Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.24075012
Brian Holoyda
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20240174correction
{"title":"Correction to July Letter to the Editor.","authors":"","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20240174correction","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240174correction","url":null,"abstract":"","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":"141860728","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: 2024-03-19DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230226
Spenser Barry, L Fredrik Jarskog, Kai Xia, Rohit Simha Torpunuri, Xiaoyu Wu, Xiaoming Zeng
Objective: Previous research has suggested that demographic factors affect the likelihood of a patient with schizophrenia receiving a clozapine prescription. The authors aimed to determine the impact of race, social determinants of health, gender, rurality, and care patterns on clozapine prescription rates.
Methods: This cross-sectional observational study used structured electronic health records data from 3,160 adult patients diagnosed as having schizophrenia between October 1, 2015, and November 30, 2021, in a multifacility health system. The social vulnerability index (SVI) was used to quantify social determinants of health. Descriptive data analysis, logistic regression, and sensitivity analysis were conducted to identify differences between patients with schizophrenia who received a clozapine prescription and those who received antipsychotic medications other than clozapine.
Results: Overall, 401 patients with schizophrenia were given a clozapine prescription during the study period, and 2,456 received antipsychotics other than clozapine. Results of the logistic regression indicated that White race (OR=1.71, compared with Black race), community minority status and language SVI score (OR=2.97), and increased treatment duration (OR=1.36) were significantly associated with a higher likelihood of clozapine prescription; gender, rurality, age at first diagnosis, and ethnicity did not influence the likelihood of receiving clozapine.
Conclusions: Black patients with schizophrenia had a lower likelihood of receiving a clozapine prescription compared with White patients, even after analyses accounted for demographic variables, social determinants of health, and care access patterns. Given the effectiveness of clozapine in managing treatment-resistant schizophrenia, it is crucial for future research to better understand the factors contributing to this treatment disparity.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-03-06DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230277
Sara J Landes, Bridget B Matarazzo, Jeffery A Pitcock, Karen L Drummond, Brandy N Smith, JoAnn E Kirchner, Kaily A Clark, Georgia R Gerard, Molly C Jankovsky, Lisa A Brenner, Mark A Reger, Aaron E Eagan, Rebecca Raciborski, Jacob Painter, James C Townsend, Susan M Jegley, Rajinder Sonia Singh, Jodie A Trafton, John F McCarthy, Ira R Katz
Objective: In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a national suicide prevention program, called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET), that uses a predictive algorithm to identify, attempt to reach, assess, and care for patients at the highest risk for suicide. The authors aimed to evaluate whether facilitation enhanced implementation of REACH VET at VHA facilities not meeting target completion rates.
Methods: In this hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 2 program evaluation, a quasi-experimental pre-post design was used to assess changes in implementation outcome measures evaluated 6 months before and 6 months after onset of facilitation of REACH VET implementation at 23 VHA facilities. Measures included percentages of patients with documented coordinator and provider acknowledgment of receipt, care evaluation, and outreach attempt. Generalized estimating equations were used to compare differences in REACH VET outcome measures before and after facilitation. Qualitative interviews were conducted with personnel and were explored via template analysis.
Results: Time had a significant effect in all outcomes models (p<0.001). An effect of facilitation was significant only for the outcome of attempted outreach. Patients identified by REACH VET had significantly higher odds of having a documented outreach attempt after facilitation of REACH VET implementation, compared with before facilitation. Site personnel felt supported and reported that the external facilitators were helpful and responsive.
Conclusions: Facilitation of REACH VET implementation was associated with an improvement in outreach attempts to veterans identified as being at increased risk for suicide. Outreach is critical for engaging veterans in care.
目标:2017年,退伍军人健康管理局(VHA)实施了一项名为 "健康恢复参与与协调--退伍军人强化治疗(REACH VET)"的全国性自杀预防计划,该计划使用一种预测算法来识别、尝试接触、评估和护理自杀风险最高的患者。作者的目的是评估在未达到目标完成率的退伍军人医疗服务机构中,促进是否能加强 REACH VET 的实施:在这项混合效果-实施类型 2 项目评估中,采用了准实验性的前后期设计,以评估在 23 家退伍军人医疗服务机构开始促进 REACH VET 实施前 6 个月和实施后 6 个月的实施结果指标的变化。评估指标包括有记录的协调员和医疗服务提供者确认接收、护理评估和外展尝试的患者百分比。使用广义估计方程来比较促进前后 REACH VET 结果测量的差异。对相关人员进行了定性访谈,并通过模板分析进行了探讨:结果:在所有结果模型中,时间都有明显影响(p结论:促进 REACH VET 的实施与改善对被确定为自杀风险较高的退伍军人的外展尝试有关。外展对于让退伍军人参与护理至关重要。
{"title":"Impact of Implementation Facilitation on the REACH VET Clinical Program for Veterans at Risk for Suicide.","authors":"Sara J Landes, Bridget B Matarazzo, Jeffery A Pitcock, Karen L Drummond, Brandy N Smith, JoAnn E Kirchner, Kaily A Clark, Georgia R Gerard, Molly C Jankovsky, Lisa A Brenner, Mark A Reger, Aaron E Eagan, Rebecca Raciborski, Jacob Painter, James C Townsend, Susan M Jegley, Rajinder Sonia Singh, Jodie A Trafton, John F McCarthy, Ira R Katz","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230277","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230277","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented a national suicide prevention program, called Recovery Engagement and Coordination for Health-Veterans Enhanced Treatment (REACH VET), that uses a predictive algorithm to identify, attempt to reach, assess, and care for patients at the highest risk for suicide. The authors aimed to evaluate whether facilitation enhanced implementation of REACH VET at VHA facilities not meeting target completion rates.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this hybrid effectiveness-implementation type 2 program evaluation, a quasi-experimental pre-post design was used to assess changes in implementation outcome measures evaluated 6 months before and 6 months after onset of facilitation of REACH VET implementation at 23 VHA facilities. Measures included percentages of patients with documented coordinator and provider acknowledgment of receipt, care evaluation, and outreach attempt. Generalized estimating equations were used to compare differences in REACH VET outcome measures before and after facilitation. Qualitative interviews were conducted with personnel and were explored via template analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Time had a significant effect in all outcomes models (p<0.001). An effect of facilitation was significant only for the outcome of attempted outreach. Patients identified by REACH VET had significantly higher odds of having a documented outreach attempt after facilitation of REACH VET implementation, compared with before facilitation. Site personnel felt supported and reported that the external facilitators were helpful and responsive.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Facilitation of REACH VET implementation was associated with an improvement in outreach attempts to veterans identified as being at increased risk for suicide. Outreach is critical for engaging veterans in care.</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":"140040225","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.20230230
Yaara Zisman-Ilani, Morgan Parker, Elizabeth C Thomas, John Suarez, Irene Hurford, Andrea Bowen, Monica Calkins, Patricia Deegan, Ilana Nossel, Lisa B Dixon
Objective: Although antipsychotic medications are considered first-line treatment for psychosis, rates of discontinuation and nonadherence are high, and debate persists about their use. This pilot study aimed to explore the usability, feasibility, and potential impact of a shared decision making (SDM) intervention, the Antipsychotic Medication Decision Aid (APM-DA), for decisions about use of antipsychotic medications.
Methods: A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted with 17 participants in a first-episode psychosis program. Nine participants received the APM-DA, and eight received usual care.
Results: After their appointments, intervention group participants had less decisional conflict and greater satisfaction with decisions than control group participants had. Use of the APM-DA did not increase appointment length. Comparison of the intervention outcomes with the control outcomes was limited because of the small sample.
Conclusions: The results support the feasibility and usability of an SDM process via the use of the APM-DA in routine community psychosis care.
{"title":"Usability and Feasibility of the Antipsychotic Medication Decision Aid in a Community Program for First-Episode Psychosis.","authors":"Yaara Zisman-Ilani, Morgan Parker, Elizabeth C Thomas, John Suarez, Irene Hurford, Andrea Bowen, Monica Calkins, Patricia Deegan, Ilana Nossel, Lisa B Dixon","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230230","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Although antipsychotic medications are considered first-line treatment for psychosis, rates of discontinuation and nonadherence are high, and debate persists about their use. This pilot study aimed to explore the usability, feasibility, and potential impact of a shared decision making (SDM) intervention, the Antipsychotic Medication Decision Aid (APM-DA), for decisions about use of antipsychotic medications.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted with 17 participants in a first-episode psychosis program. Nine participants received the APM-DA, and eight received usual care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After their appointments, intervention group participants had less decisional conflict and greater satisfaction with decisions than control group participants had. Use of the APM-DA did not increase appointment length. Comparison of the intervention outcomes with the control outcomes was limited because of the small sample.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results support the feasibility and usability of an SDM process via the use of the APM-DA in routine community psychosis care.</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":"140111276","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: 2024-02-27DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230133
Gerald Jordan, Stella Bassetto, Joseph DeLuca, Matthew F Dobbs, Ana Florence, Brooke Allemang, Donal O'Keeffe, Mikaela Basile, Melissa C Funaro, Larry Davidson, Shelly Ben-David, Jai Shah
Objective: Personal recovery refers to a person's pursuit of a full, meaningful life despite the potentially debilitating impact of a mental illness. An evidence base describing personal recovery among people at risk for developing a mental illness is lacking, limiting the potential for mental health services to support personal recovery. To address this gap, the authors synthesized the extant research describing personal recovery among people at risk for developing a mental illness.
Methods: A systematic search of several literature databases (MEDLINE, Embase, APA PsycInfo, Web of Science Core Collection, and Cochrane Library) was conducted to retrieve qualitative and case studies and first-person accounts. The Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines for systematic reviews were followed. Included studies reported on participants at variable risk for developing a schizophrenia spectrum, bipolar, major depressive, or borderline personality disorder. Articles were retrieved through a librarian-assisted search and through use of additional strategies (e.g., expert consultation). Abstracts were screened by the research team, and themes were developed by using thematic synthesis.
Results: The 36 included articles were synthesized, and six themes were generated: difficulties and challenges; establishing an understanding of, and finding ways to cope with, one's mental health challenges; reestablishing a sense of agency and personhood; receiving support from people and services, as well as restoring relationships; reestablishing hope, meaning, and purpose; and overcoming stigma and destigmatizing mental illness in others.
Conclusions: These findings provide a conceptual foundation that can guide future research on personal recovery and clinical interventions that foster it among people at risk for mental illness.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-03-27DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230406
Jennifer Burgess, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Brittany R Porath, Tony Van, Katerine Osatuke, Matthew Boden, Rebecca K Sripada, Edwin S Wong, Kara Zivin
Objective: The authors sought to assess workplace characteristics associated with perceived reasonable workload among behavioral health care providers in the Veterans Health Administration.
Methods: The authors evaluated perceived reasonable workload and workplace characteristics from the 2019 All Employee Survey (AES; N=14,824) and 2019 Mental Health Provider Survey (MHPS; N=10,490) and facility-level staffing ratios from Mental Health Onboard Clinical Dashboard data. Nine AES and 15 MHPS workplace predictors of perceived reasonable workload, 11 AES and six MHPS demographic predictors, and facility-level staffing ratios were included in mixed-effects logistic regression models.
Results: In total, 8,874 (59.9%) AES respondents and 5,915 (56.4%) MHPS respondents reported having a reasonable workload. The characteristics most strongly associated with perceived reasonable workload were having attainable performance goals (average marginal effect [AME]=0.10) in the AES and ability to schedule patients as frequently as indicated (AME=0.09) in the MHPS. Other AES characteristics significantly associated with reasonable workload included having appropriate resources, support for personal life, skill building, performance recognition, concerns being addressed, and no supervisor favoritism. MHPS characteristics included not having collateral duties that reduce care time, staffing levels not affecting care, support staff taking over some responsibilities, having spirit of teamwork, primary care-mental health integration, participation in performance discussions, well-coordinated mental health care, effective veteran programs, working at the top of licensure, and feeling involved in improving access. Facility-level staffing ratios were not significantly associated with perceived reasonable workload.
Conclusions: Leadership may consider focusing resources on initiatives that support behavioral health providers' autonomy to schedule patients as clinically indicated and develop attainable performance goals.
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Pub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230173
Bryann DeBeer, Joseph Mignogna, Margaret Talbot, Edgar Villarreal, Nathaniel Mohatt, Elisa Borah, Patricia D Russell, Craig J Bryan, Lindsey L Monteith, Kathryn Bongiovanni, Claire Hoffmire, Alan L Peterson, Jenna Heise, Sylvia Baack, Kimberly Weinberg, Marcy Polk, Justin K Benzer
Objective: Suicide is a significant public health concern. About 48,000 individuals died by suicide in 2021 in the United States, and approximately one in 100 deaths globally are due to suicide. Continuing efforts in program development and evaluation are vital to preventing suicide. Multiple frameworks have been developed to reduce suicide rates, but they have not been compared to assess their comprehensiveness, nor have their components been classified.
Methods: In 2019, the authors conducted a narrative review of the literature and identified four major frameworks for suicide prevention: the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Suicide Prevention Program, the Defense Suicide Prevention Program of the U.S. Department of Defense, Zero Suicide in Health and Behavioral Health Care, and the technical package developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Program components for these frameworks were identified and classified by using two prevention strategy classification systems: the National Academy of Medicine's (NAM's) continuum-of-care model and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) prevention model.
Results: The cross-program comparison revealed that no single program included all components of suicide prevention programs. However, the VA program was the most comprehensive in terms of the number of components and their spread across prevention strategy classifications. The programs used few components categorized under NAM's promotion or selective prevention strategy classifications. The SAMHSA prevention strategy classifications of information dissemination, community-based processes, and positive alternatives were also used infrequently.
Conclusions: Organizations, health care systems, and policy makers may use these findings as they develop, improve, and implement suicide prevention programs.
{"title":"Suicide Prevention Programming: Comparing Four Prominent Frameworks.","authors":"Bryann DeBeer, Joseph Mignogna, Margaret Talbot, Edgar Villarreal, Nathaniel Mohatt, Elisa Borah, Patricia D Russell, Craig J Bryan, Lindsey L Monteith, Kathryn Bongiovanni, Claire Hoffmire, Alan L Peterson, Jenna Heise, Sylvia Baack, Kimberly Weinberg, Marcy Polk, Justin K Benzer","doi":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230173","DOIUrl":"10.1176/appi.ps.20230173","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Suicide is a significant public health concern. About 48,000 individuals died by suicide in 2021 in the United States, and approximately one in 100 deaths globally are due to suicide. Continuing efforts in program development and evaluation are vital to preventing suicide. Multiple frameworks have been developed to reduce suicide rates, but they have not been compared to assess their comprehensiveness, nor have their components been classified.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In 2019, the authors conducted a narrative review of the literature and identified four major frameworks for suicide prevention: the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Suicide Prevention Program, the Defense Suicide Prevention Program of the U.S. Department of Defense, Zero Suicide in Health and Behavioral Health Care, and the technical package developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Program components for these frameworks were identified and classified by using two prevention strategy classification systems: the National Academy of Medicine's (NAM's) continuum-of-care model and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) prevention model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The cross-program comparison revealed that no single program included all components of suicide prevention programs. However, the VA program was the most comprehensive in terms of the number of components and their spread across prevention strategy classifications. The programs used few components categorized under NAM's promotion or selective prevention strategy classifications. The SAMHSA prevention strategy classifications of information dissemination, community-based processes, and positive alternatives were also used infrequently.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Organizations, health care systems, and policy makers may use these findings as they develop, improve, and implement suicide prevention programs.</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":"141162544","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: 2024-02-19DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230189
Lauren Rodriguez, Kimberly M Brown, Charles Lindsay, Jocelyn E Remmert, David W Oslin
This Open Forum is relevant for investigators who conduct research with historically understudied and marginalized populations. The authors introduce a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs clinical trial that experienced challenges with recruitment of African American or Black veterans and was terminated for not achieving its recruitment goals. The role of power dynamics in clinical research is discussed, specifically how unequal distributions of power may create recruitment challenges. The authors summarize three lessons learned and offer recommendations for sharing power equitably between investigators and potential participants. By recounting these experiences, the authors seek to promote culturally sensitive, veteran-centered approaches to recruitment in future clinical trials.
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Pub Date : 2024-07-26DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20230233
Kate Perepezko, Mathew Bergendahl, Christopher Kunz, Alain Labrique, Matthew Carras, Michelle Colder Carras
Objective: Online communities promote social connection and can be used for formal peer support and crisis intervention. Although some communities have programs to support their members' mental health, few programs have been formally evaluated. The authors present findings from a mixed-methods evaluation of the Stack Up Overwatch Program (StOP), a digital peer support intervention delivered in an online gaming community.
Methods: Data were collected from members of the Stack Up Discord server between June and October 2020 and included chat messages, survey responses, encounter forms (documenting information from private interactions between users and peer supporters), and interviews with peer support team members. The authors analyzed data on demographic characteristics, mental health and crises, use of and experiences with StOP, and chat posts. Thematic analysis and descriptive statistics were combined in a joint display table, with mixed-methods findings explained in narrative form.
Results: The findings show that StOP provides users in crisis with a source of mental health support when other options have been exhausted and that military and veteran users valued the connections and friendships they formed while using it. Participants reported that StOP met needs for support and connection when formal services were inaccessible or did not meet their needs, and volunteer peer supporters detailed how StOP's design facilitates use of the intervention. Volunteering offered members of the peer support team a "family feeling" facilitated by the unique chat room structure.
Conclusions: Community-based crisis prevention programs administered through chat rooms may provide valuable support to both users and peer support providers.
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