Paula Goering

..There is little overlap in the use of these modes of service delivery, which suggests that maintaining options within systems of care is critical to ensuring coverage and access for the broader population...

..Both groups had multiple indicators of serious problems, suggesting that the need for intervention is as pressing for persons who are homeless for the first time as it is for the larger population of homeless persons...

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..The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which self-reported cardiac functional status accounted for depression-mortality associations following AMI...

..Furthermore, no single temporal pattern of onset was identified in individuals with all three disorders, suggesting no obvious cause-effect relationship among them...

..Future research should evaluate a wider range of systems integrating mechanisms, using client-based measures that more directly represent continuity of care experiences...

..Few studies have examined the relationship between antidepressant prescription and receipt of depression-related disability benefits...

..The association between each of the other 7 program features and continuity was not significant. Possible explanations for this finding are explored...

..This qualitative study addresses ways in which individuals with FES describe their process of recovery and how identified individuals (e.g. family members) describe their perceptions of and roles in the participant's process of recovery...

..Finally, the article explores how knowledge is generated in consulting and identifies several classes of factors facilitating its use by decision makers...

..This pilot study compared the effectiveness of specialized care that was home based versus hospital based for individuals experiencing their first psychotic episode...

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..Psychiatric diagnoses were also associated with suicidality in this sample...

..The goals were to understand the key influences of programme implementation in the context of rapid EIP service growth and lack of specific provincial guidelines...

..The tool holds promise for system monitoring, but would need refinements to create a shorter, conceptually clearer version. Also, performance among individuals with mild and very severe levels of mental illness needs to be evaluated...

..Despite a common diagnosis, many can function in more independent settings, while others need more treatment and rehabilitation than they are currently provided...

..The introduction of new antipsychotic agents in the past decade has helped alter the treatments available to 2 vulnerable populations-those with schizophrenia and related psychotic conditions and elderly individuals with dementia...

..This study helps identify the main characteristics of workers who develop depression-related disability. It also helps clarify what happens to those on short-term disability...

..This paper explores the relationship between depressive symptoms, health service cardiovascular consumption, and prognosis following acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...

..Private health and mental health organisations, professional groups and individual users of services must also commit themselves to recognising the problem of MMI and respond to it more effectively...

..Finally, this 'stages of change' approach provides insight into where barriers to change may exist for research transfer action...

..These preliminary results provide support for the benefits of a group intervention designed to enhance self-concept and to minimize the engulfing effects of illness...

..A number of issues with regard to report card development are identified and discussed, as is the process of creating a report card, including key domains and the organization of findings...

..We conclude that while such initiatives enhance the relevance of research in the policy development process, they also present challenges that must be recognized and managed...

..The insights they gain will increase their familiarity with the user group, thus aiding in the implicit goal of the interactive model of knowledge translation: making the researcher a part of the user group context...

..This paper describes the development of a mental health decision support prototype, a field test by clinicians, and user experiences with the application...

..A particularly strong association between early sexual abuse and co-morbid depression/anxiety was found...

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..Using two crisis units as case examples as well as key informant interviews, this paper explores factors affecting the lack of dissemination and potential barriers to the growth of the RCU model...

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..Analysis of policy legacies in other countries which had an asylum tradition may help to explain the similarities and differences in their subsequent paths of mental health reform...