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Efficacy and safety of ketamine-assisted electroconvulsive therapy in major depressive episode: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
To meta-analyze clinical efficacy and safety of ketamine compared with other anesthetic agents in the course of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in major depressive episode (MDE).
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Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders and Related Service Use in the Diverse Black Sub-Populations in the United States
Existing literature on the epidemiology of psychiatric and substance use disorders and service use among African Americans in the USA has not fully addressed the heterogeneity of Black populations. This study ...
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Women’s Use of Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services: Rates, Correlates, and Comparisons to Men
In spite of evidence of increasing prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) among women, there is little information on gender differences in SUD treatment use. Nationally representative survey data were u...
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Lifetime risk and correlates of incarceration in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults with non-substance-related mental illness
High rates of psychiatric disorders in correctional facilities have fueled widespread concern about the “criminalization of mental illness.” While the link between incarceration, substance abuse, and antisocia...
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Gender Differences in Diagnostic Remission of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): Proportions and Correlates of Remission in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample
This study examines differences in a nationally representative sample, in proportions of men and women with lifetime diagnoses of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) who achieved diagnostic remission and gend...
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“Lives of despair” at risk for “deaths of despair”: tracking an under-recognized, vulnerable population
The substantial and unexpected increase in “deaths of despair” in the US (e.g., deaths from drug overdose, suicide, and alcohol-related liver diseases) reported by economists Case and Deaton in 2015 raises que...
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Longitudinal study of the housing and mental health outcomes of tenants appearing in eviction court
Millions of people are evicted from rental properties in the U.S. annually, but little is known about them and their mental health. This study followed a cohort of eviction court participants over time and ass...
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Correlates of Obtaining Employment among Veterans Receiving Treatment for Severe PTSD in Specialized Intensive Programs
Severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been identified as a significant impediment to employment. However, little is known about correlates of employment recovery after a period of not working among ...
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Association of Adverse Family Experiences with School Engagement and Performance in US Adolescents: Do Behavioral Health Conditions Mediate the Relationship?
To examine the prevalence of adverse family experiences (AFEs), their association with poor school engagement and performance, and whether behavioral health conditions mediate the association among US adolesce...
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Psychiatric Multimorbidity in a Specialized Program for Severely Mentally Ill Veterans
It has been suggested that psychiatric multimorbidity may better characterize severely impaired psychiatric patients than individual severe mental illness (SMI) diagnoses, and that these patients may be better...
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Open AccessSocial determinants of mental health care systems: intensive community based Care in the Veterans Health Administration
Since deinstitutionalization in the 1950s–1970s, public mental health care has changed its focus from asylums to general hospitals, outpatient clinics and specialized community-based programs addressing both c...
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Treatment of Veterans with Psychiatric Diagnoses Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration: A Comparison of Service Delivery by Mental Health Specialists and Other Providers
Patients with psychiatric disorders are treated by both mental health specialists and non-specialists. We use national data from the Veterans Health Administration to evaluate changing proportions of patients ...
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Minimal Clinically Important Differences (MCID) in Assessing Outcomes of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
This study sought to determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for two frequently used measures of symptom severity in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: the Clinician Administered PTSD Scale (...
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Co-occurring Substance and Mental Health Disorders
The terms “dual diagnosis” and “co-occurring” are used to refer to patients with both psychiatric and substance use disorders, but recent research has broadened the concept to identify patients with the presen...
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Risk Factors, Service Delivery, and Prevention of Veteran Homelessness
Homelessness among US veterans has been of public concern for over three decades. Although veterans have special access to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare, disability and education benefits, and...
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Attitudes of Brazilian Medical Students Towards Psychiatric Patients and Mental Illness: A Quantitative Study Before and After Completing the Psychiatric Clerkship
The authors evaluated whether a psychiatric clerkship reduces stigmatized attitudes towards people with mental illness among medical students.
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Combined Use of Opioids and Antidepressants in the Treatment of Pain: A Review of Veterans Health Administration Data for Patients with Pain Both With and Without Co-morbid Depression
Musculoskeletal pain is prevalent among Veterans treated within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Depression is highly co-prevalent, and antidepressants are increasingly being used for psychiatric and ...
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Homelessness among a nationally representative sample of US veterans: prevalence, service utilization, and correlates
To examine the prevalence of lifetime homelessness among veterans and use of Veterans Affairs (VA) homeless services, as well as their association with sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.
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Prescription Opioid Use Among Seriously Mentally Ill Veterans Nationally in the Veterans Health Administration
Frequent prescription opioid use has been recognized as a growing problem but there have been no studies specifically among veterans with serious mental illness (SMI). National data from the Veterans Health Ad...
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A Comparison of Homeless Male Veterans in Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas in Nebraska: A Methodological Caveat
This study explored differences between homeless male veterans in metropolitan and micropolitan cities in Nebraska on sociodemographic, housing, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics as well as health se...