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What's in a name? Terms preferred by service recipientsNancy H Covell
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 34:443-7. 2007..Controlling for site, preferences did not vary by gender, race, or diagnosis. The lack of consensus suggests clinicians, researchers, program administrators, and policymakers should be sensitive to individuals' preferences...- Antipsychotic prescribing practices in Connecticut's public mental health system: rates of changing medications and prescribing stylesNancy H Covell
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Research Division, Hartford 06134, USA
Schizophr Bull 28:17-29. 2002..Further, implementing such an algorithm may reduce racial and ethnic disparities in prescribing patterns... - Health monitoring for patients who have schizophrenia. Summary of the Mount Sinai Conference recommendationsNancy H Covell
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Connecticut DMHAS Research Division, Hartford 06134, USA
Postgrad Med . 2006..Information from such measurements should be considered when selecting or switching antipsychotic agents and should trigger an evaluation of medication when abnormalities are detected... - Distress with medication side effects among persons with severe mental illnessNancy H Covell
Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Adm Policy Ment Health 34:435-42. 2007..The most distressing SEs reported were embarrassment from weight gain, weight gain, dry mouth, and sedation. The likelihood of distress by particular SEs varied by gender and race... - Weight gain with clozapine compared to first generation antipsychotic medicationsNancy H Covell
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Research Division, Hartford, CT 06134, USA
Schizophr Bull 30:229-40. 2004..Patients gained weight whether they switched to clozapine or remained on first generation antipsychotic medications, but weight gain was significantly greater (1 BMI unit) in the clozapine-treated group, particularly among women... 
Implications of CATIE for mental health services researchersNancy H Covell
Department of Psychiatry, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:526-9. 2008....- Rates of refusal to participate in research studies among men and womenNancy H Covell
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
Psychiatr Serv 54:1541-4. 2003..When feasible, oversampling may be useful to increase the participation of women or of any other underrepresented demographic group in research studies... - Use of clients' self-reports to monitor Project Liberty clinicians' fidelity to a cognitive-behavioral interventionSusan M Essock
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1320-3. 2006..This study examined outcomes associated with clinicians' fidelity to key elements of a cognitive-behavioral treatment intervention developed for Project Liberty's enhanced services counseling program... - Characteristics of Project Liberty clients that predicted referrals to intensive mental health servicesNancy H Covell
James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1313-5. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: It is important to provide long-term access to brief counseling and triage services and to target these interventions specifically to individuals displaying greater distress or impairment and having more traumatic exposure... - The road back: predictors of regaining preattack functioning among Project Liberty clientsCarlos T Jackson
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1283-90. 2006..Counselors should support activities that facilitate positive responses and ameliorate negative psychological responses... - Service utilization and event reaction patterns among children who received Project Liberty counseling servicesNancy H Covell
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1277-82. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Sensitivity to differences in the event reaction patterns shown by younger and older children may be useful in refining treatments to help reduce the psychological impact of children's trauma after terrorist incidents... - Effectiveness of switching from long-acting injectable fluphenazine or haloperidol decanoate to long-acting injectable risperidone microspheres: an open-label, randomized controlled trialNancy H Covell
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 73:669-75. 2012..This multisite randomized trial addressed risks and benefits of staying on long-acting injectable haloperidol or fluphenazine versus switching to long-acting injectable risperidone microspheres... - Effectiveness of two methods of obtaining feedback on mental health services provided to anonymous recipientsNancy H Covell
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1324-7. 2006.... - Identifying clinically questionable psychotropic prescribing practices for medicaid recipients in new york stateSusan M Essock
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1595-602. 2009..This study sought to identify and characterize rates of clinically questionable prescribing in New York State... - Use of integrated dual disorder treatment via assertive community treatment versus clinical case management for persons with co-occurring disorders and antisocial personality disorderLinda K Frisman
School of Social Work, University of Connecticut, West Hartford, CT, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 197:822-8. 2009..This study provides preliminary evidence that persons with co-occurring serious mental illness, substance use disorders, and ASPD may benefit from delivery of IDDT through ACT teams... - Relationship between diabetes and mortality among persons with co-occurring psychotic and substance use disordersCarlos T Jackson
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, NY 10029, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:270-2. 2007.... - Effectiveness of switching from antipsychotic polypharmacy to monotherapySusan M Essock
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 168:702-8. 2011..This randomized trial addressed the risks and benefits of staying on antipsychotic polypharmacy or switching to monotherapy... - Comparison of ACT and standard case management for delivering integrated treatment for co-occurring disordersSusan M Essock
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Box 1230, 1 Gustave L Levy Place, New York, New York 10029 6574, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:185-96. 2006..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... - Does assertive community treatment increase medication adherence for people with co-occurring psychotic and substance use disorders?Jennifer I Manuel
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc 17:51-6. 2011..This study analyzed data from a randomized trial to examine the impact on medication adherence of integrated treatment delivered via assertive community treatment (ACT) versus standard clinical case management (SCCM)... - Real-world antipsychotic treatment practicesTroy A Moore
Division of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Related Disorders MSC 7792, San Antonio, TX 78229 3900, USA
Psychiatr Clin North Am 30:401-16. 2007.... - Inside the black box: the importance of monitoring treatment implementationSusan M Essock
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
Schizophr Bull 30:613-5. 2004 - Effectiveness of switching antipsychotic medicationsSusan M Essock
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029 6574, USA
Am J Psychiatry 163:2090-5. 2006.... - Differential effectiveness of clozapine for patients nonresponsive to or intolerant of first generation antipsychotic medicationsCarlos T Jackson
Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Hartford, CT, USA
Schizophr Bull 30:219-27. 2004..Clinicians should give serious consideration to offering clozapine and other second generation antipsychotic medications to patients who have demonstrated intolerance to first generation antipsychotic medications... - Use of Project Liberty counseling services over time by individuals in various risk categoriesNancy H Covell
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Health Services Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1268-70. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Postdisaster counseling should be made available for extended periods, with shifting emphases to meet the changing needs of high-risk groups... - Antipsychotic drugs and schizophreniaSusan M Essock
N Engl J Med 354:298-300; author reply 298-300. 2006 
Conduct disorder and antisocial personality disorder in persons with severe psychiatric and substance use disordersKim T Mueser
Department of Psychiatry and Community, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Schizophr Bull 32:626-36. 2006....- Demographic characteristics of individuals who received Project Liberty crisis counseling servicesSheila A Donahue
Center for Information Technology and Evaluation Research, New York State Office of Mental Health, Albany, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1261-7. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Project Liberty provided services that were accessible to individuals of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds... - Implementing peer-assisted case management to help homeless veterans with mental illness transition to independent housingEllen M Weissman
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Veterans Integrated Service Network 3, Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
Community Ment Health J 41:267-76. 2005..In this report, we describe a pilot peer advisor program, its implementation, and pilot data on program administration...
Research Grants
- Changing from Conventional to Risperidone DecanoateNancy Covell; Fiscal Year: 2005..Subjects will be interviewed with quantitative instruments at baseline and at follow-up intervals for 1 year. ..