Proactive Tobacco Treatment in a Behavioral Health Home.

This study tested feasibility of, satisfaction with, and safety of proactive tobacco treatment (tobacco outreach to offer connection to tobacco cessation treatment). Behavioral health home patients who smoke were randomly assigned to usual care (UC; N = 11) or proactive care (PC; N = 9). All participants were called 3-months post-randomization for follow-up. PC patients reported high satisfaction with the program and experienced no adverse events or mental health symptom exacerbation during treatment. PC patients reported greater reductions in cigarettes per day, more quit attempts, and more cessation medication utilization than UC patients. Proactive outreach for tobacco cessation is feasible in a behavioral health home, acceptable to patients, and may reduce smoking heaviness and promote quit attempts.
PMID: 31520255 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Community Mental Health Journal - September 12, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Japuntich SJ, Dunne EM, Krieger NH, Ryan PM, Rogers E, Sherman SE, Fu SS Tags: Community Ment Health J Source Type: research