This Month's Highlights 

October 2009: This Month's Highlights

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Taking Issue 

Robert Freedman

Matching Patients and Providers Across the United States

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Articles 

Thomas R. Konrad, Alan R. Ellis, Kathleen C. Thomas, Charles E. Holzer, and Joseph P. Morrissey

County-Level Estimates of Need for Mental Health Professionals in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1307-1314 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental maps]

Alan R. Ellis, Thomas R. Konrad, Kathleen C. Thomas, and Joseph P. Morrissey

County-Level Estimates of Mental Health Professional Supply in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1315-1322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental maps]

Kathleen C. Thomas, Alan R. Ellis, Thomas R. Konrad, Charles E. Holzer, and Joseph P. Morrissey

County-Level Estimates of Mental Health Professional Shortage in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1323-1328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental maps]

Rachel L. Garfield

Mental Health Policy Development in the States: The Piecemeal Nature of Transformational Change

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1329-1335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Appendix]

Ruth S. Shim, Michael T. Compton, George Rust, Benjamin G. Druss, and Nadine J. Kaslow

Race-Ethnicity as a Predictor of Attitudes Toward Mental Health Treatment Seeking

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1336-1341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amanda T. Woodward, Kai M. Bullard, Robert J. Taylor, Linda M. Chatters, Raymond E. Baser, Brian E. Perron, and James S. Jackson

Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Mental Disorders Among African Americans, Black Caribbeans, and Whites

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1342-1349 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Noosha Niv, Rhoda Pham, and Yih-Ing Hser

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Substance Abuse Service Needs, Utilization, and Outcomes in California

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1350-1356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Victoria K. Ngo, Joan R. Asarnow, Jane Lange, Lisa H. Jaycox, Margaret M. Rea, Christopher Landon, Lingqi Tang, and Jeanne Miranda

Outcomes for Youths From Racial-Ethnic Minority Groups in a Quality Improvement Intervention for Depression Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1357-1364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplement]

Pierre K. Alexandre, Silvia S. Martins, and Patrick Richard

Disparities in Adequate Mental Health Care for Past-Year Major Depressive Episodes Among Caucasian and Hispanic Youths

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1365-1371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Paul S. Appelbaum

Law & Psychiatry: Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty: After Atkins

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1295-1297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dianna Dragatsi and Susan M. Deakins

Case Studies in Public-Sector Leadership: Implementing a Metabolic Initiative in a Community Mental Health Clinic

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1298-1301 [Full Text] [PDF]

Shannon Wiltsey Stirman, Regina Buchhofer, J. Bryce McLaulin, Arthur C. Evans, and Aaron T. Beck

Public-Academic Partnerships: The Beck Initiative: A Partnership to Implement Cognitive Therapy in a Community Behavioral Health System

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1302-1304 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jack Grillo

Personal Accounts: Jack and the Clubhouse Road to Recovery

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1305-1306 [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Marcia Valenstein, David A. Adler, Jeffrey Berlant, Lisa B. Dixon, Rebecca A. Dulit, Beth Goldman, Ann Hackman, David W. Oslin, Samuel G. Siris, and William A. Sonis

Implementing Standardized Assessments in Clinical Care: Now's the Time

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1372-1375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Eric R. Kessell, Jennifer Alvidrez, William A. McConnell, and Martha Shumway

Effect of Racial and Ethnic Composition of Neighborhoods in San Francisco on Rates of Mental Health-Related 911 Calls

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1376-1378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Esperanza Díaz, Theresa Miskemen, William A. Vega, Michael Gara, Daniel R. Wilson, Ira Lesser, Michael Escamilla, Harold W. Neighbors, Stephan Arndt, and Stephen Strakowski

Inconsistencies in Diagnosis and Symptoms Among Bilingual and English-Speaking Latinos and Euro-Americans

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1379-1382 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Correction: Author Name]

Richard A. Van Dorn, Jeffrey W. Swanson, and Marvin S. Swartz

Preferences for Psychiatric Advance Directives Among Latinos: Views on Advance Care Planning for Mental Health

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1383-1385 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chaundrissa Oyeshiku Smith, Martie P. Thompson, Kenia Johnson, Allison M. Nitsche, and Nadine J. Kaslow

Service Utilization Patterns of Maltreated and Nonmaltreated Children From Low-Income, African-American Families

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1386-1389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontline Reports 

Claire Henderson, Rufina Lee, Daniel Herman, and Dianna Dragatsi

From Psychiatric Advance Directives to the Joint Crisis Plan

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1390-1391 [Full Text] [PDF]

Peter J. Kelly and Frank P. Deane

Therapeutic Homework to Support Recovery From Severe Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1391 [Full Text] [PDF]

APA Achievement Awards 

Supported Employment: Helping Members Achieve Recovery and Economic Independence: Thresholds Supported Employment Program, Chicago, Illinois

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1392-1394 [Full Text] [PDF]

Integrating Mental Health Services Into Hospice Settings: The Palliative Care Psychiatric Program, San Diego Hospice and the Institute for Palliative Medicine, San Diego

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1395-1397 [Full Text] [PDF]

Silver and Bronze Achievement Awards

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1398-1400 [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Jan Bergk, Erich Flammer, and Tilman Steinert

Ratings of Coercive Interventions by Inpatients and Staff in Germany

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1401 [Full Text] [PDF]

Richard Whittington

Ratings of Coercive Interventions by Inpatients and Staff in Germany: Reply

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1401-1402 [Full Text] [PDF]

Erich Flammer, Andrea Breier, and Tilman Steinert

Oral Health and Hygiene Among Persons With Severe Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1402 [Full Text] [PDF]

Alexander M. Ponizovsky, Shlomo P. Zusman, and Alexander Grinshpoon

Oral Health and Hygiene Among Persons With Severe Mental Illness: Reply

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1402-1403 [Full Text] [PDF]

Edmund F. Kal

Paternalism or Lack of Time?

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1403 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

John Santopietro

Approach to the Psychiatric Patient: Case-Based Essays

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1404 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lina Cassandra Vawter

Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1404-1405 [Full Text] [PDF]

David Baron

The Physician as Patient: A Clinical Handbook for Mental Health Professionals

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1405 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey Geller

The Lives They Left Behind

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1406-1407 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lon C. Herman

Schizophrenia: Cognitive Theory, Research, and Therapy

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1407 [Full Text] [PDF]

News & Notes 

Kaiser Foundation Reports Aimed at Informing Debate on Health Care Reform

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1409-1410 [Full Text] [PDF]

News Briefs

Psychiatr Serv 2009 60: 1410 [Full Text] [PDF]