Racial and ethnic differences in behavioral health, criminal legal system involvement, and service needs among mental health court participants: Implications for service delivery.
This study used data from behavioral health and social assessments administered to 146 adults with COD entering a Massachusetts MHC. Multivariate linear and logistic regression controlling for key demographics tested differences between racial/ethnic groups on current and lifetime substance use, mental health symptoms, and history of criminal legal system involvement. Hispanic participants were more likely than non-Hispanic White participants to report current and lifetime serious mental illness and lifetime Emergency Department (ED) mental health treatment. Non-Hispanic White participants were more likely to report curren...
Source: Psychological Services - May 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Prescriptive authority for psychologists: The next step.
This article examines scholarship related to RxP as well as newsletter columns, state legislative efforts, current RxP laws, policies, training programs, and critical events in the RxP history. Public access to quality and comprehensive mental health services can be expected to improve as more psychologists complete the necessary RxP training and licensure requirements. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - May 5, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Atypical jobs in psychology: Interview with Dr. M. David Rudd.
Psychological Services, Vol 21(1), Feb 2024, 93-96; doi:10.1037/ser0000658This is an interview with Dr. M. David Rudd, the president of the University of Memphis. This interview describes Dr. Rudd’s work, the rewards and challenges of his job, and the pathway to his job. Readers will be inspired by his vision for the university, his ability to build consensus, and his use of psychological skills in overcoming challenges. In addition, readers will learn valuable leadership lessons such as valuing people and understanding how decisions impact others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Psychological Services)
Source: Psychological Services - April 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Atypical jobs series: An interview with Dr. Julie Takishima-Lacasa.
This article outlines the early career of Dr. Takishima-Lacasa as a commuting clinical psychologist in the island state of Hawai‘i. This work setting is made atypical by the necessity to fly between different islands within the state and provide services to rural communities. Dr. Takishima-Lacasa discusses her motivation behind her decision to become a clinical psychologist and her time working on the islands. She addresses challenging aspects of being a rural provider, how she worked to overcome those obstacles, and the rewards to working in rural communities. She provides information to those looking to increase their ...
Source: Psychological Services - April 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Supervising and supporting trainees with disabilities in the Veterans Administration Healthcare System: An overlooked but critical need and opportunity.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(2), May 2023, 306-317; doi:10.1037/ser0000663Trainees with disabilities are chronically underrepresented in psychology and face many barriers throughout their training. Directors of Clinical Training and supervisors within the Veterans Administration Healthcare System (VAHCS), one of the largest employers of trainees with disabilities, have a unique opportunity to address this area of critical need. However, they must first understand the barriers facing psychology trainees with disabilities in VAHCS settings, including discrimination in trainee selection, barriers to obtaining reasonable acc...
Source: Psychological Services - April 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Contrasting ecological contexts among treatment-seeking military sexual assault survivors: Consideration of relationships with sexual and gender minority identification.
Psychological Services, Vol 21(1), Feb 2024, 139-147; doi:10.1037/ser0000656Survivors of military sexual trauma (MST) seeking mental health services may present with concerns extending beyond symptom relief. Attention to social, economic, and coping resource contexts is salient for care consideration. Although those identifying as sexual and gender minorities (SGM) are overrepresented among service members exposed to assaultive MST, research contrasting ecological resource variability among treatment seekers is limited. The present study delineates modifiable risk and protective factors that might be used to inform MST-rel...
Source: Psychological Services - April 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Does screening for PTSD lead to VA mental health care? Identifying the spectrum of initial VA screening actions.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(3), Aug 2023, 525-532; doi:10.1037/ser0000651Despite the active posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) screening program in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care clinics and the availability of empirically supported treatments for PTSD at VA, many veterans for whom screening suggests treatment may be indicated do not gain access to VA-based mental health care. To determine where we may be losing veterans to follow-up, we need to begin by identifying the initial action taken in response to a positive PTSD screen in primary care. Using VA administrative data and chart review, we identi...
Source: Psychological Services - April 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Military behavioral health technicians: Multiple relationship dilemmas and recommendations for supervision.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(2), May 2023, 353-362; doi:10.1037/ser0000664Enlisted behavioral health technicians (BHTs) in the military provide behavioral health care to service members worldwide under the supervision of licensed providers. Given their paraprofessional role, BHTs serve in close social and personal proximity to their patient population and may be at risk for engaging in multiple relationships. In order to guide supervision of BHTs, a framework should be leveraged that examines power differentials, the duration of treatment, the nature of termination, the compatibility of multiple roles, supervisor consult...
Source: Psychological Services - April 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Suicidal ideation and clinician-rated suicide risk in veterans referred for ADHD evaluation at a VA Medical Center.
Psychological Services, Vol 21(1), Feb 2024, 13-23; doi:10.1037/ser0000659The U.S. military veteran population experiences elevated rates of suicide relative to demographically matched community samples. Understanding suicide risk factors in veterans is therefore of critical importance. Accordingly, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has implemented elevated vigilance for suicidal ideation in its health care. One potential risk factor for suicidal ideation or behavior may be attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is frequently characterized by impaired impulse control and experience of intense emotion...
Source: Psychological Services - April 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
A pilot study examining the effectiveness of a short-term, DBT informed, skills group for emotion dysregulation during the perinatal period.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(3), Aug 2023, 697-707; doi:10.1037/ser0000662The perinatal period (pregnancy and the first-year postpartum) is a time of increased vulnerability to mental health difficulties including emotion dysregulation. Research conducted on treatments targeting emotion dysregulation during this time is limited. Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills groups are considered the gold standard for targeting emotion dysregulation. We developed and evaluated the effectiveness of a seven-session DBT informed skills group (perinatal emotion regulation skills [Peri-ERS]) tailored to meet the unique emotion d...
Source: Psychological Services - April 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Single-item depression screening with the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI): Do scores assist clinicians with predicting need for mental health interventions?
Psychological Services, Vol 20(3), Aug 2023, 690-696; doi:10.1037/ser0000652The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between a single item for depression from the Neurobehavioral Symptom Inventory (NSI) and a common depression screening measure to predict need for further mental health consultation for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Three hundred eighty veterans referred to a Veterans Affairs Health Care System TBI clinic for evaluation were administered the NSI and a common depression screening measure (Beck Depression Inventory-Second Edition; BDI-II). Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)...
Source: Psychological Services - April 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Caring contacts for suicide prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(1), Feb 2023, 74-83; doi:10.1037/ser0000645Caring Contacts (CC), a low-cost intervention originally designed and tested by Jerome Motto in 1976, remains one of the few strategies to demonstrate efficacy in the prevention of suicide deaths. Interest in CC has increased steadily over the last several years in tandem with rising U.S. suicide rates and the acceleration of suicide prevention initiatives. There have been several efforts to design interventions modeled after Motto’s strategy, and the recent publication of additional large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in alignment with...
Source: Psychological Services - April 14, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Stress overload in first-generation college students: Implications for intervention.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(3), Aug 2023, 636-646; doi:10.1037/ser0000650First-generation college students (FGCS), those whose parents never obtained a baccalaureate, are disadvantaged relative to continuing generation college students (CGCS) in regard to academic performance and health status. The literature documents myriad challenges facing FGCS, in the form of both adjustment demands and limited resources. Stress overload, the pathogenic form of stress, occurs when demands overwhelm coping resources. Its relevance to the plight of FGCS, as well as its established link to dysfunction in other college populations, pro...
Source: Psychological Services - April 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Military chaplains and mental health clinicians: Overlapping roles and collaborative opportunities.
Psychological Services, Vol 20(1), Feb 2023, 56-65; doi:10.1037/ser0000661Military chaplains and mental health clinicians have unique professional roles and functions within the Department of Defense. However, they also have intersecting roles in delivering care to service members with mental health issues. Although diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders is the primary focus of mental health clinicians, military chaplains are often the first contact made by service members seeking help for mental health concerns, due in part to issues of greater accessibility, ensured confidentiality, and less stigma. There is growi...
Source: Psychological Services - April 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
