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Lack of Awareness, Body Confidence and Connotations of Sex: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Barriers Affecting the Decision to Attend Initial Cervical Cancer Screening
This study sought to understand how cervical cancer screening (CCS) awareness, sexual connotations and body image influenced the likelihood of CCS uptake in women yet to attend. Eleven females, aged 23 –24, yet to attend CCS, were purposefully sampled. Interview transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis, generating three superordinate themes: (1) building screening expectations, (2) confronting sexual connotations and (3) growing pains. Findings demonstrated how a lack of awareness of CCS and the sexual connotations implicit in CCS acted as a barrier to attendance, exacerbated by negative b...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - October 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Assessment of Outcome-Based Measures of Depression Care Quality in Veterans Health Administration Facilities
AbstractTo inform the potential use of patient-reported depression symptom outcomes as measures of care quality, this study collected and analyzed longitudinal Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ9) scores among 1,638 patients who screened positive for major depression according to a PHQ9 ≥ 10 across 29 Department of Veterans Affairs facilities. The study found baseline PHQ9, prior mental health visits, physical functioning, and treatment expectancy were consistently associated with subsequent PHQ9 outcomes. No facilities outperformed any others on PHQ9 scores at the 6-month p rimary endpoint, and the corresponding int...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - October 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Barriers and Facilitators to the Implementation of an Eating Disorders Knowledge Exchange Program for Non-specialist Professionals
AbstractDespite availability of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders (EDs), individuals with EDs often do not receive informed treatment. Training of non-specialized clinicians by experienced professionals through knowledge exchange (KE) programs is an effective way to enhance accessibility to evidence-based treatments for EDs. The authors conducted a qualitative analysis of factors that facilitated or impeded the uptake of an ED-focused KE program. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with mental health professionals (n = 43) and managers (n = 11) at 13 community mental-health sites at which the KE ...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - September 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Prescription Opioid Misuse and Suicidal Behaviors Among US Veterans: A Cross-Sectional Study from the 2015 –2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health
AbstractSuicide continues to be a serious public health issue for the US veteran population as its prevalence has skyrocketed over the last 15 years. This cross-sectional study estimates the prevalence of suicidal behaviors and prescription opioid misuse among veterans and identifies associations between suicidal behaviors and misuse of prescription opioids using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The findings show tha t approximately 3.7% of all veterans in this sample experienced suicidal behaviors, while nearly 3.0% reported misusing prescription opioids. Veterans who misused prescription opioids ha...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - September 29, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Co-occurrence of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Predict Caretaker Mental Health in a Latinx Sample
This study aimed to ascertain a relationship between NDD severity and caretakers ’ mental health. It was hypothesized that co-occurrence of multiple diagnoses would predict higher anxiety and depressive symptomatology and suicidality. Data was collected from a sample of 93 Latinx caregivers to a child or adult with at least one NDD. Multiple NDDs predicted higher levels of anx iety and depression compared to the symptom severity endorsed by caregivers to those with a single NDD diagnosis, but did not predict increased suicidality endorsement. Because caregivers to those with multiple NDDs are at an elevated risk for depr...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - September 12, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Leveraging Leadership in Child Welfare Systems: Large-scale Trauma- and Resilience-informed Training Initiative
AbstractStrengthening the infrastructure of public health systems around trauma-informed principles is crucial to addressing the needs of traumatized children in the child welfare system. In fact, many local and state initiatives have focused on large-scale evaluation studies to determine the value of training direct service staff on trauma foundations. Less yet is known about the benefits of training leaders on trauma foundations, which is crucial given their unique influence on implementation decisions. The current study evaluates a trauma training delivered to leadership-level stakeholders through a large-scale training...
Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - August 25, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A Serious Response to Youth Mental Health and Substance Use
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Source: The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research - August 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research