Treatments for patients with dual diagnosis: a reviewQuyen Q Tiet
Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California 94025, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:513-36. 2007
..Comorbid substance use and mental illness is prevalent and often results in serious consequences. However, little is known about the efficacy of treatments for patients with dual diagnosis...
- Predictors of a suicide attempt one year after entry into substance use disorder treatment
Mark A Ilgen
Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Health Care Evaluation, Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:635-42. 2007
..The present study examined the patient intake and treatment-related risk factors associated with a suicide attempt in the 30 days before a 1-year posttreatment assessment...
- Suicide attempts among substance use disorder patients: an initial step toward a decision tree for suicide management
Quyen Q Tiet
Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:998-1005. 2006
..This study identifies profiles of patients who have a high risk of suicide attempt and takes a first step toward developing a decision tree to classify high-risk patients...
- Treatment setting and baseline substance use severity interact to predict patients' outcomes
Quyen Q Tiet
Center for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Addiction 102:432-40. 2007
..e. in-patient/residential versus out-patient), whereas patients with less severe SUD problems have similar outcomes regardless of treatment setting...
- A practical system for monitoring the outcomes of substance use disorder patients
Quyen Q Tiet
Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Center for Health Care Evaluation, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 30:337-47. 2006
..We provide data on patient characteristics and treatment outcomes, estimate the cost of implementing this type of monitoring system on a broad scale, and provide recommendations for OMSs in other large health care organizations...
- Recent sexual abuse, physical abuse, and suicide attempts among male veterans seeking psychiatric treatment
Quyen Q Tiet
Center for Health Care Evaluation, Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:107-13. 2006
..This study examined the rates of sexual and physical abuse and suicide attempts among male and female patients and focused on the associations between sexual and physical abuse and recent suicide attempts among men...
- Coping, symptoms, and functioning outcomes of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder
Quyen Q Tiet
Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
J Trauma Stress 19:799-811. 2006
..Approach coping may enable patients with chronic PTSD to establish and maintain better relationships with family and friends, despite continuing PTSD...
- Screening psychiatric patients for illicit drug use disorders and problems
Quyen Q Tiet
Department of Veterans Affairs, Stanford University School of Medicine, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 28:578-91. 2008
..This paper reviews the need for a valid, practical screening instrument for detecting drug problems and disorders among psychiatric patients, and describes the appropriateness of existing screening instruments for this purpose...
