Psychiatric Services From Pages to Practice
A discussion of research highlights and timely issues in the delivery of mental health care services, brought to you by Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.
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68: Designing Community Services for People With Borderline Personality Disorder to Reduce Hospitalizations
05/14/2024
68: Designing Community Services for People With Borderline Personality Disorder to Reduce Hospitalizations
Simon Graham, M.B.Ch.B., M.R.C.Psych., and Kathy Curtis (Spring House Psychotherapy and Personality Disorder Service) join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to and a combined day treatment and crisis service for patients with borderline personality disorder in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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67: Addressing Mental Health Disability in Unsheltered Homelessness: Outpatient Conservatorship in Los Angeles
04/17/2024
67: Addressing Mental Health Disability in Unsheltered Homelessness: Outpatient Conservatorship in Los Angeles
Elizabeth Bromley, M.D., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin in the effort to address mental health disability among unsheltered homeless persons in Los Angeles County, California. 00:00 Introduction 03:04 Homelessness in Los Angeles County, California 09:04 The paper and services 11:39 Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship 13:44 Outpatient conservatorship (OPC) pilot program 15:54 Skepticism 18:48 Beyond conservatorship: other aspects of the program 22:34 Initial evaluation 25:21 Quantitative measures 28:33 Coordination Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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66: Predicting Outcomes of Antidepressant Treatment in Community Practice Settings
02/21/2024
66: Predicting Outcomes of Antidepressant Treatment in Community Practice Settings
Gregory E. Simon, M.D., M.P.H. (Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle) join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the to analyze electronic health records to predict antidepressant treatment response. 00:00 Introduction 02:31 Focus on practical research 04:55 Population studied 05:57 Predicting outcomes 07:20 Using diagnostic codes, not personalized notes 08:04 What three data items might be more helpful? 08:49 What key indicators are we missing in clinical care? 11:35 A billing tool, not a clinical tool 12:57 Is suicide a predictable event based on electronic health record data? 14:48 “Machine learning and artificial intelligence” 16:15 Methods 18:59 Can we do a better job clarifying what we mean by depression? 22:32 How can we use a predictive model in clinical practice? 28:20 Predictive models, probability, the weather, and communicating Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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65: Remodeling Broken Systems: Addressing the National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
01/16/2024
65: Remodeling Broken Systems: Addressing the National Emergency in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Misty C. Richards, M.D., M.S. (University of California, Los Angeles), and Nicole Kozloff, M.D. (University of Toronto), join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin and provision of mental health services for children and adolescents. 00:00 Introduction 01:18 Impetus 05:45 What constitutes a mental health crisis? 11:14 “Remodeling” 16:21 Differences by location 18:28 Remodeling primary care 21:25 Virtual care 27:19 New service models 32:19 Are we moving in the right direction? Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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64: Acceptance of Insurance by Psychiatrists and Other Physicians, 2007–2016
12/04/2023
64: Acceptance of Insurance by Psychiatrists and Other Physicians, 2007–2016
Andrew D. Carlo, M.D., M.P.H. (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin of psychiatric practitioners compared with other medical disciplines. 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Background and Motivation 02:46 Data Set and Methodology 05:12 Restricted Data Set and Privacy Concerns 06:08 Research Questions and Goals 10:04 Findings: Insurance Acceptance Rates 11:29 Factors Influencing Insurance Acceptance 14:23 Magnitude of the Gap in Insurance Acceptance 15:44 Factors Affecting Insurance Acceptance for Psychiatrists 18:08 Challenges in Enforcing Mental Health Parity 19:27 Market Power of Psychiatrists 22:48 Impact on Other Mental Health Professionals 24:16 Importance and Implications 25:11 Potential Solutions and Policy Changes 29:31 Conclusion Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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63: Factors Influencing Turnover and Attrition in the Public Behavioral Health System Workforce: Qualitative Study
09/15/2023
63: Factors Influencing Turnover and Attrition in the Public Behavioral Health System Workforce: Qualitative Study
Eliza Hallett, M.S., (Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to faced by staff and behavioral health service providers, including low wages, traumatic work environments, low wages, and physical and administrative infrastructure. Workforce crisis in behavioral health care [01:33] How representative of the country is Oregon? [03:45] Who were you talking to? [05:32] A figure on radio [06:30] Generating a theoretical framework from the responses [08:01] Qualitative methods [09:30] The five factors [10:33] Wages [14:05] Infrastructure [14:40] Are these issues unique to behavioral health services? [19:11] Legislative changes in Oregon [21:25] Feeling supported matters [23:39] Did the pandemic exacerbate the problem? [27:04] Take home [29:08] Access the complete Behavioral Health Workforce Report to the Oregon Health Authority and State Legislature Factors influencing turnover and attrition in the public behavioral health system workforce in Oregona a Interviewees identified factors across three levels—system, organizational, and individual—that contribute to the direct drivers of workforce turnover and attrition. https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/pb-assets/podcasts/transcripts/PS/PS_Chung_August_2023_transcript.pdf Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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62: Medicaid Costs and Utilization of Collaborative Versus Colocation Care for Patients With Depression
08/04/2023
62: Medicaid Costs and Utilization of Collaborative Versus Colocation Care for Patients With Depression
Henry Chung, M.D., (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York City) joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to between the collaborative care model and the colocation model, and the impact on Medicaid costs and utilization, for the treatment of patients with depression. Chung interview [00:58] A bridge between clinical and research work [02:32] The colocation model and the collaborative care model [03:44] What populations are you working with? [07:21] Differences in service utilization and cost [10:25] Methodology [10:47] Concentration on depression instead of other psychiatric disorders [13:59] Findings [15:11] Choosing between models [20:21] Impact of COVID [24:06] Final thoughts [28:21] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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61: Guidance for Handling the Increasing Prevalence of Drugs Adulterated or Laced With Fentanyl
06/28/2023
61: Guidance for Handling the Increasing Prevalence of Drugs Adulterated or Laced With Fentanyl
Joseph Parks, M.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the increased prevalence of drugs adulterated with fentanyl and similar potent fentanyl analogs. MDI publications can be found . Parks interview [00:53] The National Council for Mental Wellbeing [01:21] Guidelines [03:50] Contemplation [05:02] A back-to-basics approach [07:13] Fentanyl test strips and harm reduction [08:37] Spillover [10:06] Issues with fentanyl [12:05] Incremental behavioral changes [13:44] Things people should know about fentanyl [16:29] Training for professionals [18:03] How things are moving [19:55] See the Psychiatric Services Editor's Choice collection, Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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60: Psychiatrist and Nonpsychiatrist Physician Network Breadth in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans
05/12/2023
60: Psychiatrist and Nonpsychiatrist Physician Network Breadth in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans
Eric P. Slade, Ph.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to of dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid coverage when it comes to mental health services, in particular Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs), a type of Medicare Advantage plan designed around those eligible for both programs. Slade interview [00:59] Medicare and Medicaid [02:24] Eligibility for each, and both [06:36] Dual eligibility [08:09] Who pays for care? [09:51] Managed care [11:13] Trade offs between traditional insurance and HMO plans [15:47] Medicare Advantage [18:17] Dual Eligible Special Needs Plans (D-SNPs) [19:06] D-SNPs from the perspective of consumers [21:34] Provider networks [24:50] Findings [27:07] Why do D-SNPs not have larger psychiatrist networks than traditional Medicare? [30:02] Mental health care and insurance coverage [33:47] What should policymakers take from this? [36:37] What should clinicians take from this? [39:56] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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59: Effect of Integrating Patient-Generated Digital Data Into Mental Health Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
04/11/2023
59: Effect of Integrating Patient-Generated Digital Data Into Mental Health Therapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Lauren Southwick, M.P.H., and Sharath Guntuku, Ph.D., join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss whether maintained by patients to track social media and other digital data usage had an impact on mental health therapy outcomes. • Southwick and Guntuku interview [01:37] • What led you to this study design? [03:06] • What did you think this would look like in a therapy setting? [08:00] • Amount of data patients contributed varied widely [09:39] • The dashboard [10:12] • What were the effects of sharing digital data with therapists? [12:31] • The Hawthorne effect [15:25] • What’s next for your research? [18:23] • Recruitment [20:46] • COVID and people’s interactions with digital media and mental health [23:29] • ChatGPT [26:50] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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58: A Survey of Behavioral Health Care Providers on Use and Barriers to Use of Measurement-Based Care
02/27/2023
58: A Survey of Behavioral Health Care Providers on Use and Barriers to Use of Measurement-Based Care
Breanna C. Keepers, M.D., M.B.A., and Ish P. Bhalla, M.D., M.S., join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the and their usage of measurement-based care. Dr. Keepers is in the Department of Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and Dr. Bhalla is Medical Director of Behavioral Health Value Transformation at Blue Cross-Blue Shield of North Carolina. • Keepers and Bhalla interview [00:50] • Incentivizing provider behavior changes [03:01] • Measurement instruments [05:30] • Measurement-based care from the care recipient’s perspective [06:27] • Study design [09:16] • Clinical utility and measurement-based care [11:31] • Are we using the right measure? [14:45] • Heterogeneity in provider perceptions of measurement-based care [16:08] • Training providers [17:25] • Providing care is hard [19:36] • What’s next for your research? [22:10] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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57: Trends in Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Adult Mental Health Treatment Use From 2005 to 2019
01/24/2023
57: Trends in Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Adult Mental Health Treatment Use From 2005 to 2019
Navdep Kaur, M.P.H., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss and outcomes prior to and following the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Ms. Kaur is a predoctoral fellow at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York. Kaur interview [01:01] Connecting your work with your passion [03:09] Affordable Care Act and mental health [05:39] What did you look at to study this? [09:11] What are we talking about when we talk about distress? [10:06] How do you define treatment usage? [11:30] What are your hypotheses for why your findings on mental health treatment usage look the way they do? [13:11] Disaggregating data for disparate groups [14:40] Has the amount of treatment change overall differed between subgroups and the whole population? [17:42] How do you categorize the various levels of stigma and attitudes towards treatment? [19:16] Sources of market failure – lack of providers, insurance, access [21:21] What would a data set that could answer your questions look like? [22:22] What are you working on next? [24:34] Has your passion survived contact with sample sizes, measures, and the nitty gritty of data sets? [25:20] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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56: Peer Review
12/20/2022
56: Peer Review
Howard H. Goldman, M.D., PH.D. (PS emeritus Editor-in-Chief) and Alison Cuellar, Ph.D., (George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia) joins current PS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Lisa Dixon to discuss the peer review process from the perspective of both reviewers and editors. Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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55: Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization
11/22/2022
55: Taking an Evidence-Based Approach to Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization
Nathaniel P. Morris, M.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to to involuntary psychiatric hospitalization. Dr. Morris is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. How did you get interested in this topic? [00:51] What is involuntary psychiatric hospitalization? [02:28] How does it vary by state and nationally? [04:46] What don't we know about the evidence behind involuntary psychiatric hospitalization? [05:46] What are the challenges of investigating involuntary hospitalization? [07:32] What is meant by “involuntary” [09:49] Lack of evidence [11:55] How do you approach studying this subject? [14:12] Alternatives to involuntary hospitalization [17:33] Who gets hospitalized? [19:27] Open Forum [21:30] What does public tracking mean? [22:50] How can we manage this if we don't even know anything about the practice across this country? [23:58] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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54: Young Adults’ Perspectives on Factors Related to Relapse After First-Episode Psychosis: Qualitative Focus Group Study
10/20/2022
54: Young Adults’ Perspectives on Factors Related to Relapse After First-Episode Psychosis: Qualitative Focus Group Study
Shalini Lal, Ph.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to related to recovery, treatment, and relapse following first-episode psychosis. Dr. Lal is the Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Technology for Youth Mental Health Services and an associate professor at the School of Rehabilitation, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada. How did you get interested in this topic? [01:26] What do we mean by the word “relapse”? [04:33] What’s the perspective of an occupational therapist on first episode psychosis? [06:21] Questions for the focus groups [07:55] Moving beyond the relapse binary [09:10] Categorizing and summarizing [12:44] Four factors [14:20] The complications of technology [15:01] Positives and negatives [17:01] Social environment [19:20] Relationships with healthcare providers [21:43] How did participants understand the meaning of relapse [22:12] The value of qualitative research [25:35] What’s next [28:52] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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53: Use of Acute Mental Health Care in U.S. Children’s Hospitals Before and After Statewide COVID-19 School Closure Orders
07/26/2022
53: Use of Acute Mental Health Care in U.S. Children’s Hospitals Before and After Statewide COVID-19 School Closure Orders
Dr. Bonnie Zima, M.D., M.P.H., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to in child emergency department discharges, hospitalization, and mental health care utilization before and after statewide school closure orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Zima is a Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. How did you get interested in this topic? [01:06] Study design [02:26] The team [03:25] The data set: Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS) [06:51] What’s in the data? [08:06] Looking at data from 2019 and 2020 [09:27] Medical data as a baseline [10:10] Changes are relative [12:07] Stratification by psychiatric disorder [12:35] Untangling the effects of the pandemic [15:53] Examining the co-occurrence of medical and mental health disorders [17:13] What are the important take home lessons [19:12] IS there a correlation between the severity of the outbreak and service utilization? [22:36] What’s next for this research? [23:23] Research and COVID [26:08] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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52: Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish
06/27/2022
52: Downward National Trends in Mental Health Treatment Offered in Spanish
Dr. George Pro, Ph.D., M.P.H., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss in the provision of mental health services in Spanish across the US, despite the rapidly increasing Hispanic population. Dr. Pro is an Assistant Professor in the College of Public Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. How did you get involved in this research? [01:04] What are the demographic challenges and what do we know about services provision in this population? [02:20] The level of mental health care service utilization [04:45] Why focus on language access? [05:39] What did you find? [06:48] The [08:25] National results [10:24] The importance of data visualization [12:39] Figures and how they convey information [17:02] Ohio and North Dakota: rate of change, not overall population [20:07] What are the limitations to this approach? [21:43] Communicating data to policy makers [23:26] What’s next for your research? [24:45] Figures from the article: Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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51: Lived Experience as a Protective Factor for Mental Health Workers
05/16/2022
51: Lived Experience as a Protective Factor for Mental Health Workers
Courtney von Hippel, Ph.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss , and how lived experience might help provide a buffer in mental health workers. Dr. von Hippel is an Associate Professor of Health and Behavioural Sciences at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. How did you get involved in this research? [01:16] A profession with a huge amount of burnout [03:20] What does burnout lead to? [05:45] Private versus public practice [08:07] How does a provider’s lived experience change their experience with the job? [11:03] Who did you look at and what did you ask? [14:57] What did you find? [19:17] Was there anything about your findings that was surprising to you? [20:52] Lived experience versus self-disclosure [22:22] Do different kinds of lived experience translate? [24:03] Next steps for research [25:54] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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50: Online Psychosis Screening: Characterizing an Underexamined Population to Improve Access and Equity
03/29/2022
50: Online Psychosis Screening: Characterizing an Underexamined Population to Improve Access and Equity
Mark Savill, Ph.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to to see what can be learned about the population taking the assessment, what can be done to close the gap between screening and treatment, and to reduce the duration of untreated psychosis. Dr. Savill is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of California, Davis. What’s your background? [01:17] Prodromal Questionnaire Brief (PQ-B) [03:03] Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP) [03:40] What does the beginning of treatment mean? [05:22] How can the internet help to decrease the time from symptoms to treatment? [07:20] What are people looking for and what are they finding? [10:05] Mental Health America [11:00] Where does the PQ-B fit? What did you investigate? [14:33] Getting people into treatment – from A to B, or from A to L? [18:53] What did you learn? [19:50] The numbers [25:02] Further research [23:24] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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49: Implementation Potential of Moral Reconation Therapy for Criminal Recidivism in Mental Health Residential Programs
02/28/2022
49: Implementation Potential of Moral Reconation Therapy for Criminal Recidivism in Mental Health Residential Programs
Daniel M. Blonigen, Ph.D. joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss in a noncorrectional setting among justice-involved veterans receiving residential mental health treatment in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration with an aim towards reducing criminal recidivism. Dr. Blonigen is an Associate Director at the Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, in Palo Alto, California. Blonigen interview [00:55] Veterans Justice programs [02:29] Moral reconation therapy (MRT) [03:18] Treatments for criminal recidivism? [04:24] A group based, cognitive behavioral intervention [05:13] The structure of MRT [06:22] How does MRT avoid implying there’s one right way to live? [10:10] MRT in a residential mental health setting [12:58] A hybrid trial design [15:47] Bringing together research and implementation [18:38] What did the participants think of MRT? [19:09] Listening to people who didn’t engage [20:34] Barriers to MRT implementation [23:23] Does MRT overlap with other treatments in residential settings? [25:30] What’s the next step? [27:16] Subscribe to the podcast . Check out , a set of curated collections from the rich resource of articles published in the journal. to receive notification of new Editor's Choice collections. Browse other articles on our . Be sure to let your colleagues know about the podcast, and please rate and review it wherever you listen to it. produced by the American Psychiatric Association. Follow the journal on . E-mail us at
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48: Cops, Clinicians, or Both? Collaborative Approaches to Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies
01/10/2022
48: Cops, Clinicians, or Both? Collaborative Approaches to Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies
Margaret E. Balfour, M.D., Ph.D., and Jason Winsky, B.A., join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss their special article published in Psychiatric Services, “Cops, Clinicians, or Both? Collaborative Approaches to Responding to Behavioral Health Emergencies,” looking at collaborations between police and clinicians in the treatment of mental health and behavioral health emergencies.
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47: Effects of High-Deductible Health Plans on Enrollees With Mental Health Conditions With and Without Substance Use Disorders
11/09/2021
47: Effects of High-Deductible Health Plans on Enrollees With Mental Health Conditions With and Without Substance Use Disorders
Cameron Schilling, M.P.H, joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss the effects of high deductible health insurance plans on enrollees with mental health conditions and substance use disorder. Mr. Schilling is a programmer and data analyst from the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and an author of an article in the journal.
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46: Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Mental Health System: Clinical, Policy and Systems Considerations
10/12/2021
46: Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in the Mental Health System: Clinical, Policy and Systems Considerations
Dr. Debra A. Pinals, M.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss two forthcoming articles from Psychiatric Services looking at persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in mental health systems. The first paper addresses clinical considerations, and the second looks at policy and systems considerations.
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45: From Shelters to Hotels: An Enduring Solution to Ending Homelessness for Thousands of Americans
08/25/2021
45: From Shelters to Hotels: An Enduring Solution to Ending Homelessness for Thousands of Americans
Deborah K. Padgett, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Daniel Herman, M.S.W., Ph.D., join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss a potentially effective and affordable approach to ending homelessness for many Americans by extending the authorization that U.S. health authorities gave to shelter providers to move residents into hotels.
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44: Engaging African American Clergy and Community Members to Increase Access to Evidence-Based Practices for Depression
07/15/2021
44: Engaging African American Clergy and Community Members to Increase Access to Evidence-Based Practices for Depression
Sidney H. Hankerson, M.D., M.B.A., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss efforts to train African American clergy interested in interpersonal counseling in managing major depression among community members, as they are positioned to curb the cultural mistrust and depression stigma that impedes the use of traditional psychiatric services among African Americans.
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Episode 43 Transitioning From the ED to Outpatient MH Care and Supporting the Mental Health Workforce Amid COVID-19
06/03/2021
Episode 43 Transitioning From the ED to Outpatient MH Care and Supporting the Mental Health Workforce Amid COVID-19
Benjamin G. Druss, M.D., M.P.H., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss two articles:
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42: Deepening Engagement of Service User Participation Within Research and the Mental Health System
04/07/2021
42: Deepening Engagement of Service User Participation Within Research and the Mental Health System
Marie Brown, Ph.D., and Nev Jones, Ph.D., join Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss steps to build a pipeline of researchers with significant psychiatric disabilities and intersecting lived experiences (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000468) and to increase service user participation in the U.S. mental health care system (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000494).
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41: Addressing the Gap Between Global Mental Health Research and Treatment
02/24/2021
41: Addressing the Gap Between Global Mental Health Research and Treatment
Milton L. Wainberg, M.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to discuss protocols for studies implementing comprehensive mental health services in low- and middle-income countries (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000090).
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40: A Peer-Led Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness in Supportive Housing
01/21/2021
40: A Peer-Led Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness in Supportive Housing
Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Ph.D., M.S.W., and Ana Stefancic, Ph.D., join Dr. Dixon to discuss the effectiveness of the Peer-led Group Lifestyle Balance intervention, a 12-month manualized healthy lifestyle intervention delivered by peer specialists, in a sample of persons with serious mental illness who were overweight or obese and living in supportive housing (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.202000304).
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39: Wanda Wright on Oral Health Among Persons With Mental Illness
12/14/2020
39: Wanda Wright on Oral Health Among Persons With Mental Illness
Wanda G. Wright, D.D.S., M.S.D., joins Dr. Dixon and Dr. Berezin to explore barriers and facilitators in addressing the oral health needs of individuals with mental illness from the perspectives of patients, psychiatrists, and dentists (https://ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201900535).
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