Medicare covers certain screenings, services, and programs that aid in the treatment and recovery of mental health and substance use disorders.
Abstract ; Background: Avoiding interruptions and dropout in outpatient care can prevent mental illness symptom exacerbation and costly crisis services, such as emergency room visits and inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. During the COVID-19 pandemic, to attempt to maintain care continuity, telemedicine services were increasingly utilized, despite the lack of data on efficacy in patients with serious mental illness. Patients with serious mental illness are challenging to enroll and sustain i...
Related Article ; Background: Depression and anxiety have become increasingly prevalent across the globe. The rising need for treatment and the lack of clinicians has resulted in prolonged waiting times for patients to receive their first session. Responding to this gap, digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) have been found effective in treating depression and anxiety and are potentially promising pretreatments for patients who are awaiting face-to-face psychotherapy. Nevertheless, whether digital interventions effectively alleviate sympt ...
It’s common to feel down for a while after you’ve had a bad day, and people of all ages feel grief and sadness when they experience loss or difficulty. Other individuals live with a profound sadness that doesn’t fade away at the end of the day and affects every aspect of their lives. If that sounds like you, know that depression is not just sadness. It’s a mental health condition that can be treated. Maybe you’ve tried to treat your depression through lifestyle changes. This is common but may not work. Some people with depression self ...
During inpatient treatment, you’ll stay in hospital on a residential basis to receive in-depth support for your mental health & addiction challenges.
Ment Health 2024;11:e52790) doi: 10.2196/52790 KEYWORDS obsessive-compulsive disorder; videoconference-based treatment; therapy; exposure; response prevention; OCD; prevention; inpatient;...
Abstract ; Background: Mental health disorders are a problem that affects patients, their families, and the professionals who treat them. Hospital admissions play an important role in caring for people with these diseases due to their effect on quality of life and the high associated costs. In Spain, at the Healthcare Complex of Zamora, a new disease management model is being implemented, consisting of not admitting patients with mental diseases to the hospital. Instead, they are supervised in sheltered apartments or centers for patients with t ...
Abstract ; Background: Although group-based intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) are a level of care commonly utilized by adults with serious mental illness, few studies have examined the acceptability of group-based IOPs that required rapid transition to a telemental health (TMH) format during the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate patient satisfaction and future recommendations for a group-based IOP that was transitioned to a TMH format during the COVID-19 pand...
Abstract ; Background: A growing gap has emerged between people with mental illness and health care professionals, which in recent years has been successfully closed through the adoption of peer support services (PSSs). Peer support in mental health has been variously defined in the literature and is simply known as the help and support that people with lived experience of mental illness or a learning disability can give to one another. Although PSSs date back to several centuries, it is only in...
Our Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Service serves patients ages 18 and older who have symptoms of a serious psychiatric illness or disorder. We provide a safe and therapeutic environment for our patients. The service consists of separate units, including: Admissions to the inpatient service generally occur on an emergency basis. Patients are admitted primarily from the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Service. We also receive patients through referrals from our medical services units, including t...