Social Security and Mental Illness
May 1, 2009 | Journal Article
In this paper, the authors address the issues relating to the largest group of Social Security beneficiaries: people with psychiatric disabilities.
Behavioral Disorders/Mental Illness
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The Role of Mental Health Factors, Behavioral Factors, and Past Experience in the Prediction of Rapid Repeat Pregnancy in Adolescence
January 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Rapid repeat pregnancies (RRPs) in adolescents are poorly understood, even though they are some of the pregnancies at highest risk for poor outcomes. This study showed that aggression was associated with higher risk of an RRP, but life history factors such as abuse and depression were not.
Business Planning to Replicate In SHAPE, a Program Promoting Health for People with Mental Illness
June 25, 2009 | Program Result
Consultants from Comprehensive Health Education Foundation helped Monadnock Family Services in Keene, N.H., create a strategic business plan to replicate its In SHAPE program.
Changing Substance Abuse and Child Welfare Services in Franklin County, Ohio
November 9, 2009 | Story
The Problem: Placing Children in Out-of-County Residential Facilities
Youth at Risk: Pittsburgh Association Expands Mental Health Services in Eight Disadvantaged Neighborhoods
April 20, 2009 | Program Result
The Community Empowerment Association, a social services organization in Pittsburgh, expanded its capacity to provide community-based services to youth with mental, emotional and behavioral health challenges in eight disadvantaged neighborhoods.
A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Amygdala and Medial Prefrontal Cortex Responses to Overtly Presented Fearful Faces in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
March 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The present study explored amygdala hyperresponsivity for individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Capturing Intervention Effects Over Time
October 1, 2005 | Journal Article
We analyzed whether a method for identifying latent trajectories—latent class growth analysis (LCGA)—was useful for understanding outcomes for individuals subject to an intervention. We used LCGA to reanalyze data from a published study of mentally ...
Sex Influences on Shared Risk Factors for Bulimia Nervosa and Other Psychiatric Disorders
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Research has documented that bulimia nervosa (BN) co-occurs with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and psychoactive substance dependence. However, a gap in the research exists as to whether sex influences the shared pre ...
Clinical Utility as a Criterion for Revising Psychiatric Diagnoses
June 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Published in 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as DSM-IV, lists mental disorders and their symptoms. Psychiatrists and other health professionals use it as a guide in diagnosing and treating ...
Mental Illness Hospitalizations of Youth in Washington State
August 1, 0200 | Journal Article
Overall hospitalization rates for youth decreased during the past two decades as a result, in part, of a shift from inpatient to outpatient management of many conditions.