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This is the largest study to hear the views of this 'hidden' cohort. Our findings are widely relevant to ensure provision of better ongoing support and communication, mostly within the constraints of current resources. In response, we developed a reproducible local action plan to address highlighted issues. Cite this article Bone Jt Open 2021;2(8)573-583.Oculomotor target selection often requires discriminating visual features, but it remains unclear how oculomotor substrates encoding saccade vectors functionally contribute to this process. One possibility is that oculomotor vector representations (observed directly as physiological activation or inferred from behavioral interference) of potential targets are continuously reweighted by task relevance computed elsewhere in specialized visual modules, whereas an alternative possibility is that oculomotor modules use local featural analyses to actively discriminate potential targets. Strengthening the former account, oculomotor vector representations have longer onset latencies for ventral- (i.e., color) than dorsal-stream features (i.e., luminance), suggesting that oculomotor vector representations originate from featurally relevant specialized visual modules. Here, we extended this reasoning by behaviorally examining whether the onset latency of saccadic interference elicited by visually complex stimuli is grenating features during saccadic target selection. Our data suggest that the onset latency of oculomotor vector representations is scaled by task difficulty and featural complexity, suggesting that featural computations are performed outside of the oculomotor system, which receives the output of these computations only after sufficient visual and cognitive processing. We also challenge the convention that initial oculomotor vector representations are feature invariant, as they encoded task relevance.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is a globally disseminated course that trains members of the public to recognize and respond to mental health issues in their communities. Although substantial evidence suggests that MHFA training is associated with positive changes in knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intent, little is known about how MHFA trainee-delivered aid supports mental health needs. This systematic review sought to summarize the extant research evaluating MHFA trainees' helping behaviors and the impacts of these behaviors on people experiencing a mental health problem (i.e., recipients).
Electronic databases were searched for MHFA evaluations published before or on March 9, 2021. Studies that evaluated at least one outcome related to trainee helping behavior or recipient mental health were included in the synthesis. Outcomes were organized into three categories trainee use of MHFA skills, helpfulness of trainees' actions, and recipients' mental health. Only studies that compared pre- and posttraining outcomes, included a control group, and directly evaluated MHFA were used to assess its efficacy.
The search identified 31 studies, nine of which met criteria to assess MHFA efficacy. The findings of the nine studies indicated that MHFA had mixed effects on trainees using the skills taught in the course and no effects on the helpfulness of trainees' actions or on recipient mental health.
The findings indicate that there is insufficient current evidence that MHFA improves the helping behaviors of trainees or the mental health of those receiving helping behaviors. They highlight a crucial research gap that should be prioritized as MHFA continues to grow in popularity.
The findings indicate that there is insufficient current evidence that MHFA improves the helping behaviors of trainees or the mental health of those receiving helping behaviors. They highlight a crucial research gap that should be prioritized as MHFA continues to grow in popularity.
This study aimed to examine the impact of a behavioral health home (BHH) to better understand its potential to improve health for individuals with serious mental illness.
Propensity score-weighted interrupted time series analysis was used to estimate service utilization and chronic disease management through 3.5 years after BHH implementation and to compre BHH enrollees (N=413) with other patients with serious mental illness in the same health system (N=1,929).
Relative to control group members, BHH patients had an immediate increase in primary care visits (+0.18 visits/month), which remained higher throughout follow-up, and an immediate decrease in emergency department visits (-0.031 visits/month). Behavioral health outpatient visits, which were increasing for BHH participants before implementation, began decreasing postimplementation; this decrease (-0.016 visits/month) was significantly larger than for the control group. Inpatient and outpatient visits for general medical health were decreasing over lity gap faced by this population.Individually, the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid epidemic have each been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. Systemic racism, including public perceptions about people who use opioids, inadequate substance abuse prevention and treatment efforts, heightened risks for COVID-19 exposure, and inadequate access to testing and health care, has contributed to the ongoing disparities underlying these health crises. Thus, the authors propose an integrative framework for conceptualizing the COVID-19, opioid use, and racism (COR) syndemic, with traumatic stress as a critical underpinning of this model. Action is needed to address trauma and the COR syndemic. Implications for research, practice, and policy are discussed.
Sexual and gender minority youths are more likely to consider, attempt, and die by suicide than are heterosexual and cisgender youths, yet little is known about how to predict future attempts or transitions from suicidal thoughts to behaviors. Additionally, adaptive measurement of psychopathology is a promising approach that may help characterize risk in this population. This study examined the validity of the Computerized Adaptive Test for Suicide Scale (CAT-SS) in predicting suicide attempts and the transition from suicidal ideation to attempt.
The CAT-SS was administered to participants of two ongoing cohort studies of sexual and gender minority adolescents and young adults (N=1,006). Survival analyses examined longitudinal associations between CAT-SS scores and time to suicide attempt. Analyses were conducted for the full sample and stratified by those with and without a history of suicidal ideation, with comparisons between adaptive and static measures of depressive symptoms.
The CAT-SS predicted future suicide attempts in the overall sample (hazard ratio [HR]=1.34, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.03-1.74). Among youths without a history of suicidal ideation, social support reduced the risk for attempts (HR=0.66, 95% CI=0.45-0.96). Among youths with a history of ideation, predictors of the transition from suicidal thoughts to attempts included baseline CAT-SS score (HR=1.51, 95% CI=1.06-2.15) and victimization (HR=2.48, 95% CI=1.10-5.59).
Risk and protective factors for suicide attempts differed between youths with and without a history of suicidal thoughts. Odanacatib molecular weight The CAT-SS had validity in predicting future risk of the sample overall and of youths with suicidal ideation.
Risk and protective factors for suicide attempts differed between youths with and without a history of suicidal thoughts. The CAT-SS had validity in predicting future risk of the sample overall and of youths with suicidal ideation.PRISM (Projet Réaffiliation Itinérance Santé Mentale [Homelessness Mental Health Reaffiliation Project]) is a clinical service developed through partnerships between shelters and the publicly funded Canadian health care system to address the needs of individuals experiencing homelessness and severe mental illness in Montreal. It provides inpatient treatment in a shelter setting for 2-3 months while helping clients find housing and appropriate longer-term support services. From program inception in November 2013 to May 2019, 52% of the 579 PRISM clients were in permanent housing after program discharge, 11% were in temporary housing, and 21% were not housed (homeless or incarcerated). In addition, 16% were transferred to inpatient treatment or rehabilitation services, and 85% were referred to and engaged in outpatient or community services.Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at high risk of co-occurring mental health conditions, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, psychotic illnesses, impulse control disorders, and others. Because of symptoms associated with these illnesses and with the disabilities themselves, these individuals are often served in a mental health service system framework. However, treatment for them in these settings has typically not been sufficiently nimble, knowledgeable, or adept. Most mental health professionals receive little training about the needs of this population, and system structures typically bifurcate care, when, in reality, conditions can be complex and overlapping. In this first of two articles on care for persons with IDD in the mental health system, the authors provide a clinical overview of these neurodevelopmental disorders and of mental health and other conditions that co-occur with IDD. Considerations and challenges for treating this population in the mental health system include early recognition of mental health conditions, which often requires caregiver and family input, as well as information from a variety of additional collateral sources; the importance of trauma-informed and person-centered care; the promotion of self-determination through use of decision supports; use of approaches such as applied behavior analysis to develop a frame to address challenging behaviors; and the need to properly assess and provide thoughtful pharmacologic intervention when appropriate. The ability of individuals with IDD to thrive in a wide range of community integration opportunities depends on many factors, and clinicians must understand and use the available approaches for treating them.
Integrated treatment services are the gold standard for addressing co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, yet they are not readily available. The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx) was hypothesized to be an effective strategy to implement and sustain integrated mental health and substance use care in addiction treatment programs. This study examined sustainment of integrated services for up to 2 years after the active implementation phase.
The effectiveness of NIATx strategies to implement and sustain integrated services was evaluated by using a cluster-randomized, waitlist control group design. Forty-nine addiction treatment organizations were randomly assigned to either NIATx1 (active implementation strategy) or NIATx2 (waitlist control). The Dual Diagnosis Capability in Addiction Treatment Index was used to evaluate organizations' capability to provide integrated care. The NIATx Stages of Implementation Completion scale was used to assess participation in and adherence to the NIATx implementation process.