2025
Private Equity Among US Psychiatric Hospitals
Shields M, Yang Y, Busch S. Private Equity Among US Psychiatric Hospitals. JAMA Psychiatry 2025, 82: 701-708. PMID: 40397464, PMCID: PMC12096323, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCross-Sectional StudiesHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMedicareOwnershipPersonnel Staffing and SchedulingQuality of Health CareRestraint, PhysicalUnited StatesConceptsPsychiatric hospitalHospital staffingMeasures of case mixHealth care qualityNational quality measuresCross-sectional associationsInpatient psychiatric hospitalizationFreestanding psychiatric hospitalCross-sectional studyAverage length of stayRegistered nursesCare qualityStaffing ratiosHealth careLength of stayMain OutcomesPE ownershipPatient vulnerabilityCase-mixPatient daysAdjusted modelsLow staffPrivate equityStaffingHospitalDo psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study
Kieseppä V, Lång U, Healy C, O’Hare K, Díaz-Caneja C, Gülöksüz S, Rutten B, Cannon M, Halt A, Riipinen P, Kelleher I. Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study. Psychological Medicine 2025, 55: e108. PMID: 40176435, PMCID: PMC12094655, DOI: 10.1017/s003329172500073x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenia spectrum disordersSubthreshold psychotic symptomsPsychotic symptomsAdolescent psychiatry inpatientsPsychiatry inpatientsSchedule for Affective DisordersNon-psychotic mental disordersRisk of schizophrenia spectrum disordersBaseline psychotic symptomsPsychiatric inpatient admissionsInpatient admissionsPsychiatric inpatient careIncreased riskNational health care registersHealth care usePsychotic disordersAffective disordersHealth care registersMental disordersCare registersCare useInpatient careDisordersFollow-upCox regressionApplying AAPL Ethics and Mission in Forensic Treatment.
Dike C. Applying AAPL Ethics and Mission in Forensic Treatment. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2025, 53: 11-18. PMID: 39933796, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.250001-25.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsForensic PsychiatryHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMalePatient RightsPhysician-Patient RelationsUnited StatesConceptsPsychiatric hospitalPatient abuseAmerican Academy of PsychiatryTreatment of forensic patientsForensic psychiatric hospitalPatient rights movementPhysician-patient relationshipForensic treatmentForensic patientsRights movementPsychiatric writingsDistortion of realityAAPLSocial moresAbuseEnhance treatment of patientsEnhanced treatmentVulnerability of patientsPsychiatristsPsychiatryCrimeEvalueesIncreased visibilityHealth care professionalsLawThe Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients
Maguire K, Barnoux M, Collins J, Melvin C, Inkson I, Alexander R, Devapriam J, Duggan C, Shepstone L, Staufenburg E, Thompson P, Turner D, Viding E, Langdon P. The Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients. Autism Research 2025, 18: 614-631. PMID: 39963077, PMCID: PMC11928917, DOI: 10.1002/aur.70004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAntisocial Personality DisorderAutistic DisorderChecklistEnglandFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInpatientsIntellectual DisabilityMaleMiddle AgedPersonality TestsPrisonersProspective StudiesPsychometricsRegression AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsROC CurveWalesYoung AdultConceptsMental Health ActPCL:SVPersonality disorder diagnosisForensic historyHealth ActIntellectual disabilityAutistic adultsDisorder diagnosisHistory of violent offendingPCL:SV scoresMeasures of psychopathyInpatient psychiatric hospitalizationPart IIInpatient psychiatric carePCL-SVCriminal offendingHCR-20Violent offendersSV scoresPsychiatric inpatientsFactor structurePsychiatric hospitalPsychopathyPsychiatric careLesser securityPositive associations between mean ambient temperature and involuntary admissions to psychiatric facilities
Joore N, van der Horst M, Noorthoorn E, Strous J, Vruwink F, Guloksuz S, Siegmund P, Luykx J. Positive associations between mean ambient temperature and involuntary admissions to psychiatric facilities. European Psychiatry 2025, 68: e2. PMID: 39791337, PMCID: PMC11795429, DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.1800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCommitment of Persons with Psychiatric DisordersFemaleHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMaleMental DisordersMiddle AgedNetherlandsTemperatureConceptsInvoluntary psychiatric admissionsContext of climate changeInvoluntary admissionMean ambient temperatureThin plate regression splinesWeather stationsMeteorological variablesMeteorological dataPsychiatric admissionsClimate changeGeneralized additive modelModeling studiesMental health outcomesPositive association
2023
Restraint and Seclusion Practices and Policies in U.S. Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals.
Wasser T, Strockbine B, Uyanwune Y, Kapoor R. Restraint and Seclusion Practices and Policies in U.S. Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2023, 51: 566-574. PMID: 38065618, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.230099-23.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMental DisordersPatient IsolationPsychiatryRestraint, PhysicalSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsUnited StatesForensic hospital settingInstitutional levelInternational contextRestraint policiesPolicyService directorsForensic psychiatric hospitalNational surveySeclusion practicePracticeSeclusion useMost respondentsRespondentsUse of restraintsStateSurveyContextRestraintHoldSeclusionSignificant effortsPsychiatry settingEffortsPsychiatric hospitalU.S. Department of Justice Investigation of a State Psychiatric Hospital.
Dike C, Bugella B, Hillbrand M. U.S. Department of Justice Investigation of a State Psychiatric Hospital. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2023, 51: 367-376. PMID: 37460220, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.230009-23.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement
Chaffkin J, Barnes TA, Avila Quintero VJ, Flores JM, Lin E, Wasser T. Characteristics of Assaultive Patients Whom Inpatient Psychiatric Staff Report to Law Enforcement. Psychiatric Services 2022, 73: 768-773. PMID: 35172591, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCriminal LawHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInpatientsLaw EnforcementMental DisordersPsychotic DisordersViolenceConceptsInpatient psychiatric unitPsychiatric unitChronic mental illnessDegree of injuryClinical factorsRegression modelsCertain patientsCriminal justice involvementPsychotic symptomsAssaultive patientsPatient assaultsPatient encountersMental illnessPatientsHospital systemLarger quantitative studyPredictive variablesStaff reportsJustice involvementDescriptive statisticsStaffStaff decisionsMedicationsAdmissionInjuryAn Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients.
Wasser TD, Strockbine BA, Hauser LL, Mathew MA, Gay B, Smith HE, Dike CC. An Analysis of Risk-Assessment Driven Security Restraint Use during the Transport of Forensic Patients. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2022, 50: 74-83. PMID: 35042737, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.210050-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsForensic PsychiatryHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInpatientsPsychiatryRestraint, PhysicalRisk AssessmentViolenceConceptsForensic hospitalState forensic hospitalForensic hospital patientsForensic psychiatric patientsRisk assessment toolHospital patientsRestraint useHigh riskPsychiatric patientsHospital staffPatientsPatient advocatesPatient transportationSignificant riskForensic patientsHospital administratorsTool correlateHospitalRiskAn Initiative to Improve Performance on a National Transition of Care Measure and to Reduce Readmissions in an Academic Psychiatric Hospital
Li L, Kulp W, Krieg H, Aptaker D, Klink B, Knox D, Pincus HA. An Initiative to Improve Performance on a National Transition of Care Measure and to Reduce Readmissions in an Academic Psychiatric Hospital. The Joint Commission Journal On Quality And Patient Safety 2022, 48: 205-213. PMID: 35193810, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHospitals, PsychiatricHumansPatient DischargePatient ReadmissionPatient TransferQuality ImprovementConceptsQuality improvement projectReadmission ratesPsychiatric hospitalCompliance rateCause readmission rateDecrease hospital readmissionsClinical decision support toolAcademic psychiatric hospitalAdverse patient outcomesImprovement projectClinical diagnosis dataHospital readmissionPreintervention periodCare measuresPatient outcomesCDS toolProvider complianceReadmissionCDS toolsHospitalOutcome metricsPrimary measureYear 2Year 3Diagnosis data
2021
Implementing a Program to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion Utilization in a Public-Sector Hospital: Clinical Innovations, Preliminary Findings, and Lessons Learned
Dike CC, Lamb-Pagone J, Howe D, Beavers P, Bugella BA, Hillbrand M. Implementing a Program to Reduce Restraint and Seclusion Utilization in a Public-Sector Hospital: Clinical Innovations, Preliminary Findings, and Lessons Learned. Psychological Services 2021, 18: 663-670. PMID: 32940500, DOI: 10.1037/ser0000502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsHospitals, PsychiatricHumansMental DisordersPatient IsolationPublic SectorRestraint, PhysicalViolenceConceptsPsychiatric hospitalState Mental Health Program DirectorsTertiary care settingPublic sector psychiatric hospitalWellness Recovery Action PlanMental health settingsQuality of careTrauma-sensitive carePublic sector hospitalsEvidence-based practicePositive behavioral support plansStaff injuriesCare settingsRestraint useMedical costsRestraint hoursHealth settingsRecovery Action PlanSensory modulationCase reviewSeclusion useHospitalPrevention toolRestraint ordersBaseline periodCommunity Reintegration During COVID-19 for Patients in Long-Term Inpatient and Residential Psychiatric Settings
Calhoun A, Zhong R, Wasser T. Community Reintegration During COVID-19 for Patients in Long-Term Inpatient and Residential Psychiatric Settings. Psychiatric Services 2021, 72: 1354-1357. PMID: 34074144, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000787.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
The cost of safety: Balancing risk and liberty in psychiatric units
Zhong R, Wasser T. The cost of safety: Balancing risk and liberty in psychiatric units. Bioethics 2020, 35: 173-177. PMID: 32939790, DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12804.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmergency conversion to telehealth in hospital-based psychiatric outpatient services: Strategy and early observations
Childs AW, Klingensmith K, Bacon SM, Li L. Emergency conversion to telehealth in hospital-based psychiatric outpatient services: Strategy and early observations. Psychiatry Research 2020, 293: 113425. PMID: 32862066, PMCID: PMC7443337, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113425.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmbulatory CareCOVID-19Hospitals, PsychiatricHumansMental Health ServicesPhysical DistancingQuarantineSARS-CoV-2TelemedicineConceptsIntensive outpatientAmbulatory servicesComplex patient populationPsychiatric outpatient servicesMental health servicesCritical mental health servicesMental health needsPatient populationEmergency conversionOutpatient servicesPhysical distancing guidelinesClinical protocolsHealth servicesHealth needsClinical settingInfectious spreadGroup-based servicesTelehealthCOVID-19Earlier observationsHelpful toolOutpatientsPatientsWorkforce trainingAction stepsRapid design and deployment of intensive outpatient, group-based psychiatric care using telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Childs AW, Unger A, Li L. Rapid design and deployment of intensive outpatient, group-based psychiatric care using telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Journal Of The American Medical Informatics Association 2020, 27: 1420-1424. PMID: 32687151, PMCID: PMC7454574, DOI: 10.1093/jamia/ocaa138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric careHigh-risk psychiatric patientsHigh-risk individualsOutpatient psychiatric servicesProvider-patient interactionsAdolescent treatment programsCOVID-19Telehealth service deliveryGroup-based interventionPsychiatric interventionPsychiatric servicesPsychiatric patientsPhysical distancing guidelinesTreatment programTelehealth policyTelehealthInfectious spreadService deliveryCOVID-19 outbreakTelehealth infrastructureFeasibility testingCareInterventionDeliveryGroup supportViolent Video Games in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals.
Wasser TD, Zhong R, Mufson J, Danzig A, Koka L, Kapoor R. Violent Video Games in Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals. The Journal Of The American Academy Of Psychiatry And The Law 2020, 48: 521-529. PMID: 32675329, DOI: 10.29158/jaapl.200004-20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAggressionHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInpatientsOrganizational PolicySurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesVideo GamesViolence
2019
Retrospective Chart Review of Voluntary Admissions to an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital in New York City: A Demographic Breakdown
Garakani A, Cerrito B, Aloysi A, Martinez J, Buono FD. Retrospective Chart Review of Voluntary Admissions to an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital in New York City: A Demographic Breakdown. Community Mental Health Journal 2019, 56: 448-455. PMID: 31654251, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-019-00498-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPediatric Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Call to Action for Inpatient Staff Training
PLUHAR E, FREIZINGER M, NIKOLOV R, BURTON E. Pediatric Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Call to Action for Inpatient Staff Training. Journal Of Psychiatric Practice 2019, 25: 395-401. PMID: 31505528, DOI: 10.1097/pra.0000000000000417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTreatment of NSSIClinical staffGeneral healthcare settingsPsychiatric treatment settingsNSSI behaviorsInpatient psychiatric unitInpatient treatment facilityNSSI assessmentSelf-reported comfortPediatric populationNursing staffPsychiatric unitThird of respondentsTreatment settingsMental disordersStaff comfortHealthcare settingsStatistical ManualFormal trainingNSSISubstantial percentageFurther studiesPatientsAccurate skillsNeeds assessmentPatient Requests for Discharge from Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalization: a Chart Review
Garakani A, Appel JM, Aloysi AS, Martinez JM, Larkin K, Buono FD. Patient Requests for Discharge from Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalization: a Chart Review. Psychiatric Quarterly 2019, 90: 849-859. PMID: 31468251, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-019-09671-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric hospitalizationAdmission dayUrine toxicologyVoluntary Psychiatric HospitalizationSuicidal ideationNew York City hospitalsPositive urine toxicologyPrevious psychiatric hospitalizationInpatient psychiatric admissionStepwise linear regression analysisCalendar year 2007Chart reviewEarly dischargePsychiatric admissionsPatient outcomesInpatient careTobacco useCity HospitalPatient's requestInpatient servicesLinear regression analysisCigarette usePsychiatric inpatientsVoluntary admissionHospitalizationIdentify, Engage, Understand: Supporting Transgender Youth in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
Acosta W, Qayyum Z, Turban J, van Schalkwyk G. Identify, Engage, Understand: Supporting Transgender Youth in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital. Psychiatric Quarterly 2019, 90: 601-612. PMID: 31209713, PMCID: PMC7045586, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-019-09653-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentCultural CompetencyFemaleGender IdentityHealth PersonnelHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInpatientsMaleQualitative ResearchTransgender PersonsConceptsCare providersTransgender adolescentsPsychiatric care providersInpatient psychiatric careAdolescent inpatient psychiatric unitInpatient psychiatric hospitalInpatient psychiatric unitUnique healthcare needsTransgender (LGBT) cultural competencyAdolescent patientsPsychiatric carePsychiatric unitPsychiatric hospitalInpatient experiencePatientsInpatient environmentQuality careHealthcare needsCare systemInductive thematic analysisGender-affirming approachesCareAdolescentsProviders
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