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This week we will be reviewing and discussing an article published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology in December of 2019. In this article, titled “Rural mental health service utilization in a Texas telepsychiatry clinic”, authors Tarlow, McCord, Du, Hammett, and Wills examined associations between telehealth service utilization and clients’ distance from nearby telehealth access points. The purpose of this study was to determine if service utilization varied based on the remoteness of clients in a predominantly rural health professional shortage area (HPSA) in Texas.
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This week we will be discussing an article that’s a little bit different from our usual content. This week, we will review and discuss a Quality Improvement Success Story published in August 2020 by the American Diabetes Association in collaboration with the American College of Physicians and the National Diabetes Education Program. In this article, authors Roberts, Barry, Yi-Frazier, Rutman, Pihoker, and Malik describe their efforts to improve mental health screening of patients at a pediatric diabetes clinic.
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This week we will be discussing an article published in July 2020 in the Journal of Health Promotion Practice. In this article, titled “A Scoping Review of Literature About Mental Health and Well-Being Among Immigrant Communities in the United States”, authors Rodriguez, Hill, and McDaniel summarize findings from published research studies and practitioner-focused literature related to the mental health needs of immigrant communities in the United States.
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This week we will be discussing an article published in August 2020 in the Journal of Student-Run Clinics. In this article, titled “Emergency Department Use and Barriers to Healthcare Among Homeless and Uninsured Patients at a Student-Run Free Clinic”, authors Bhathena, Moczygemba, and Lawson assess barriers to healthcare experienced by a small sample of uninsured and homeless patients accessing a student-run, free healthcare clinic in Texas.
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This week we will be discussing an article published in the Journal of Child and Family Studies titled “Child Mental Illness and Mental Health Service Use: Role of Family Functioning”. This article, published in July 2020, was written by authors Oltean, Perlman, Meyer, and Ferro who identified and discussed which domains of family functioning were associated with various facets of child mental health.
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This week we will be discussing a study in which authors Meza, Friedman, Dvorsky, Kass, Chabbra, and Pfifner aimed to evaluate the effects of teacher adherence to behavioral treatment on student outcomes. This article, titled “Outcomes of School-Home Interventions for Attention and Behavior Problems: Teacher Adherence Matters” was published in the Journal of School Mental Health in June of 2020.
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This week we will be discussing a systematic review article published in June 2020 in the International Journal of Nursing Studies. In this article, titled “The perspectives of adults with suicidal ideation and behaviour regarding their interactions with nurses in mental health and emergency services: a systematic review”, authors Vandewalle and colleagues examine and discuss the perceptions and experiences of individuals with some degree of suicidality with regard to their interactions with nurses.
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This week we will be discussing a systematic review article published in May 2020 in the Journal of LGBT Youth. The article, titled “Psychotherapeutic Interventions for LGBTQ+ youth: a systematic review” was written by authors Bochicchio, Reeder, Ivanoff, Pope, and Stefancic.
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This week's article was published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders in March of 2020. In this article, titled “Cognitive-behavioral therapy in the time of coronavirus: Clinician tips for working with eating disorders via telehealth
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This week we will be reviewing and discussing an article that was recently published in the Annals of Internal Medicine titled Screening for Anxiety in Adolescent and Adult Women: A Recommendation From the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative. In this article, authors Gregory and colleagues discuss the development of a recommendation to screen for anxiety in both adolescent and adult women.
