“The active ingredients in a treatment for justice-involved persons with mental illness: The importance of addressing mental illness and criminal risk": Correction to Scanlon and Morgan (2020).
Reports an error in "The active ingredients in a treatment for justice-involved persons with mental illness: The importance of addressing mental illness and criminal risk" by Faith Scanlon and Robert D. Morgan (Psychological Services, Advanced Online Publication, Jan 16, 2020, np). In the article, the authors listed the wrong version of a measure in the Method section of Study 2. The article should have listed PICTS-Layperson-Short Form (PICTS-L-SF) instead of the PICTS-Short Form (PICTS-SF) as the measure used. The correct citation for the measure appears below. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in ...
Source: Psychological Services - October 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Gender, psychiatric disability, and dropout from peer support specialist training.
This study’s findings also raise questions as to possible underrepresentation of men with psychiatric disability in the peer support workforce training pipeline. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - October 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Is “me-search” a kiss of death in mental health research?
Applicants to graduate school in clinical psychology are warned against disclosing something in their application that could be the “kiss of death,” information that by itself causes admissions committees to reject otherwise strong applicants. Specifically, several renowned authorities warn applicants against disclosing a lived experience with, or close connection to, psychopathology. This state of affairs seems counterintuitive. At least some people who pursue research in clinical psychology do so, in part, because they have a lived experience with mental illness. This pursuit is termed self-relevant research, which i...
Source: Psychological Services - October 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dr. Colleen M. Hacker: A certified mental performance consultant (CMPC).
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 676-679; doi:10.1037/ser0000505This interview highlighted the atypical career of Dr. Colleen Hacker. She discusses her experiences as a mental skills coach, corporate speaker, and full-time professor. The convergence of these career paths has led her to be a leader in the Olympic and professional sports setting, as well as in academia. Dr. Colleen M. Hacker provides critical insights into how she obtained these positions and how she manages her day-to-day tasks. Additionally, she discusses her knowledge in sport and performance psychology, life as a professor, and her experience...
Source: Psychological Services - September 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Dr. Colleen M. Hacker: A certified mental performance consultant (CMPC).
This interview highlighted the atypical career of Dr. Colleen Hacker. She discusses her experiences as a mental skills coach, corporate speaker, and full-time professor. The convergence of these career paths has led her to be a leader in the Olympic and professional sports setting, as well as in academia. Dr. Colleen M. Hacker provides critical insights into how she obtained these positions and how she manages her day-to-day tasks. Additionally, she discusses her knowledge in sport and performance psychology, life as a professor, and her experience as a three-time intercollegiate national champion soccer coach. Multicultur...
Source: Psychological Services - September 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain in veterans: Evidence for clinical effectiveness in a model program.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been training clinicians in its cognitive behavioral therapy for chronic pain (CBT-CP) structured protocol since 2012. The aim of this project was to review patient outcomes to determine the effectiveness of the VA’s CBT-CP treatment. From 2012–2018, 1,331 Veterans initiated individual CBT-CP treatment as part of the training program. Patient outcomes were assessed with measures of patient-reported pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, depression, pain interference, and quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and environmental). Mixed models of the effects of t...
Source: Psychological Services - September 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Why do students in psychological distress not use psychological care?
This study aimed to shed light on students’ use of psychological care and the reasons for nonuse among students facing these troubles and, by controlling the socionormative context in which students were interviewed, the role of knowledge about these psychopathologies and the severity and comorbidity of their disorders. In total, 316 students previously diagnosed for distress, major depression, or suicidal thoughts or behaviors were interviewed by peers in a door-to-door procedure about their use of psychological care and the reasons for their nonuse. The results confirmed the low use rate of psychological care in this c...
Source: Psychological Services - September 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Workplace bullying among mental health providers with lived experience of a mental health challenge.
Mental health care providers who have a personal lived experience of mental health challenges are valuable employees who may be vulnerable to workplace bullying, which causes harm both to these individuals and to their organizations. We used snowball sampling to survey 40 mental health professionals with lived experience about their history of workplace bullying and whether or not their lived experience was known (“out”) or concealed (“closeted”). We found that our sample experienced workplace bullying at much higher rates than published samples from the general population. More than three-quarters of our sample re...
Source: Psychological Services - September 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Implementing a program to reduce restraint and seclusion utilization in a public-sector hospital: Clinical innovations, preliminary findings, and lessons learned.
The Alternative to Restraint and Seclusion State Incentive Grant was a national initiative to reduce restraint and seclusion use in psychiatric hospitals and community based mental health settings sponsored by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors. This initiative was implemented in a large public sector psychiatric hospital. It involved the use of a restraint and seclusion prevention project team and a Patient-Staff Steering Committee collaborating on violence prevention. It also entailed systematic data collection and case reviews, staff-training on trauma-sensitive care and other relevant top...
Source: Psychological Services - September 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Measurement-based care and psychological assessment: Using measurement to enhance psychological treatment.
This special issue highlights new research in psychological assessment and measurement-based care. Psychological assessment has historically been central to the field of psychology. Measurement-based care, considered an evidence-based practice, is a special type of applied psychological assessment in which patient-reported outcome measures are used to track progress in care as part of a clinical process. We discuss how the knowledge from these two distinct but related fields can synergistically advance mental health treatment. The articles in this special issue demonstrate ways to practically implement measurement-based ca...
Source: Psychological Services - September 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An interview with retired Commander (CDR) Everett Alvarez.
Mr. Everett Alvarez is a prior Navy pilot and officer who served during the Vietnam War as a Lieutenant Junior Grade (LTJG, O-2). Mr. Alvarez was the first pilot shot down, captured, and held as a prisoner of war (POW) at the Hỏa Lò Prison, also known as the “Hanoi Hilton.” He was held as a POW for 8.5 years, the second longest period of time a United States service member has been held captive. After his release and return to the United States, Mr. Alvarez continued his Naval service with a successful career. He went on to receive his Master of Science degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis and retired ...
Source: Psychological Services - August 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Using the electronic health record to identify suicide risk factors in an Alaska Native Health System.
This study identifies routinely collected electronic health record data to identify demographic, clinical, and utilization factors associated with suicide-related visits in a tribal health care system. In this retrospective, case-control study, cases were defined as any person with a suicide-related visit from 2012 to 2015. Cases and controls were matched by age, sex, and urban/rural residence. We used conditional logistic regression to estimate odds ratios, which were interpreted as prevalence ratios (PR) based on the rare outcome assumption. The dataset included 314 cases and 1,169 controls. In the year before the index ...
Source: Psychological Services - August 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Changeover—How my lived experience changed my life, my work as a psychiatrist, and how it resulted in the establishment of a support group for prosumers in Germany.
How does it feel to be a doctor and a patient? What impact does my lived experience have on my work as a psychiatrist? In the present narrative, I describe my personal experiences with bipolar disorder and my difficulties in accepting the diagnosis of a mental health disorder due to mental health stigma. I outline the possible benefits resulting from a deeper insight into a psychological crisis (e.g., more empathy and patience). I describe the establishment of a support and interest group for prosumers diagnosed with bipolar disorder in Germany and its activities of offering support to colleagues and providing public infor...
Source: Psychological Services - August 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Preferences regarding therapists’ history of personal therapy or suicidal ideation: A comparison of undergraduates and mental healthcare providers.
A majority of mental health care providers seek personal therapy (i.e., are prosumers), and many providers experience suicidal ideation. Although mental health care providers may have more awareness of mental health than undergraduates, stigma is prevalent across both mental health care professionals and within universities. Furthermore, suicidality is a particularly stigmatized aspect of mental health. Stigma may affect a client’s willingness to work with therapists who are prosumers. Although client preferences have implications for treatment engagement, retention, and outcomes (Swift & Callahan, 2009, 2010; Swift, Cal...
Source: Psychological Services - August 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
