This Month's Highlights 

October 2007: This Month's Highlights

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1257 [Full Text] [PDF]

Taking Issue 

Benjamin G. Druss

EBM and Quality Improvement Research

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1255 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Kenneth B. Wells, Michael Schoenbaum, Naihua Duan, Jeanne Miranda, Lingqi Tang, and Cathy Sherbourne

Cost-Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Programs for Patients With Subthreshold Depression or Depressive Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1269-1278 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Correction, Table 3]

Gregory J. McHugo, Robert E. Drake, Rob Whitley, Gary R. Bond, Kikuko Campbell, Charles A. Rapp, Howard H. Goldman, Wilma J. Lutz, and Molly T. Finnerty

Fidelity Outcomes in the National Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Project

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1279-1284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julie Marie Donohue and Richard Gabriel Frank

Estimating Medicare Part D's Impact on Medication Access Among Dually Eligible Beneficiaries With Mental Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1285-1291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Sernyak and Robert Rosenheck

Experience of VA Psychiatrists With Pharmaceutical Detailing of Antipsychotic Medications

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1292-1296 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rebecca Rollinson, Catherine Haig, Richard Warner, Philippa Garety, Elizabeth Kuipers, Daniel Freeman, Paul Bebbington, Graham Dunn, and David Fowler

The Application of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis in Clinical and Research Settings

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1297-1302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregory C. Smith and Patrick A. Palmieri

Risk of Psychological Difficulties Among Children Raised by Custodial Grandparents

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1303-1310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Expanded tables]

Karen M. Abram, Jason J. Washburn, Linda A. Teplin, Kristin M. Emanuel, Erin G. Romero, and Gary M. McClelland

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Psychiatric Comorbidity Among Detained Youths

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1311-1316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wayne A. Ray, Kathi Hall, and Keith G. Meador

Racial Differences in Antidepressant Treatment Preceding Suicide in a Medicaid Population

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1317-1323 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward S. Casper

The Theory of Planned Behavior Applied to Continuing Education for Mental Health Professionals

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1324-1329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sharon Hoover Stephan, Mark Weist, Sheryl Kataoka, Steven Adelsheim, and Carrie Mills

Transformation of Children's Mental Health Services: The Role of School Mental Health

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1330-1338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa H. Jaycox, Terri L. Tanielian, Priya Sharma, Lindsey Morse, Gretchen Clum, and Bradley D. Stein

Schools' Mental Health Responses After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1339-1343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Paul S. Appelbaum

Law & Psychiatry: Death Row Delusions: When Is a Prisoner Competent to Be Executed?

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1258-1260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ramin Mojtabai

Datapoints: Use of Information Technology by Psychiatrists and Other Medical Providers

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1261 [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth S. Levy Merrick, Joanna Volpe-Vartanian, Constance M. Horgan, and Bernard McCann

Alcohol & Drug Abuse: Revisiting Employee Assistance Programs and Substance Use Problems in the Workplace: Key Issues and a Research Agenda

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1262-1264 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tracey Lewiston

Personal Accounts: The System Stole My Identity

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1265-1267 [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Elizabeth A. Carpenter-Song, Megan Nordquest Schwallie, and Jeffrey Longhofer

Cultural Competence Reexamined: Critique and Directions for the Future

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1362-1365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Dana Cunningham, Sharon Hoover Stephan, Carl Paternite, Steve Schan, Mark Weist, Steven Adelsheim, and Paul Flaspohler

Stakeholders' Perspectives on the Recommendations of the President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1344-1347 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christine M. Wilder, Eric B. Elbogen, Marvin S. Swartz, Jeffrey W. Swanson, and Richard A. Van Dorn

Effect of Patients' Reasons for Refusing Treatment on Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1348-1350 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eri Kuno, Trevor R. Hadley, and Aileen B. Rothbard

Costs of Implementing a Computerized Prescription System in a Public Mental Health Agency

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1351-1354 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hamada I. Hamid and Anita Everett

Developing Iraq's Mental Health Policy

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1355-1357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tracy Stecker, John C. Fortney, Francis Hamilton, and Icek Ajzen

An Assessment of Beliefs About Mental Health Care Among Veterans Who Served in Iraq

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1358-1361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

APA Achievement Awards 

Harris County Hospital District Community Behavioral Health Program, Houston

2007 APA Gold Award: Integration of Community Psychiatry Into Primary Care Centers in Harris County, Texas

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1366-1368 [Full Text] [PDF]

Intensive In-Home Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Service, Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

2007 APA Gold Award: Helping Youths With Severe Emotional Disturbances at Risk of Institutionalization

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1369-1371 [Full Text] [PDF]

2007 APA Achievement Awards: Silver and Bronze Achievement Awards

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1372-1374 [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Johannes E. Hovens and Anton J. M. Loonen

Adding and Switching Antipsychotics

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1375 [Full Text] [PDF]

Julie Kreyenbuhl, Mark Olfson, and Steven C. Marcus

Adding and Switching Antipsychotics: In Reply

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1375-1376 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa M. Najavits

Seeking Safety Protocol for Men and Women

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1376 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Janis B. Petzel

Promoting Treatment Adherence: A Practical Handbook for Health Care Providers

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1377 [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel Schneider

Essentials of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2nd edition

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1377-1378 [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenneth E. Fletcher

Basic Psychological Measurement, Research Designs, and Statistics Without Math

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1378 [Full Text] [PDF]

Justin J. Trevino

Psychiatric Interviewing and Assessment

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1379 [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy B. Sullivan

Recognition and Prevention of Major Mental and Substance Use Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1379-1380 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joshua Miller

Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans From Colonial Times to the Present

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1380-1381 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey L. Geller

Freud: Inventor of the Modern Mind

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1381-1382 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sandra L. Bloom

The Unsayable: The Hidden Language of Trauma

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1382 [Full Text] [PDF]

News & Notes 

Deinstitutionalization Movement Provides Lessons for Reforming Long-Term Care in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1383 [Full Text] [PDF]

Partnership for Workplace Mental Health Creates Tools to Facilitate Return to Work

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1383-1384 [Full Text] [PDF]

Annual Survey Finds Decrease in Teen Drug Use and Rise in Prescription Drug Abuse by Young Adults

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1384 [Full Text] [PDF]