State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Demographic Characteristics and Employment Outcomes for Native Americans with Mental Illnesses
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01191-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere were 9.7 million Native Americans (American Indian, Alaska Native-AI/AN- these acronyms will be used interchangeably with Native Americans throughout the paper) in 2019 comprising 2.9% of the U.S. population. Native American populations have disproportionately higher rates of mental illnesses compared to other racial groups in the U.S. Mental health is a significant public health concern for this population, impacting different areas of their lives including employment. Additionally, Native Americans continue to exper...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nahal Salimi Bryan Gere Amin Shahab Source Type: research

State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Demographic Characteristics and Employment Outcomes for Native Americans with Mental Illnesses
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01191-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere were 9.7 million Native Americans (American Indian, Alaska Native-AI/AN- these acronyms will be used interchangeably with Native Americans throughout the paper) in 2019 comprising 2.9% of the U.S. population. Native American populations have disproportionately higher rates of mental illnesses compared to other racial groups in the U.S. Mental health is a significant public health concern for this population, impacting different areas of their lives including employment. Additionally, Native Americans continue to exper...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nahal Salimi Bryan Gere Amin Shahab Source Type: research

State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Demographic Characteristics and Employment Outcomes for Native Americans with Mental Illnesses
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 12. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01191-1. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThere were 9.7 million Native Americans (American Indian, Alaska Native-AI/AN- these acronyms will be used interchangeably with Native Americans throughout the paper) in 2019 comprising 2.9% of the U.S. population. Native American populations have disproportionately higher rates of mental illnesses compared to other racial groups in the U.S. Mental health is a significant public health concern for this population, impacting different areas of their lives including employment. Additionally, Native Americans continue to exper...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 12, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Nahal Salimi Bryan Gere Amin Shahab Source Type: research

Developing and Testing an Evaluation Framework for Collaborative Mental Health Services in Primary Care Systems in Latin America
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 10. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01186-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo develop and pilot-test a feasible and meaningful evaluation framework to support the ongoing improvement and performance measurement of services and systems in Latin America regarding Collaborative Mental health Care (CMHC). This mixed methods study, guided by a developmental evaluation approach, included: (1) a critical review of the literature; (2) an environmental scan at three selected health networks in Mexico, Nicaragua and Chile; (3) a Delphi group with experts; (4) a final consultation in the three sites; and (5)...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jaime C Sapag Alexander Mancevski Andr és Perry Cameron D Norman Jan Barnsley Lorraine E Ferris Brian Rush Source Type: research

Developing and Testing an Evaluation Framework for Collaborative Mental Health Services in Primary Care Systems in Latin America
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 10. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01186-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo develop and pilot-test a feasible and meaningful evaluation framework to support the ongoing improvement and performance measurement of services and systems in Latin America regarding Collaborative Mental health Care (CMHC). This mixed methods study, guided by a developmental evaluation approach, included: (1) a critical review of the literature; (2) an environmental scan at three selected health networks in Mexico, Nicaragua and Chile; (3) a Delphi group with experts; (4) a final consultation in the three sites; and (5)...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jaime C Sapag Alexander Mancevski Andr és Perry Cameron D Norman Jan Barnsley Lorraine E Ferris Brian Rush Source Type: research

Developing and Testing an Evaluation Framework for Collaborative Mental Health Services in Primary Care Systems in Latin America
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 10. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01186-y. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTTo develop and pilot-test a feasible and meaningful evaluation framework to support the ongoing improvement and performance measurement of services and systems in Latin America regarding Collaborative Mental health Care (CMHC). This mixed methods study, guided by a developmental evaluation approach, included: (1) a critical review of the literature; (2) an environmental scan at three selected health networks in Mexico, Nicaragua and Chile; (3) a Delphi group with experts; (4) a final consultation in the three sites; and (5)...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 10, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jaime C Sapag Alexander Mancevski Andr és Perry Cameron D Norman Jan Barnsley Lorraine E Ferris Brian Rush Source Type: research

Exception Reporting: A Novel Approach to Tracking of Multiple Behavioral Health Outcomes
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 7. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01195-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFederally funded medical and behavioral healthcare programs often have substantial evaluation outcome tracking and reporting requirements, which can become burdensome to program staff resulting in decreased buy-in, increased chance of staff burnout and turnover, and less rigorous and consistent data collection efforts. To address this issue, a novel data collection approach, "exception reporting," was implemented to supplement and support the required data collection for a federally funded Assertive Outpatient Treatment (AOT...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jamison V Kovach Robin E Gearing Micki Washburn Andrew Robinson Kana Lastovica Lance Britt Wayne Young Source Type: research

Exception Reporting: A Novel Approach to Tracking of Multiple Behavioral Health Outcomes
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 7. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01195-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFederally funded medical and behavioral healthcare programs often have substantial evaluation outcome tracking and reporting requirements, which can become burdensome to program staff resulting in decreased buy-in, increased chance of staff burnout and turnover, and less rigorous and consistent data collection efforts. To address this issue, a novel data collection approach, "exception reporting," was implemented to supplement and support the required data collection for a federally funded Assertive Outpatient Treatment (AOT...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jamison V Kovach Robin E Gearing Micki Washburn Andrew Robinson Kana Lastovica Lance Britt Wayne Young Source Type: research

Exception Reporting: A Novel Approach to Tracking of Multiple Behavioral Health Outcomes
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 7. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01195-x. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTFederally funded medical and behavioral healthcare programs often have substantial evaluation outcome tracking and reporting requirements, which can become burdensome to program staff resulting in decreased buy-in, increased chance of staff burnout and turnover, and less rigorous and consistent data collection efforts. To address this issue, a novel data collection approach, "exception reporting," was implemented to supplement and support the required data collection for a federally funded Assertive Outpatient Treatment (AOT...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jamison V Kovach Robin E Gearing Micki Washburn Andrew Robinson Kana Lastovica Lance Britt Wayne Young Source Type: research

Toward a Socioeconomic Equity in Combating Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Outreach and Drop-In Centre to Bridge the Gap
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01193-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper describes a case study of an Outreach and Drop-in Centre (ODIC) established under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. In the quantitative part, data were gathered from the ODIC office documents and analysed using MS Excel. Linear regression analysis demonstrated a relationship between the number of in-centre clients and the number of Community Outreach Programmes (COPs). Similarly, this study examined the relationship between the numb...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shinto Joseph Frank Van den Bulke Jasmine Mathew Monne Trappeniers Kathleen Van Hoecke Anthea Van Cauwenberghe Krishnakumar I Pradeep Source Type: research

Reframing Mental Health Ethics
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01189-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health ethics has been classically focused on ethical concepts and problems in clinical mental health spaces. Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic ethics are main threads of analysis in this subfield of bioethics. However, ethical issues emerge around mental health and illness both within and beyond clinical settings. In particular, ethical quandaries arise in employment, education, family caregiving, and incarceration of people with mental health conditions outside of the clinical setting. Likewise, ethics are an import...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Knopes Laura Guidry-Grimes Source Type: research

How Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Diagnoses Navigate Poverty Post-emancipation: The Complex Roles of Community Mental Health Services & amp; Informal Social Support
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01188-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSerious mental health diagnoses are prevalent among youth who "age out" of foster care by reaching the maximum age for child welfare service eligibility. Post-emancipation, little is known about how youth engage in community mental health services, or leverage informal social networks, to navigate independence. Twenty emancipating youth completed three interviews over 16 months. All emancipated into poverty; most lived alone and initially connected to adult community mental health teams. Four service use and informal support...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vanessa V Klodnick Rebecca P Johnson Beth Sapiro Marc A Fagan Deborah A Cohen Source Type: research

Toward a Socioeconomic Equity in Combating Adolescent Substance Abuse: An Outreach and Drop-In Centre to Bridge the Gap
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01193-z. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper describes a case study of an Outreach and Drop-in Centre (ODIC) established under the National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India. In the quantitative part, data were gathered from the ODIC office documents and analysed using MS Excel. Linear regression analysis demonstrated a relationship between the number of in-centre clients and the number of Community Outreach Programmes (COPs). Similarly, this study examined the relationship between the numb...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Shinto Joseph Frank Van den Bulke Jasmine Mathew Monne Trappeniers Kathleen Van Hoecke Anthea Van Cauwenberghe Krishnakumar I Pradeep Source Type: research

Reframing Mental Health Ethics
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01189-9. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTMental health ethics has been classically focused on ethical concepts and problems in clinical mental health spaces. Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic ethics are main threads of analysis in this subfield of bioethics. However, ethical issues emerge around mental health and illness both within and beyond clinical settings. In particular, ethical quandaries arise in employment, education, family caregiving, and incarceration of people with mental health conditions outside of the clinical setting. Likewise, ethics are an import...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Julia Knopes Laura Guidry-Grimes Source Type: research

How Young Adults with Serious Mental Health Diagnoses Navigate Poverty Post-emancipation: The Complex Roles of Community Mental Health Services & amp; Informal Social Support
Community Ment Health J. 2023 Oct 3. doi: 10.1007/s10597-023-01188-w. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSerious mental health diagnoses are prevalent among youth who "age out" of foster care by reaching the maximum age for child welfare service eligibility. Post-emancipation, little is known about how youth engage in community mental health services, or leverage informal social networks, to navigate independence. Twenty emancipating youth completed three interviews over 16 months. All emancipated into poverty; most lived alone and initially connected to adult community mental health teams. Four service use and informal support...
Source: Community Mental Health Journal - October 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Vanessa V Klodnick Rebecca P Johnson Beth Sapiro Marc A Fagan Deborah A Cohen Source Type: research