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Predictors of psychiatrist-reported treatment-compliance problems among patients in routine U.S. psychiatric careMichael T Compton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, 1639 Pierce Drive, Suite 4000, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
Psychiatry Res 137:29-36. 2005..These findings may be useful to clinicians, researchers, and program planners interested in addressing the important issue of treatment-compliance problems in psychiatric care settings...- Patterns of adult psychotherapy in psychiatric practiceJoshua E Wilk
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education s Practice Research Network, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:472-6. 2006..However, concerns have been raised about access to psychotherapy as a result of changes in the financing and management of care. This study examined patterns and predictors of receipt of psychotherapy among patients of psychiatrists... 
Clinically unintended medication switches and inability to prescribe preferred medications under Medicare Part DJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
J Psychopharmacol 26:784-93. 2012..0039) of adverse events. These findings call for caution in medication switches for stable patients and support prescription drug policies promoting access to clinically indicated medications and continuity for clinically stable patients...- Challenges in increasing access to buprenorphine treatment for opiate addictionJoyce C West
Psychiatric Research Network, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Am J Addict 13:S8-16. 2004..Increasing the understanding of specific financing and services delivery barriers that clinicians face is needed to inform the development of effective integrated services models and policies to facilitate OBOT implementation... - Medication access and continuity: the experiences of dual-eligible psychiatric patients during the first 4 months of the Medicare prescription drug benefitJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, American Psychiatric Association, Practice Research Network, 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1825, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:789-96. 2007.... - Economic grand rounds: financial disincentives for the provision of psychotherapyJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education's (APIRE's) Practice Research Network, Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1582-3, 1588. 2003 - Characteristics of psychiatric patients for whom financial considerations affect optimal treatment provisionJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Practice Research Network, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, 1400 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:1626-9. 2002..Patients for whom financial considerations affect the provision of optimal treatment represent a population for whom access to treatment may be particularly important... - Medicaid prescription drug policies and medication access and continuity: findings from ten statesJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education Psychiatric Practice Research Network, American Psychiatric Association, 1000 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:601-10. 2009.... - First-year Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits: medication access and continuity among dual eligible psychiatric patientsJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education Practice Research Network, 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1825, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 71:400-10. 2010.... - Medicaid medication access problems and increased psychiatric hospital and emergency careJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:615-22. 2010.... - Assessing the feasibility of recruiting a randomly selected sample of psychiatrists to participate in a national practice-based research networkJ C West
Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 33:620-3. 1998..More effective methods should be tested to enhance participation rates... - Patterns and quality of treatment for patients with schizophrenia in routine psychiatric practiceJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education s Practice Research Network, Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:283-91. 2005.... - Characterizing psychiatry with findings from the 1996 National Survey of Psychiatric PracticeD A Zarin
Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Am J Psychiatry 155:397-404. 1998..The authors' goal was to characterize psychiatric practice by reporting findings from the 1996 National Survey of Psychiatric Practice... - Practice-based research in psychiatryD A Zarin
APA Office of Research, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Am J Psychiatry 154:1199-208. 1997..The PRN is designed to generate practice-relevant information and to inform future service delivery, policy, and financing decisions pertinent to psychiatry... - Psychiatric patients and treatments in 1997: findings from the American Psychiatric Practice Research NetworkH A Pincus
Office of Research, American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 56:441-9. 1999..Patients received a mean of 2.0 psychotherapeutic medications, most commonly antidepressants (62.3%). Findings demonstrate that psychiatrists in routine practice treat a patient population with severe, complex conditions... - Medicare Part D prescription drug benefits and administrative burden in the care of dually eligible psychiatric patientsJoshua E Wilk
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:34-9. 2008.... - Concomitant pharmacotherapy among youths treated in routine psychiatric practiceFarifteh Firoozmand Duffy
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:12-25. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess rates and correlates of concomitant pharmacotherapy in children and adolescents treated by psychiatrists in a broad range of clinical settings... - Suicidality is associated with medication access problems in publicly insured psychiatric patientsEve K Moscicki
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, Virginia, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 71:1657-63. 2010..These patients were randomly assigned to a private Part D plan and came under specific formulary and utilization management procedures of the plan in which they were enrolled... - Parity and the use of out-of-network mental health benefits in the FEHB programDarrel A Regier
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 27:w70-83. 2008..Out-of-network mental health benefits are an important policy consideration to ensure access to mental health treatment under parity proposals... - Comorbidity patterns in routine psychiatric practice: is there evidence of underdetection and underdiagnosis?Joshua E Wilk
American Psychiatric Institute of Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Compr Psychiatry 47:258-64. 2006.... - Relationship of comorbid substance and alcohol use disorders to disability among patients in routine psychiatric practiceJoshua Wilk
Practice Research Network, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Washington, DC, USA
Am J Addict 15:180-5. 2006..These findings highlight the critical need to address the disturbing lack of substance use treatment and rehabilitation services for this population... - Access to psychiatrists in the public sector and in managed health plansJoshua E Wilk
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education's Practice Research Network, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1825, Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:408-10. 2005 - Quality of care measures for the treatment of bipolar disorderFarifteh Firoozmand Duffy
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, 1000 Wilson Blvd, Suite 1825, Arlington, Virginia 22209, USA
Psychiatr Q 76:213-30. 2005.... - Family contact and the management of medication non-adherence in schizophreniaJoshua E Wilk
American Psychiatric Practice Research Network, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
Community Ment Health J 44:377-80. 2008..Family interventions appear to be commonly used in the psychiatric management of medication non-adherence in schizophrenia... 
Use of depot antipsychotic medications for medication nonadherence in schizophreniaJoyce C West
American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Arlington, VA, USA
Schizophr Bull 34:995-1001. 2008..To describe factors associated with initiation of depot antipsychotic medications in psychiatric outpatients with schizophrenia and recent medication nonadherence...- Variation in routine psychiatric workload: the role of financing source, managed care participation, and mental health workforce competitionDavid P Pingitore
Center for Mental Health Services Research, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
Ment Health Serv Res 4:141-50. 2002..The supply of other mental health providers was not significantly associated with variation in psychiatrists' workload, which suggests that substitution effects may not be evident with this aspect of psychiatric practice... - Treatment compliance in patients with comorbid psychiatric and substance use disordersDiane M Herbeck
University of California Los Angeles Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Am J Addict 14:195-207. 2005..Both clinical and non-clinical factors appear to be associated with treatment compliance problems. Understanding these factors and targeting treatment interventions may improve treatment compliance and patient outcomes... - Determinants of health plan membership among patients in routine U.S. psychiatric practiceMichael T Compton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Community Ment Health J 42:197-204. 2006.... - Adding or switching antipsychotic medications in treatment-refractory schizophreniaJulie Kreyenbuhl
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Services Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:983-90. 2007..Psychiatrists' characteristics and perceptions of effectiveness of the medication change on clinical outcomes were also reported... - The associations between substance use disorders, schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, and Axis IV psychosocial problemsMichael T Compton
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:939-46. 2005..This was accomplished using a large dataset of patients who are representative of individuals in routine US psychiatric practice... - Variations in use of second-generation antipsychotic medication by race among adult psychiatric patientsDiane M Herbeck
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:677-84. 2004..This disparity may also contribute to lower rates of adherence and to more frequent emergency department visits and psychiatric hospitalizations among African Americans.. - The geriatric psychiatry workforce in 2002: analysis from the 2002 National Survey of Psychiatric PracticeChristopher C Colenda
College of Medicine, 147 Joe H Reynolds Medical Bldg, Texas A and M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77845 1114, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 13:756-65. 2005..Using the 2002 National Survey of Psychiatric Practice (NSPP), authors update demographic and professional work activities of a nationally representative sample of the psychiatric workforce who treat geriatric patients... - Association of utilization management and treatment plan modifications among practicing U.S. psychiatristsDevra C Mintz
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1103-9. 2004..When compared to evidence-based treatment recommendations, these changes seem likely to result in less than optimal care... - Psychiatric opinion and antipsychotic selection in the management of schizophreniaMelissa R Arbuckle
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:561-5. 2008..This study examined psychiatrists' opinions regarding the use of second-generation antipsychotics for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. It then sought to identify factors associated with these opinions... - Comparison of psychiatrists and psychologists in clinical practiceDavid P Pingitore
Center for Mental Health Services Research, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:977-83. 2002..The authors compared data from psychiatrists and psychologists in California to determine whether long-standing differences in clinical practice remain after the introduction of managed care and other changes in mental service delivery... - Awareness of illness and nonadherence to antipsychotic medications among persons with schizophreniaMark Olfson
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10032, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:205-11. 2006..The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of patients' awareness of their illness on the clinical presentation, management, and course of nonadherence to antipsychotic medications among patients with schizophrenia... - Challenges to evidence-based medicine: a comparison of patients and treatments in randomized controlled trials with patients and treatments in a practice research networkDeborah A Zarin
Technology Assessment Program Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ, Rockville, MD, USA
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:27-35. 2005..Research is needed to determine the extent to which RCT findings should be used to guide routine clinical decisions...