Gregory McHugo

..This article presents fidelity outcomes for five evidence-based practices that were implemented in routine public mental health settings in the National Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Project...

..Current research aims to refine and test individual components and combinations of integrated treatments...

..We also discuss cautions and the controversies surrounding this approach. The major findings include four groups with distinct trajectories of remission from substance abuse...

..The results suggest that the psychobiological consequences of exposure to the same traumatic event may differ as a result of an interaction between age and the composite history of trauma exposure...

..CBT and PCT were superior to WL in decreasing PTSD symptoms and secondary measures. CBT had a significantly greater dropout rate than PCT and WL. Both CBT and PCT were associated with sustained symptom reduction in this sample...

..The mixed-distribution model provides greater specification of a model to fit these data and leads to more refined interpretation of the results...

..Gender, age, baseline use of substances, and diagnosis are strong predictors of remission...

..This joint project incorporates modern information technology, decision science, cultural competence, stakeholder collaboration, outcomes research, and training. The partnership itself provides an exemplar of shared decision making...

..This research, however, could be biased by selection factors. Studying patients who are currently in substance abuse remission could control for level of motivation to stop using substances and other methodological confounds...

..The central recommendation is to move rapidly from efficacy studies to more credible and valid effectiveness studies, in order to facilitate the adoption of evidence-based interventions in routine practice settings...

..This study examined service cost over ten years among participants in a co-occurring disorders study...

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..This study evaluated the effects of cognitive remediation for improving cognitive performance, symptoms, and psychosocial functioning in schizophrenia...

..The findings suggest that clients with severe mental illness and PTSD can benefit from CBT, despite severe symptoms, suicidal thinking, psychosis, and vulnerability to hospitalizations...

..It also explored the relationship between turnover and implementation outcomes in an effort to understand whether practitioner perspectives on turnover are related to implementation outcomes...

..This study identified and characterized groups of clients who have serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders...

..This report describes the extent to which this intervention was implemented by 11 community mental health centers participating in a large study of practice implementation. Facilitators and barriers to implementation are described...

..This pilot study compared preferences for involvement in decision-making between older and younger adults with serious mental illness...

..Participants with alcohol dependence rather than alcohol abuse were less likely to attain 6-month remissions and more likely to relapse after attaining remissions...

..To help mental health clients achieve their employment goals, state systems and local programs should address consolidation of resources in supported employment and the quality of implementation of supported employment...

..Long-term, disabled patients with co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders have potential for remission from substance abuse and substantial improvements in functioning and quality of life...

..Finally, recommendations are offered for improvements to the WCDVS version of the LSC-R for use in future research...

..34.8% vs. 53.6%, respectively). There were few differences in nonvocational outcomes between programs. IPS is a more effective model than PSR or standard brokered vocational services for improving employment outcomes in clients with SMI...

..This study is the first large scale investigation of thyroid function in women with PTSD...

..Overall, the findings provide a hopeful long-term perspective for dual diagnosis patients...

..Given the constraints of time and expertise, the authors anticipate that computerized expert systems, based on current evidence, will become increasingly prominent...

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..This study addressed the rate and predictors of substance abuse relapse among clients with severe mental illness who had attained full remission from substance abuse...

..Overall, the 10-year findings on recovery outcomes provide a hopeful long-term perspective for dual diagnosis clients...

..Second, a number of critical issues that have been raised regarding the nature of treatment evidence are discussed. Finally, suggestions for further consideration in the process of synthesizing evidence for clinicians are offered...

..Explanations cite poor UK 'model fidelity' and/or better UK standard care. No international model-fidelity comparisons exist...

..To describe the implementation of supported employment in the National Evidence-Based Practices Project, examining and interpreting fidelity changes over two years of program implementation...

..Although integrated mental health and substance abuse treatment is becoming a standard clinical approach for such clients, the optimal method for delivering integrated treatment remains unclear...

..This article reports on the implementation of the individual placement and support model of supported employment in four Dutch regions...

..To evaluate the concurrent validity of the short form of an interactive computerized quality of life (ICQOL-SF) measure for patients with chronic pain...

..This RCT will provide essential scientific evidence concerning the effectiveness TREM in reducing the suffering of women with severe mental disorders who have experienced interpersonal abuse. ..