Preferred terminology of people with serious mental illness.
Psychological Services, Vol 21(1), Feb 2024, 184-197; doi:10.1037/ser0000717People with serious mental illnesses (SMIs) have argued for name changes for their conditions given problems with oversimplification, stigma, and social exclusion. There is a need to better understand the terminology preferences of people with SMI. The present two-part qualitative study analyzed data regarding participant preferences and evaluations of different labels for SMIs using qualitative data analysis methodologies of grounded theory and content analysis. The range of names identified by people with SMI in the present qualitative interviews...
Source: Psychological Services - November 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The impact of trauma-informed design on psychological well-being in homeless shelters.
This article provides preliminary support for positive outcomes through a program evaluation of a trauma-informed design of resident bedrooms at two homeless shelters in North Carolina. Residents (n = 61) were asked to take a presurvey (before room design) and postsurvey (after design) that assessed their experiences of preparedness, hopefulness, and safety. Among those who completed both pre and postsurveys (n = 43), there was a statistically significant improvement in all three factors following the design, with the largest effect sizes for safety and total score average. Additionally, qualitative findings indicate parti...
Source: Psychological Services - November 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Veterans’ reasons for dropping out of prolonged exposure therapy across three delivery modalities: A qualitative examination.
This study aimed to understand Veterans’ reasons for dropping out of prolonged exposure therapy (PE) and to examine if there are differences in reasons for dropout between three delivery modalities: in-home, in-person (IHIP), office-based telehealth (OBT), or home-based telehealth (HBT). Twenty-two Veterans who dropped out of PE from a parent randomized clinical trial participated in individual qualitative interviews about potential contextual and individual factors related to discontinuation. Team-based coding was used to conduct open and focused coding. Themes were generated that described factors that influenced Veter...
Source: Psychological Services - November 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Worldview Genogram: A process model for enhancing diversity responsiveness and competence in education, training, and clinical supervision.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(2), May 2023, 219-226; doi:10.1037/ser0000719Diversity responsiveness and competence is an imperative in current graduate psychology training and few, if any, will debate this. However, what has been and still remains frustrating to most practicum and internship clinical supervisors and graduate school instructors is a dearth of safe and practical tools to enhance this process, particularly in terms of the awareness domain. The authors of this article present a process model, the Worldview Genogram (WVG), that has been developed and implemented in clinical field placements and classroom setti...
Source: Psychological Services - November 3, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological services to extend public health and disease management approaches in criminal justice settings: An introduction.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 607-608; doi:10.1037/ser0000712COVID-19 has brought renewed attention to the physical and mental health needs of underserved populations and the settings that assist them in receiving services. This introduction presents six articles of a special section on disease management approaches used within criminal justice settings to address such needs. Articles span a range of settings, including prisons, jails, mental health courts, forensic settings, and crisis units. Collectively, the articles in this special section discuss medical conditions, substance use, and mental health. The...
Source: Psychological Services - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological services: A wonderful journey.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 605-606; doi:10.1037/ser0000699When we started our journey in 2006, with our original editorial team of Associate Editors Sheila Brandt, Leon Green, Jill Oliveira-Berry, and Morgan Sammons, Gary VandenBos served as managing editor. From the very beginning, we decided that Psychological Services was to be the division’s journal and that we would craft its content to address the interests and needs of the membership, who primarily serve in public service, interdisciplinary systems. We wanted to increase the participation of psychologists in nonacademic settings in the editorial ...
Source: Psychological Services - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological services to extend public health and disease management approaches in criminal justice settings: An introduction.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 607-608; doi:10.1037/ser0000712COVID-19 has brought renewed attention to the physical and mental health needs of underserved populations and the settings that assist them in receiving services. This introduction presents six articles of a special section on disease management approaches used within criminal justice settings to address such needs. Articles span a range of settings, including prisons, jails, mental health courts, forensic settings, and crisis units. Collectively, the articles in this special section discuss medical conditions, substance use, and mental health. The...
Source: Psychological Services - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological services: A wonderful journey.
Psychological Services, Vol 19(4), Nov 2022, 605-606; doi:10.1037/ser0000699When we started our journey in 2006, with our original editorial team of Associate Editors Sheila Brandt, Leon Green, Jill Oliveira-Berry, and Morgan Sammons, Gary VandenBos served as managing editor. From the very beginning, we decided that Psychological Services was to be the division’s journal and that we would craft its content to address the interests and needs of the membership, who primarily serve in public service, interdisciplinary systems. We wanted to increase the participation of psychologists in nonacademic settings in the editorial ...
Source: Psychological Services - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological services to extend public health and disease management approaches in criminal justice settings: An introduction.
COVID-19 has brought renewed attention to the physical and mental health needs of underserved populations and the settings that assist them in receiving services. This introduction presents six articles of a special section on disease management approaches used within criminal justice settings to address such needs. Articles span a range of settings, including prisons, jails, mental health courts, forensic settings, and crisis units. Collectively, the articles in this special section discuss medical conditions, substance use, and mental health. They provide information on the diverse approaches taken across various setting...
Source: Psychological Services - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Psychological services: A wonderful journey.
When we started our journey in 2006, with our original editorial team of Associate Editors Sheila Brandt, Leon Green, Jill Oliveira-Berry, and Morgan Sammons, Gary VandenBos served as managing editor. From the very beginning, we decided that Psychological Services was to be the division’s journal and that we would craft its content to address the interests and needs of the membership, who primarily serve in public service, interdisciplinary systems. We wanted to increase the participation of psychologists in nonacademic settings in the editorial process, especially women and ethnic minorities. Throughout our tenure, we r...
Source: Psychological Services - October 27, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
U.S. veterans’ experiences and factors associated with use of a smartphone application to self-manage unhealthy alcohol use.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(4), Nov 2023, 908-917; doi:10.1037/ser0000716Unhealthy alcohol use is common among Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) veterans, yet barriers discourage treatment-seeking. Mobile applications (apps) that deliver alcohol interventions have potential to address these barriers and increase treatment receipt. Few studies have qualitatively assessed users’ experiences with apps to manage alcohol use. We assessed OEF/OIF veterans’ experiences with Step Away, an app to reduce alcohol-related risks, to identify factors that may influence engagement. This single–arm pilot study recru...
Source: Psychological Services - October 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Multilevel factors in providers’ decisions to utilize CPT in military- and veteran-serving treatment settings.
This study utilizes baseline data from a larger investigation aimed to support the sustained implementation of cognitive processing therapy (CPT) in U.S. VA and Canadian Operational Stress Injury (OSI) and Department of Defense settings. Providers who trained in CPT (N = 55) participated in interviews regarding their opinions of CPT, preferred treatments for PTSD, and their process in assessing appropriate PTSD treatments for each patient. A directed content analysis approach was used to identify themes for providers’ decision-making to utilize CPT within the context of four Consolidated Framework for Implementation Rese...
Source: Psychological Services - October 13, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
“I wish people could come together like we have,” patient and provider perspectives on VA residential PTSD treatment.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(4), Nov 2023, 809-819; doi:10.1037/ser0000713Although most posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) care in the Veterans health administration (VHA) is provided on an outpatient basis, the VHA has 40 residential rehabilitation treatment programs (RRTPs) designed to treat Veterans who require more intensive and closely monitored care. Unfortunately, the clinical outcomes of these programs are modest, and previous attempts to identify key drivers of outcomes have uncovered few modifiable factors. The present study, informed by the model of resources, life events and changes in psychological state, ...
Source: Psychological Services - September 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Home-based primary care–mental health integration in the Veterans Health Administration: An updated evaluation of practice patterns.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(4), Nov 2023, 723-733; doi:10.1037/ser0000710Starting in 2008, the U.S. Veterans Health Administration required the integration of mental health providers (MH providers) in Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) programs to promote access to and quality of mental health services for veterans enrolled in HBPC. Surveys were administered in both 2010 and 2019 to HBPC program directors and MH providers to evaluate the status of mental health practice in HBPC programs and inform the continued development of program resources. Findings reported here summarize responses to the 2019 survey and highlight chan...
Source: Psychological Services - September 22, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Peer-supported mobile mental health for veterans in primary care: A pilot study.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(4), Nov 2023, 734-744; doi:10.1037/ser0000709One in four veteran primary care patients suffers from a mental health condition; however, most do not receive any treatment for these problems. Mobile health (mHealth) can overcome barriers to care access, but poor patient engagement limits the effectiveness and implementation of these tools. Peers may facilitate patient engagement with mHealth. We designed a protocol for peers to support implementation of mobile mental health tools in primary care and tested the feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility of this approach. Thirty-nine patien...
Source: Psychological Services - September 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
