","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}
Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-03-13DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230396
Lester J Kern, Erin B Comartin, Victoria Nelson, Sheryl P Kubiak
Objective: This study compared mental health treatment engagement among people with serious mental illness after release from jails that had either a for-profit (N=3 jails) or a nonprofit mental health provider (N=7 jails).
Methods: Across the 10 jails, data were collected in 2019 for 1,238 individuals with serious mental illness. Data included demographic characteristics (age, race-ethnicity, gender, geography, and jail type) and behavioral health variables (previous mental health treatment, psychotropic medication use, substance use, and receipt of jail-based mental health services). Logistic regression was used to predict treatment engagement during the year after release, stratified by type of jail-based mental health provider, in analyses controlled for demographic and behavioral health variables.
Results: Almost half (46%, N=573) of the individuals had stayed in jails with a for-profit mental health provider; the other half (54%, N=665) had stayed in jails with a nonprofit provider. In the year after release, 37% (N=458) of all individuals engaged in mental health treatment, and 63% (N=780) did not. Those who had stayed in a jail with a for-profit provider were significantly less likely to engage in mental health treatment during the year after release (AOR=0.59, 95% CI=0.42-0.83, p<0.01), compared with those in jails having a nonprofit provider.
Conclusions: Staying in a jail with a for-profit mental health provider was associated with reduced postrelease engagement with community service providers. Less engagement with services during a pivotal time after release may increase behavioral health crises that erode individuals' well-being and may raise downstream costs due to further criminal legal involvement and emergency care use.
{"title":"Jail-Based For-Profit Mental Health Providers and Treatment Engagement After Release.","authors":"Lester J Kern, Erin B Comartin, Victoria Nelson, Sheryl P Kubiak","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230396","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study compared mental health treatment engagement among people with serious mental illness after release from jails that had either a for-profit (N=3 jails) or a nonprofit mental health provider (N=7 jails).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Across the 10 jails, data were collected in 2019 for 1,238 individuals with serious mental illness. Data included demographic characteristics (age, race-ethnicity, gender, geography, and jail type) and behavioral health variables (previous mental health treatment, psychotropic medication use, substance use, and receipt of jail-based mental health services). Logistic regression was used to predict treatment engagement during the year after release, stratified by type of jail-based mental health provider, in analyses controlled for demographic and behavioral health variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Almost half (46%, N=573) of the individuals had stayed in jails with a for-profit mental health provider; the other half (54%, N=665) had stayed in jails with a nonprofit provider. In the year after release, 37% (N=458) of all individuals engaged in mental health treatment, and 63% (N=780) did not. Those who had stayed in a jail with a for-profit provider were significantly less likely to engage in mental health treatment during the year after release (AOR=0.59, 95% CI=0.42-0.83, p<0.01), compared with those in jails having a nonprofit provider.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Staying in a jail with a for-profit mental health provider was associated with reduced postrelease engagement with community service providers. Less engagement with services during a pivotal time after release may increase behavioral health crises that erode individuals' well-being and may raise downstream costs due to further criminal legal involvement and emergency care use.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140111274","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}
Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-21DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230451
Elizabeth M Stone, Andrew D Jopson, Danielle German, Alexander D McCourt, Emma E McGinty
Objective: The authors aimed to identify barriers to and strategies for supporting coordination between state agencies for intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) or mental health to meet the mental health needs of people with co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions.
Methods: Forty-nine employees of state agencies as well as advocacy and service delivery organizations across 11 U.S. states with separate IDD and mental health agencies were interviewed between April 2022 and April 2023. Data were analyzed with a thematic analysis approach.
Results: Interviewees reported that relationships between the IDD and mental health agencies have elements of both competition and coordination and that coordination primarily takes place in response to crisis events. Barriers to interagency coordination included a narrow focus on the populations targeted by each agency, within-state variation in agency structures, and a lack of knowledge about co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions. Interviewees also described both administrative (e.g., memorandums of understanding) and agency culture (e.g., focusing on whole-person care) strategies that are or could be used to improve coordination to provide mental health services for people with both IDD and a mental health condition.
Conclusions: Strategies that support state agencies in moving away from crisis response toward a focus on whole-person care should be prioritized to support coordination of mental health services for individuals with co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions.
{"title":"Interagency Coordination to Manage Co-Occurring Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and Mental Health Conditions.","authors":"Elizabeth M Stone, Andrew D Jopson, Danielle German, Alexander D McCourt, Emma E McGinty","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230451","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230451","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The authors aimed to identify barriers to and strategies for supporting coordination between state agencies for intellectual and developmental disability (IDD) or mental health to meet the mental health needs of people with co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Forty-nine employees of state agencies as well as advocacy and service delivery organizations across 11 U.S. states with separate IDD and mental health agencies were interviewed between April 2022 and April 2023. Data were analyzed with a thematic analysis approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Interviewees reported that relationships between the IDD and mental health agencies have elements of both competition and coordination and that coordination primarily takes place in response to crisis events. Barriers to interagency coordination included a narrow focus on the populations targeted by each agency, within-state variation in agency structures, and a lack of knowledge about co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions. Interviewees also described both administrative (e.g., memorandums of understanding) and agency culture (e.g., focusing on whole-person care) strategies that are or could be used to improve coordination to provide mental health services for people with both IDD and a mental health condition.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Strategies that support state agencies in moving away from crisis response toward a focus on whole-person care should be prioritized to support coordination of mental health services for individuals with co-occurring IDD and mental health conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":20878,"journal":{"name":"Psychiatric services","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293977/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141071935","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}
Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-03-27DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230522
Rebecca E Stewart, Nicholas C Cardamone, Charles A Altman, Jill Bowen, David S Mandell
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-03-06DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230212
Susan H Busch, Kelly Kyanko
Objective: The authors sought to assess why patients use out-of-network health care providers and whether patients' reasons differ for mental and general medical health providers.
Methods: In a national Internet survey of commercial plan enrollees (N=713) who used an out-of-network provider, participants indicated whether 12 reasons were "important" (vs. "not applicable" or "not important") in their decision to see an out-of-network provider.
Results: Reasons for using out-of-network care were multifactorial. Six reasons were similarly important, including the three most-cited reasons: convenient location (66% vs. 69% for mental vs. general medical health, respectively), higher quality (65% vs. 69%), and affordability (70% vs. 71%). Reasons more commonly cited for using out-of-network mental health care were that in-network providers were not taking new patients (34% vs. 24%), confidentiality (33% vs. 19%), cultural competence (33% vs. 23%), and inaccurate in-network provider directories (30% vs. 22%).
Conclusions: The most common reasons for using out-of-network care were cited with similar frequency for both mental health and general medical health providers.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-02-27DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230574
Kelly B Beck, Heather J Nuske, Emily M Becker Haimes, Gwendolyn M Lawson, David S Mandell
Community practitioners inconsistently implement evidence-based interventions. Implementation science emphasizes the importance of some practitioner characteristics, such as motivation, but factors such as practitioners' emotion regulation and cognitive processing receive less attention. Practitioners often operate in stressful environments that differ from those in which they received training. They may underestimate the impact of their emotional state on their ability to deliver evidence-based interventions. This "hot-cold state empathy gap" is not well studied in mental health care. In this Open Forum, the authors describe scenarios where this gap is affecting practitioners' ability to implement evidence-based practices. The authors provide suggestions to help practitioners plan for stressful situations.
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