Community Mental Health Journal

Forensic Assertive Community Treatment: A Review of the Literature

Thomas Marquant, Bernard Sabbe, Meike Van Nuffel, Kris Goethals

“Sometimes What They Think is Helpful is Not Really Helpful”: Understanding Engagement in the Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)

Miriam George, Jennifer I. Manuel, Megan E. Gandy-Guedes, Shenee McCray, Dina Negatu

Are Users Satisfied with Assertive Community Treatment in Spite of Personal Restrictions?

Ann-Mari Lofthus, Heidi Westerlund, Dagfinn Bjørgen, Jonas Christoffer Lindstrøm, Arnhild Lauveng, Hanne Clausen, Torleif Ruud, Kristin Sverdvik Heiervang

Outcomes of FLEXIBLE Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Implementation: A Prospective Real Life Study

M. Annet Nugter, Fabiana Engelsbel, Michiel Bähler, René Keet, Remmers van Veldhuizen

Predictors of Clinical Outcome of Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) in a Rural Area in Denmark: An Observational Study with a Two-Year Follow-Up

Jørgen Aagaard, Pernille Kølbæk

Integrating Scale Data and Patient Perspectives for Assessing Functionality in Schizophrenia

Isabel Benítez, Oscar Pino, José Luis Padilla, Amaya Cuevas-Parra

Comorbid Moderate–Severe Depressive Symptoms and their Association with Quality of Life in Chinese Patients with Schizophrenia Treated in Primary Care

Cai-Lan Hou, Xin-Rong Ma, Mei-Ying Cai, Yan Li, Yu Zang, Fu-Jun Jia, Yong-Qiang Lin, Helen F. K. Chiu, Gabor S. Ungvari, Brian J. Hall, Bao-Liang Zhong, Xiao-Lan Cao, Yu-Tao Xiang

Scoping Review of Interventions Supporting Mothers with Mental Illness: Key Outcomes and Challenges

Eliana Barrios Suarez, Ginette Lafrenière, Jay Harrison

First-Time Mothers Psychiatric Health Status During the Transition to Motherhood

Wan-Ru Wu, Chich-Hsiu Hung

Ameliorating Psychosocial Risk Among Mothers with Intellectual Impairment

David McConnell, Maurice Feldman, Marjorie Aunos, Laura Pacheco, Amber Savage, Lyndsey Hahn, Camille Dube, Sonia Chenier, Elly Park

Managing Life, Motherhood and Mental Health After Discharge from a Mother–Baby Unit: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis

Tracy Jayne Connerty, Rachel Roberts, Anne Sved Williams

Access to Secondary Mental Health Services in a Cohort of New Zealand Mothers

Sara K. Filoche, Bev Lawton, James Stanley

Involvement and Warmth of Fathers with Mental Illness: The Role of the Caregiving System, Parental Self-Efficacy, Social Support and Child Characteristics

Ricky Finzi-Dottan, Efrat Dayan-Gazith, Tali Borosh, Pavel Golubchik

A Comparison of Self-Rated and Female Partner-Rated Scales in the Assessment of Paternal Prenatal Depression

Mizuho Konishi, Yoshiyuki Tachibana, Julian Tang, Kenji Takehara, Takahiko Kubo, Keiji Hashimoto, Hiroshi Kitazawa, Hirohisa Saito, Yukihiro Ohya

Child Mental Health Services and Psychotherapy Attitudes Among Asian Indian Parents: An Exploratory Study

Erlanger A. Turner, Sarita Mohan

What Did They Learn? Effects of a Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Workshop on Community Therapists’ Knowledge

Kelli Scott, David Klech, Cara C. Lewis, Anne D. Simons

Perceived Social Support and Mental Health Problems Among Pakistani University Students

Tahira Jibeen

Using Mental Health Outreach Teams in the Emergency Department to Improve Engagement in Treatment

Jason G. Boudreaux, Kathleen A. Crapanzano, Glenn N. Jones, Thomas A. Jeider, Vincent H. Dodge, Marianne J. Hebert, Jan M. Kasofsky

Developing a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Understanding of the Repeat Use of Psychiatric Emergency Services

Alisa K. Lincoln, Lori Wallace, Mary Sharon Kaminski, Kirstin Lindeman, Louise Aulier, Jonathan Delman

Using Routine Outcome Measures to Provide Feedback at the Service Agency Level

David Roe, Liron Lapid, Vered Baloush-Kleinman, Paula Garber-Epstein, Miriam Isolde Gornemann, Marc Gelkopf

Implementation of an Evidence Based Guideline for Assessment and Documentation of the Civil Commitment Process

Tabitha L. Perrigo, Kimberly A. Williams

Impact of Community-Based Programs on Incarceration Outcomes Among Gay and Bisexual Stimulant-Using Homeless Adults

Adeline M. Nyamathi, Cathy J. Reback, Steven Shoptaw, Benissa E. Salem, Sheldon Zhang, David Farabee, Farinaz Khalilifard

Socio-demographic Characteristics of Individuals with History of Crack Cocaine Use in the US General Population

Andriy Yur’yev, Evaristo Akerele

Depression Among People Who Inject Drugs and Their Intimate Partners in Kazakhstan

Stacey A. Shaw, Nabila El-Bassel, Louisa Gilbert, Assel Terlikbayeva, Tim Hunt, Sholpan Primbetova, Yelena Rozental, Mingway Chang

Counselor Attitudes of Effectiveness with Sexually Abused Men

John Paul, William Paul

The Unanticipated Benefits of Behavioral Assessments and Interviews on Anxiety, Self-Esteem and Depression Among Women Engaging in Transactional Sex

Jayleen K. L. Gunn, Alexis M. Roth, Katherine E. Center, Sarah E. Wiehe

Clinicians’ Beliefs, Observations, and Treatment Effectiveness Regarding Clients’ Sexual Addiction and Internet Pornography Use

Mary B. Short, Chad T. Wetterneck, Steven L. Bistricky, Tim Shutter, Tannah E. Chase

Mental Health and Associated Sexual Health Behaviours in a Sample of Young People Attending a Music Festival in Melbourne, Victoria

Elise R. Carrotte, Alyce M. Vella, Margaret E. Hellard, Megan S. C. Lim

Peer Support and Outcome for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in a Residential Rehabilitation Program

Shaili Jain, Caitlin McLean, Emerald P. Adler, Craig S. Rosen

Financial Difficulty Effects on Depressive Symptoms Among Dementia Patient Caregivers

Ilsung Nam

Psychometric Properties of the Milestones of Recovery Scale-Older Adult Version

Kristen L. Hess, Dennis G. Fisher, David Pilon, Grace L. Reynolds, Joe Ruiz

The Discriminative Ability of the Azeri Version of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in Outpatient Practice

Kamran Salayev, Ikram Rustamov, Narmin Gadjiyeva, Rustam Salayev, Bjarte Sanne

Application of SCOPE-C to Measure Social Inclusion Among Mental Health Services Users in Hong Kong

Kara Chan, Marcus Yu-Lung Chiu, Sherrill Evans, Peter J. Huxley, Yu-Leung Ng

The Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths as an Outcome Measure in Community Mental Health: Factor Analysis and a Validation of the Short Form

Golnar Alamdari, Marija Spanovic Kelber

The Relationship Between Background Characteristics and Death Anxiety in Times of War: A Comparison Between Three Generations Arab and Jewish Families in Israel

Pnina Ron

A Note from the Editor-in-Chief