This Month's Highlights 

October 2008: This Month's Highlights

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Taking Issue 

Arthur Lazarus

Breakdown Dead Ahead

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Articles 

Cheryl Cashin, Richard Scheffler, Mistique Felton, Neal Adams, and Leonard Miller

Transformation of the California Mental Health System: Stakeholder-Driven Planning as a Transformational Activity

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1107-1114 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anthony F. Jorm, Amy J. Morgan, and Annemarie Wright

A Comparison of Clinician, Youth, and Parent Beliefs About Helpfulness of Interventions for Early Psychosis

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1115-1120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental tables]

Richard Hansen, Bradley Gaynes, Patricia Thieda, Gerald Gartlehner, Angela Deveaugh-Geiss, Erin Krebs, and Kathleen Lohr

Meta-analysis of Major Depressive Disorder Relapse and Recurrence With Second-Generation Antidepressants

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1121-1130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental flowchart]

Hector M. González, Thomas Croghan, Brady West, David Williams, Randolph Nesse, Wassim Tarraf, Robert Taylor, Ladson Hinton, Harold Neighbors, and James Jackson

Antidepressant Use in Black and White Populations in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1131-1138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anjali Tiwari, Mangala Rajan, Donald Miller, Leonard Pogach, Mark Olfson, and Usha Sambamoorthi

Guideline-Consistent Antidepressant Treatment Patterns Among Veterans With Diabetes and Major Depressive Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1139-1147 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Farifteh Firoozmand Duffy, Henry Chung, Madhukar Trivedi, Donald S. Rae, Darrel A. Regier, and David J. Katzelnick

Systematic Use of Patient-Rated Depression Severity Monitoring: Is It Helpful and Feasible in Clinical Psychiatry?

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1148-1154 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix]

Gert Scheerder, Iris De Coster, and Chantal Van Audenhove

Pharmacists' Role in Depression Care: A Survey of Attitudes, Current Practices, and Barriers

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1155-1160 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [PHQ-9]

Robert Constantine and Rajiv Tandon

Changing Trends in Pediatric Antipsychotic Use in Florida's Medicaid Program

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Colin Depp, Victoria D. Ojeda, William Mastin, Jürgen Unützer, and Todd P. Gilmer

Trends in Use of Antipsychotics and Mood Stabilizers Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Bipolar Disorder, 2001–2004

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1169-1174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental tables]

Ross Baldessarini, Henry Henk, Ami Sklar, Jane Chang, and Leslie Leahy

Psychotropic Medications for Patients With Bipolar Disorder in the United States: Polytherapy and Adherence

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1175-1183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ilan Harpaz-Rotem, Robert A. Rosenheck, Somaia Mohamed, and Rani A. Desai

Pharmacologic Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Privately Insured Americans

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1184-1190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Medication List]

Hua Chen, Afam Nwangwu, Rajender Aparasu, Ekere Essien, Shawn Sun, and Kwan Lee

The Impact of Medicare Part D on Psychotropic Utilization and Financial Burden for Community-Based Seniors

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1191-1197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Paul S. Appelbaum

Law & Psychiatry: "A Fool for a Client?" Mental Illness and the Right of Self-Representation

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1096-1098 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter Giacobbe, Roger S. McIntyre, Benjamin I. Goldstein, Sidney H. Kennedy, and Alastair J. Flint

Datapoints: Rates and Patterns of Treatment Seeking by Individuals With Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1099 [Full Text] [PDF]

Netta Shoenfeld, Anne-Marie Ulman, Mordechai Weiss, and Rael D. Strous

Best Practices: To Lock or Not to Lock Patients'Rooms: The Key to Autonomy?

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1100-1102 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anastasia Byler

Personal Accounts: Schizophrenia: A Terminal Disease?

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1105-1106 [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Lori Ashcraft and William Anthony

Eliminating Seclusion and Restraint in Recovery-Oriented Crisis Services

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1198-1202 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental tables] [Supplemental figure]

Brief Reports 

James Verdier and Allison Barrett

How Medicaid Agencies Administer Mental Health Services: Results From a 50-State Survey

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1203-1206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul N. Pfeiffer, Dara Ganoczy, and Marcia Valenstein

Dosing Frequency and Adherence to Antipsychotic Medications

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1207-1210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table]

Mark I. Weinberger, Jo Anne Sirey, Martha L. Bruce, Moonseong Heo, Eros Papademetriou, and Barnett S. Meyers

Predictors of Major Depression Six Months After Admission for Outpatient Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1211-1215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontline Reports 

Lucanne Magill, Tomer Levin, and Lesley Spodek

One-Session Music Therapy and CBT for Critically Ill Cancer Patients

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1216 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joanne Caring

Treating Obesity:Interventions in an Inner-City Population

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1216-1217 [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Meghan Caughey

The Wellness Model

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Douglas M. Ikelheimer

Treatment of Opioid Dependence via Home-Based Telepsychiatry

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1218-1219 [Full Text] [PDF]

Anouk L. Grubaugh, Karen J. Cusack, and Heidi M. Zinzow

"Trumping Rules" Affect Diagnoses of Persons With Severe Mental Illness

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Nikolaos Bilanakis and Vaios Peritogiannis

Attitudes of Patients and Families Toward Restraint and Seclusion

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Book Reviews 

Jeffrey L. Geller

Changing American Psychiatry: A Personal Perspective

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Alec Buchanan

Textbook of Violence Assessment and Management

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 1222 [Full Text] [PDF]

Yael Dvir

Clinical Manual for the Treatment of Autism

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Carla Jacobs

An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for the Family

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Richard J. McNally

Encounters With the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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News & Notes 

Ten Key Elements of Law Enforcement Programs to Respond to People With Mental Illnesses

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New NIMH Strategic Plan Accelerates Research

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News Briefs

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Corrections 

Correction

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