This Month's Highlights 

March 2009: This Month's Highlights

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Taking Issue 

Jeanne Miranda, Isabel Lagomasino, Anna Lau, and Laura Kohn

Robustness of Psychotherapy for Depression

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 283 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Ramin Mojtabai

Unmet Need for Treatment of Major Depression in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 297-305 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kate H. Blumner and Steven C. Marcus

Changing Perceptions of Depression: Ten-Year Trends From the General Social Survey

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 306-312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Expanded table 3]

Nancy K. Grote, Holly A. Swartz, Sharon L. Geibel, Allan Zuckoff, Patricia R. Houck, and Ellen Frank

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Culturally Relevant, Brief Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Perinatal Depression

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 313-321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Flowchart]

Kimberly A. Yonkers, Megan V. Smith, Haliqun Lin, Heather B. Howell, Lin Shao, and Robert A. Rosenheck

Depression Screening of Perinatal Women: An Evaluation of the Healthy Start Depression Initiative

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 322-328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental diagram]

Anne W. Riley, Mary Jo Coiro, Marina Broitman, Elizabeth Colantuoni, Kristen M. Hurley, Karen Bandeen-Roche, and Jeanne Miranda

Mental Health of Children of Low-Income Depressed Mothers: Influences of Parenting, Family Environment, and Raters

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 329-336 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patrick J. Raue, Herbert C. Schulberg, Moonseong Heo, Sibel Klimstra, and Martha L. Bruce

Patients' Depression Treatment Preferences and Initiation, Adherence, and Outcome: A Randomized Primary Care Study

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 337-343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CONSORT chart]

Bruce A. Arnow, Christine M. Blasey, Janelle Lee, Bruce Fireman, Enid M. Hunkeler, Robin Dea, Rebecca Robinson, and Chris Hayward

Relationships Among Depression, Chronic Pain, Chronic Disabling Pain, and Medical Costs

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 344-350 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gaëlle Encrenaz, Viviane Kovess-Masféty, Marthe-Aline Jutand, Elodie Carmona, David Sapinho, and Antoine Messiah

Use of Psychoactive Substances and Health Care in Response to Anxiety and Depressive Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 351-357 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Flowchart]

Deniz Fikretoglu, Jon D. Elhai, Aihua Liu, J. Don Richardson, and David J. Pedlar

Predictors of Likelihood and Intensity of Past-Year Mental Health Service Use in an Active Canadian Military Sample

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 358-366 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sungeun Lee, Yin-Ling Irene Wong, and Aileen B. Rothbard

Factors Associated With Departure From Supported Independent Living Programs for Persons With Serious Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 367-373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Philip T. Yanos, Barbara S. Stanley, and Carolyn S. Greene

Research Risk for Persons With Psychiatric Disorders: A Decisional Framework to Meet the Ethical Challenge

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 374-383 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

LaVerne D. Miller and Latrease R. Moore

State Mental Health Policy: Developing Statewide Consumer Networks

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 291-293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Keith R. Stowell, Frank A. Ghinassi, Tanya J. Fabian, Kenneth C. Nash, and Roger F. Haskett

Best Practices: An Intervention to Promote Evidence-Based Prescribing at a Large Psychiatric Hospital

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 294-296 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Vikrant Mittal, Walter A. Brown, and Edward Shorter

Are Patients With Depression at Heightened Risk of Suicide as They Begin to Recover?

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 384-386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert Simon and Thomas G. Gutheil

Sudden Improvement Among High-Risk Suicidal Patients: Should It Be Trusted?

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 387-389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Kaisa Karvonen, Helinä Hakko, Hannu Koponen, V. Benno Meyer-Rochow, and Pirkko Räsänen

Suicides Among Older Persons in Finland and Time Since Hospitalization Discharge

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 390-393 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephanie W. Hartwell, William H. Fisher, and Xiaogang Deng

The Impact of Regionalization on Reentry Service Outcomes for Individuals With Severe Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 394-397 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

W. R. Murray Bennett, Jutta M. Joesch, Michelle Mazur, and Peter Roy-Byrne

Characteristics of HIV-Positive Patients Treated in a Psychiatric Emergency Department

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 398-401 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shanthi Ameratunga, Sandar Tin Tin, John Coverdale, Jennie Connor, and Robyn Norton

Posttraumatic Stress Among Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized Survivors of Serious Car Crashes: A Population-Based Study

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 402-404 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Dieneke Hubbeling

Use of Guidelines in Suicide Prevention

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Annemiek Huisman, Paul B. M. Robben, and Ad J. F. M. Kerkhof

Letter Title: Reply

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 405 [Full Text] [PDF]

Brendon Stubbs

Physical Injuries From Restrictive Interventions

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 406 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Jack Drescher

Handbook of Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 407 [Full Text] [PDF]

Donald E. Manning

The Impact of the Environment on Psychiatric Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 407-408 [Full Text] [PDF]

Kimberly Johnson

Clinical Skills in Psychiatric Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 408 [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel Garza

Hallucinations: The Science of Idiosyncratic Perception

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Danny Carlat

Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves Into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs

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News & Notes 

SCHIP Expansion Includes Mental Health Parity

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 411-412 [Full Text] [PDF]

New SAMHSA Series of Evidence-Based Practice Toolkits

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News Briefs

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