Community Mental Health Journal

Editor’s Comments

American Association of Community Psychiatrists Position Statement: Putting Patients First by Improving Treatment Planning and Reducing Administrative and Clinical Burden of Treatment Plan Documentation

Dianna Dragatsi, Isabel Norian, Kenneth Minkoff

Modeling Health Disparities and Outcomes in Disenfranchised Populations

Emily J. Hauenstein, Rachael S. Clark, Elizabeth I. Merwin

Becoming an Evidence-Based Practitioner

Mark M. Lowis, Jennifer Harrison, Steve Wiland

The Impact of Designated Behavioral Health Services on Resource Utilization and Quality of Care in Patients Requiring Constant Observation in a General Hospital Setting: A Quality Improvement Project

Aaron Pinkhasov, Deepan Singh, Sridivya Chavali, Lori Legrand, Rose Calixte

Disability Determination Under Social Security: Increasing Rates of Approval

Mark A. Amdur

Hope and Schizophrenia in the Latino Family Context

Mercedes Hernandez, Concepción Barrio, Lizbeth Gaona, Paula Helu-Brown, Audrey Hai, Caroline Lim

A Comparison of Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Services in Italy and Canada

Giuseppe Guaiana, Richard O’Reilly, Luigi Grassi

Exploring Antidepressant Adherence at a Student-Run Free Mental Health Clinic

Claire L. Mann, Robert A. Rifkin, Elisa M. Nabel, David C. Thomas, Yasmin S. Meah, Craig L. Katz

What Role Can Community Health Workers Play in Connecting Rural Women with Depression to the “De Facto” Mental Health Care System?

Claire Snell-Rood, Frances Feltner, Nancy Schoenberg

Public Recognition and Perceptions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Elyse Stewart, Breanna Grunthal, Lindsey Collins, Meredith Coles

Stakeholder Perceptions of the Barriers to Receiving and Delivering Exposure-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders in Adult Community Mental Health Settings

Kate Wolitzky-Taylor, Bowen Chung, Sarah Kate Bearman, Joanna Arch, Jason Grossman, Karissa Fenwick, Rebecca Lengnick-Hall, Jeanne Miranda

Predictors of Adoption and Reach Following Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive Training™

Maria V. Navarro-Haro, Melanie S. Harned, Kathryn E. Korslund, Anthony DuBose, Tianying Chen, André Ivanoff, Marsha M. Linehan

The Role of Hopelessness in the Health of Low-Class Rural Chinese Residents

Huiping Zhang, Lei Wu, Mingming Cheng

The Disclosure of Celebrity Major Depressive Disorder Diagnoses in Hong Kong: Its Effects on Public Awareness and Understanding Toward the Illness

Vivienne S. Y. Leung

Experiences of Mental Healthcare Reported by Individuals Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder: An Italian Qualitative Study

Martine Vallarino, Filippo Rapisarda, Jan Scott, Tomaso Vecchi, Angelo Barbato, Barbara D’Avanzo

The Management of Depressed Patients by the Tunisian General Practitioners: A Critical Trans-sectional Study

Jihène Ben Thabet, Manel Mâalej, Hana Khemakhem, Sourour Yaich, Wafa Abbes, Sana Omri, Lobna Zouari, Nasreddine Zouari, Jamel Dammak, Nada Charfi, Mohamed Maâlej

Subjective Well-Being of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan: The Moderating Role of Perceived Control in Married Men

Tahira Jibeen

Autism Prevalence and Severity in Bedouin-Arab and Jewish Communities in Southern Israel

Yael Levaot, Gal Meiri, Ilan Dinstein, Idan Menashe, Ilana Shoham-Vardi

Factors of Mental Health Service Utilization by Community-Dwelling Adults in Shanghai, China

Keying Zhao, Yanling He, Qingzhi Zeng, Lu Ye

Focus Group in Community Mental Health Research: Need for Adaption

Vesna Zupančič, Majda Pahor, Tina Kogovšek

Should Traffic Offenders Undergo Compulsory “Mental Test”: A Study of Mental Health and Crash Involvement Among Commercial Motorcyclists in Ibadan, Nigeria?

Olatunde O. Ayinde, Olurotimi A. Adejumo, O. Olukolade, Victor O. Lasebikan