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Aggarwal NK. Pharmaceuticalization and Care Coordination in New York City Outpatient Mental Health. Med Anthropol 2024; 43:383-396. [PMID: 39037498 DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2024.2378092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/23/2024]
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US government quality measures prioritize pharmaceuticalization and care coordination to promote patient treatment adherence. How these measures affect outpatient mental health service delivery and patient-provider communication where psychiatrists and nonphysicians collaborate is understudied. Analyzing 500 hours of participant-observation, 117 appointments, and 98 interviews with 45 new patients and providers, I show that psychiatrists and social workers coordinated care by encouraging medications and seeing two mental health providers as the default treatment, irrespective of patient preferences. Ethnographic perspectives crucially account for models of service delivery and provider behaviors in researching treatment adherence.
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- Neil Krishan Aggarwal
- Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA
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Perricone A, Bitran A, Ahn WK. Explaining How Psychotherapy Affects the Brain Can Increase the Perceived Effectiveness of Psychotherapy: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Behav Ther 2024; 55:738-750. [PMID: 38937047 DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2023.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
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Past studies repeatedly found that biological explanations of mental disorders cause laypeople and clinicians to doubt the effectiveness of psychotherapy. This could be clinically detrimental, as combined pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy is often optimal. The distrust of psychotherapy is theorized to stem from dualistic reasoning that psychotherapy, perceived as occurring in the mind, does not necessarily affect the brain. The current study aims to mitigate this belief in a randomized controlled trial. Participants (individuals with symptoms of depression (n = 262), the general public (n = 374), and mental health clinicians (n = 607)) rated the efficacy of psychotherapy for a depression case before and after learning that the case was biologically caused. Participants also received either an intervention passage describing how psychotherapy results in brain-level changes, an active control passage emphasizing the effectiveness of psychotherapy without explaining the underlying biological mechanisms, or no intervention. Unlike the active control and no-intervention control conditions, the intervention caused participants to judge psychotherapy as significantly more effective than at baseline even though they learned that depression was biologically caused. An intervention counteracting dualism can mitigate the belief that psychotherapy is less effective for biologically caused depression. Future research should examine the durability of this intervention in clinical settings.
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Balasanova AA, Kennedy KG. What Is the Value of the Psychiatrist in Resident Psychotherapy Supervision? ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 2024; 48:183-187. [PMID: 38337079 DOI: 10.1007/s40596-024-01944-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Petriceks AH. A State of Grace: Community, Self-Consciousness, and Faith in W.H. Auden's "The Age of Anxiety". JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND HEALTH 2024:10.1007/s10943-024-02017-4. [PMID: 38491342 DOI: 10.1007/s10943-024-02017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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In this essay, the author examines a highly influential poem, The Age of Anxiety by W.H. Auden, for its engagement with anxiety and religious faith in the modern world. Published in 1947, the book-length poem reveals Auden's deep understanding of western psychology, Judaism, and Christianity. The author argues for the relevance of The Age of Anxiety in this modern moment, but demonstrates that this relevance does not derive from any direct diagnostic or therapeutic implications of the poem. Rather, Auden's work provides readers with an image of a state of grace in the middle of an age of anxiety.
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- Aldis H Petriceks
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
- Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
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Jaffé ME, Loew SB, Meyer AH, Lieb R, Dechent F, Lang UE, Huber CG, Moeller J. Just Not Enough: Utilization of Outpatient Psychotherapy Provided by Clinical Psychologists for Patients With Psychosis and Bipolar Disorder in Switzerland. Health Serv Insights 2024; 17:11786329241229950. [PMID: 38348355 PMCID: PMC10860477 DOI: 10.1177/11786329241229950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024] Open
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Treatment guidelines state that evidence-based psychotherapy is effective for people with psychosis and bipolar disorder and should be offered during every phase of the treatment process. However, research has indicated a lack of outpatient psychotherapeutic services for this patient group, for example, in the United States or Germany. We extend this finding by presenting survey data from Switzerland. We surveyed 112 inpatients with a diagnosis of a schizophrenia spectrum disorder or bipolar disorder and assessed outpatient treatment over the 5 years prior to their index hospitalization by using retrospective self-reports. The survey focused on psychotherapy provided by clinical psychologists. Results indicate that only 23.2% of participants retrospectively reported having utilized any outpatient psychotherapy within the reporting period and only 8% of participants reported having received a number of outpatient sessions that reaches recommended levels of psychotherapy. Exploratory analyses did not detect a significant association between self-reported utilization of outpatient psychotherapy sessions and most demographic, psychiatric, and psychological attributes, but patients with a bipolar disorder diagnosis (vs schizophrenia spectrum diagnosis) reported having utilized outpatient treatment more often. These findings are preliminary. When replicated they highlight the need for increased access to outpatient psychotherapy and better alignment between guideline recommendations and outpatient supply.
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- Mariela E Jaffé
- University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- University Psychiatric Clinics (UPK), University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Fellin LC, Zizevskaia E, Galbusera L. Is the mainstream construction of mood disorders resistant to systemic thinking? Front Psychiatry 2024; 14:1270027. [PMID: 38323024 PMCID: PMC10846429 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1270027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
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Introduction In this study we explore how the diagnostic category of mood disorders is constructed in two handbooks of Psychopathology as an example of the mainstream construction of psychopathology. Despite the increasing criticism and lack of evidence, the debunked chemical imbalance theory of the etiology of depression still dominates the professional and pop/folk understanding and interventions. Methods We analysed the breadth of the inference field and the type of etiopathogenetic contents of the explanations of mood disorders using the "1to3" Coding System. Results Our findings show that the dominant explanations draw almost exclusively onto monadic explanations, followed by limited dyadic ones. Intrapersonal etiopathogenetic contents prevailed, and biomedical explanations were dominant in both textbooks. Discussion We critically discuss the underpinnings of these results and address the clinical implications of these biased representations, as well as potential alternative approaches to psychopathology.
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- Lisa C. Fellin
- Department of Human and Social Sciences, University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Brandenburg Medical School, Brandenburg, Germany
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Imel ZE, Tanana MJ, Soma CS, Hull TD, Pace BT, Stanco SC, Creed TA, Moyers TB, Atkins DC. Mental Health Counseling From Conversational Content With Transformer-Based Machine Learning. JAMA Netw Open 2024; 7:e2352590. [PMID: 38252437 PMCID: PMC10804269 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024] Open
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Importance Use of asynchronous text-based counseling is rapidly growing as an easy-to-access approach to behavioral health care. Similar to in-person treatment, it is challenging to reliably assess as measures of process and content do not scale. Objective To use machine learning to evaluate clinical content and client-reported outcomes in a large sample of text-based counseling episodes of care. Design, Setting, and Participants In this quality improvement study, participants received text-based counseling between 2014 and 2019; data analysis was conducted from September 22, 2022, to November 28, 2023. The deidentified content of messages was retained as a part of ongoing quality assurance. Treatment was asynchronous text-based counseling via an online and mobile therapy app (Talkspace). Therapists were licensed to provide mental health treatment and were either independent contractors or employees of the product company. Participants were self-referred via online sign-up and received services via their insurance or self-pay and were assigned a diagnosis from their health care professional. Exposure All clients received counseling services from a licensed mental health clinician. Main Outcomes and Measures The primary outcomes were client engagement in counseling (number of weeks), treatment satisfaction, and changes in client symptoms, measured via the 8-item version of Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8). A previously trained, transformer-based, deep learning model automatically categorized messages into types of therapist interventions and summaries of clinical content. Results The total sample included 166 644 clients treated by 4973 therapists (20 600 274 messages). Participating clients were predominantly female (75.23%), aged 26 to 35 years (55.4%), single (37.88%), earned a bachelor's degree (59.13%), and were White (61.8%). There was substantial variability in intervention use and treatment content across therapists. A series of mixed-effects regressions indicated that collectively, interventions and clinical content were associated with key outcomes: engagement (multiple R = 0.43), satisfaction (multiple R = 0.46), and change in PHQ-8 score (multiple R = 0.13). Conclusions and Relevance This quality improvement study found associations between therapist interventions, clinical content, and client-reported outcomes. Consistent with traditional forms of counseling, higher amounts of supportive counseling were associated with improved outcomes. These findings suggest that machine learning-based evaluations of content may increase the scale and specificity of psychotherapy research.
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- Beck Community Initiative, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Moon KJ, Stephenson S, Hasenstab KA, Sridhar S, Seiber EE, Breitborde NJK, Nawaz S. Policy Complexities in Financing First Episode Psychosis Services: Implementation Realities from a Home Rule State. J Behav Health Serv Res 2024; 51:132-145. [PMID: 38017296 DOI: 10.1007/s11414-023-09865-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Over the past decade, significant investments have been made in coordinated specialty care (CSC) models for first episode psychosis (FEP), with the goal of promoting recovery and preventing disability. CSC programs have proliferated as a result, but financing challenges imperil their growth and sustainability. In this commentary, the authors discuss (1) entrenched and emergent challenges in behavioral health policy of consequence for CSC financing; (2) implementation realities in the home rule context of Ohio, where significant variability exists across counties; and (3) recommendations to improve both care quality and access for individuals with FEP. The authors aim to provoke careful thought about policy interventions to bridge science-to-service gaps, and in this way, advance behavioral health equity.
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- Kyle J Moon
- Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA
- Division of Health Services Management and Policy, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
- Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA.
- Division of Health Services Management and Policy, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus, OH, USA.
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Burrell TD, Sheu YS, Kim S, Mohadikar K, Ortiz N, Jonas C, Horberg MA. COVID-19 and Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health Service Utilization. Acad Pediatr 2024; 24:68-77. [PMID: 37302698 PMCID: PMC10250250 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The COVID-19 pandemic created challenges in accessing mental health (MH) services when adolescent well-being declined. Still, little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic affected outpatient MH service utilization for adolescents. METHODS Retrospective data were collected from electronic medical records of adolescents aged 12-17 years at Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States, an integrated health care system from January 2019 to December 2021. MH diagnoses included anxiety, mood disorder/depression, anxiety and mood disorder/depression, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or psychosis. We used interrupted time series analysis to compare MH visits and psychopharmaceutical prescribing before and after the COVID-19 onset. Analyses were stratified by demographics and visit modality. RESULTS The study population of 8121 adolescents with MH visits resulted in a total of 61,971 (28.1%) of the 220,271 outpatient visits associated with an MH diagnosis. During 15,771 (7.2%) adolescent outpatient visits psychotropic medications were prescribed. The increasing rate of MH visits prior to COVID-19 was unaffected by COVID-19 onset; however, in-person visits declined by 230.5 visits per week (P < .001) from 274.5 visits per week coupled with a rise in virtual modalities. Rates of MH visits during the COVID-19 pandemic differed by sex, mental health diagnosis, and racial and ethnic identity. Psychopharmaceutical prescribing during MH visits declined beyond expected values by a mean of 32.8 visits per week (P < .001) at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. CONCLUSIONS A sustained switch to virtual visits highlights a new paradigm in care modalities for adolescents. Psychopharmaceutical prescribing declined requiring further qualitative assessments to improve the quality of access for adolescent MH.
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- Tierra D Burrell
- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md; Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md.
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md; Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md; Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md; Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md; Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md
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- Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Research Institute (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md; Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group (TD Burrell, YS Sheu, S Kim, K Mohadikar, N Ortiz, C Jonas, and MA Horberg), Rockville, Md
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Ekekezie O, Hartstein GL, Torous J. Expanding Mental Health Care Access-Remote Therapeutic Monitoring for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. JAMA HEALTH FORUM 2023; 4:e232954. [PMID: 37713208 DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2023.2954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/16/2023] Open
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This Viewpoint explores the challenges and opportunities for remote therapeutic monitoring as an innovative mental health treatment model.
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- Obinna Ekekezie
- Division of Digital Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Digital Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Digital Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Lin D, Zona L, Seery E. Navigating Countertransference in Inpatient Settings: Optimizing Interventions for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder and Repeated Acute Hospitalizations. Psychodyn Psychiatry 2023; 51:330-349. [PMID: 37712661 DOI: 10.1521/pdps.2023.51.3.330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Over the years, the psychiatric inpatient treatment paradigm has shifted to more brief stays focused on acute stabilization and psychopharmacologic-focused interventions, rather than individual psychotherapeutic engagement. Unfortunately, this has allowed patients with complex interpersonal dynamics, particularly borderline personality disorder, to slip through the cracks of effective treatment. This can contribute to repeated inpatient admissions, where both patients and clinicians feel trapped in a maladaptive, unhelpful cycle. In this article, we examine the evolution of inpatient treatment with de-emphasized psychotherapy practices, review the particular dynamics that patients with borderline personality disorder may evoke within an interdisciplinary treatment team, and provide a framework of clinically based vignettes for scenarios that may arise within inpatient treatment of this patient population. With attention to countertransference patterns and common pitfalls of communication, we offer alternative approaches and conversations with the hopes of improving outcomes and alliances in a new landscape of psychiatric practice.
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- Deborah Lin
- Psychiatry Resident Physician PGY-3, Medical University of South Carolina
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- Psychiatry Resident Physician PGY-2, Medical University of South Carolina
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- Associate Program Director and Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
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Aggarwal R, Balon R, Morreale MK, Guerrero APS, Beresin EV, Louie AK, Coverdale J, Brenner AM. Is It Time to Rethink Psychiatry Residency Training? Part I: Overview. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 2023; 47:117-119. [PMID: 36689094 PMCID: PMC9869309 DOI: 10.1007/s40596-023-01741-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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Singer S, Sievers L, Scholz I, Taylor K, Blanck J, Maier L. Who seeks psychodynamic psychotherapy in community-based practices? Patient characteristics examined in a large sample of applications for reimbursement of psychotherapy in Germany. PSYCHODYNAMIC PRACTICE 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/14753634.2023.2182702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/05/2023]
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- Susanne Singer
- Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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- Division of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Chang SK, Pellegrino LD, McCann BS. Development of Psychiatric Residents as Psychotherapists: Effectiveness of a Psychotherapy Pathway. Am J Psychother 2023:appipsychotherapy20220036. [PMID: 36762389 DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess the effectiveness and impact of participation by psychiatric residents in an academic institution's tiered psychotherapy pathway. METHODS The authors invited pathway graduates who earned an area of distinction between 2013 and 2020 (N=22) to complete an anonymous online survey about their pathway experiences. RESULTS Thirteen graduates (59%) responded to the survey. Most respondents (92%) agreed that participating in the pathway exposed them to many psychotherapy modalities, and most (92%) agreed that their participation facilitated an in-depth understanding of one or more psychotherapy modalities of personal interest. In written comments, respondents practicing across different settings noted that pathway participation had positively influenced their career development. CONCLUSIONS The survey results highlight the educational and professional benefits of developing a psychotherapy pathway for psychiatric residents with varying career plans.
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- Stephanie K Chang
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
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Bacolod M, Heissel J, Shen YC. Spatial Analysis of Access to Psychiatrists for US Military Personnel and Their Families. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2249314. [PMID: 36595295 PMCID: PMC9856908 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.49314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE Military service members and their families have greater mental health care needs compared with their civilian counterparts. Some communities have inadequate access to psychiatrists for this population. OBJECTIVES To identify geographic variations in the availability of military and civilian psychiatrists within a 30-minute driving time of TRICARE (the US military's health care program) beneficiaries' communities and compare the likelihood of living in areas with inadequate access to psychiatrists for historically underserved and other communities. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This retrospective cohort study of all zip code communities in the continental US, Hawaii, and Alaska with at least one TRICARE beneficiary between January 1, 2016, and September 30, 2020, combines data from the Defense Health Agency, the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, and the US Census to estimate a logistic regression to compare differences between communities with and without a psychiatrist shortage. Data were analyzed from September 2021 to November 2022. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES A community's likelihood of having a shortage of military and civilian psychiatrists within a 30-minute driving time and a community's likelihood of having no psychiatrists. Odds ratios were calculated to estimate likelihood of the outcomes. RESULTS This study includes 39 487 unique communities where 13% of the population is Black and 14% of the population is Hispanic. During the study period, 35% of TRICARE beneficiaries lived in communities with a shortage of both military and civilian psychiatrists, and 6% lived in communities with no access to military or civilian psychiatrists. Low-income communities with high income inequality were 1.64 (95% CI, 1.30-2.07) times more likely to have inadequate access to psychiatrists and 2.59 (95% CI, 1.82-3.69) times more likely to have no access to psychiatrists, compared with reference communities (average income without high income inequality); low-income communities without high income inequality were 1.37 (95% CI, 1.05-1.78) times more likely to have inadequate access to psychiatrists and 1.93 (95% CI, 1.28-2.89) times more likely to have no access to psychiatrists. Rural communities were 6.65 (95% CI, 5.09-8.69) times more likely to have inadequate access to psychiatrists than urban communities. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this cohort study of US communities, 35% of TRICARE beneficiaries lived in communities with inadequate access to psychiatrists. Psychiatric capacity was structurally inequitable along 2 separate dimensions: the income gradient and rurality. Developing targeted strategies for these shortage areas could alleviate disparities.
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- Marigee Bacolod
- Department of Defense Management, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
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- Department of Defense Management, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
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- Department of Defense Management, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California
- National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Lin YH, Ho YC, Chang YH, Hsiung CA, Chiou HY. The transformation from hospital-based to community-based mental healthcare: The hospital-clinic disparity in the psychiatric workforce in Taiwan from 2005 to 2030. Psychiatry Res 2022; 317:114816. [PMID: 36122537 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study shows differences in the demand for and supply of psychiatrists in hospitals and private clinics; it also highlights the transformation from hospital-based to community-based mental healthcare in Taiwan. Our findings show that, although Taiwan had a balanced supply and demand of psychiatrists before 2020, the supply in clinics is projected to fall 19.2% lower than the demand by 2030, while the supply and demand would still be balanced in hospitals by then. However, increasing psychiatrists' average work hours would decrease demands for additional workforce, with an increase of five hours per week postponing the projected start of workforce shortage from 2020 to 2025. The rapid growth of psychiatrists in clinics over the past ten years and the estimated shortage in 2030 parallel the doubled prevalence of common mental disorders (i.e., anxiety and depression). The substantial growth of outpatient visits in both hospitals and clinics supports that an increasing proportion of patients with severe mental disorders are being treated as outpatients. However, the historical rate of 6.2 Taiwanese psychiatrists per 100,000 population in 2019 and the estimated rate of 7.2 per 100,000 in 2030 were less than half of the average of 16.8 among countries in the organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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- Yu-Hsuan Lin
- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Serene Clinic, Linkou District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
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- Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan; School of Public Health, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Furukawa Y, Oguro S, Obata S, Hamza T, Ostinelli EG, Kasai K. Optimal dose of brexpiprazole for augmentation therapy of antidepressant-refractory depression: A systematic review and dose-effect meta-analysis. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2022; 76:416-422. [PMID: 35716011 DOI: 10.1111/pcn.13438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Brexpiprazole augmentation is an effective treatment strategy for antidepressant-refractory depression, but its optimal dosage remains unclear. AIMS To find the optimal dosage of brexpiprazole as augmentation of other antidepressants. METHODS We searched multiple electronic databases (from inception to September 16th, 2021) to identify double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled fixed-dose trials evaluating brexpiprazole augmentation therapy in adults (≥18 years old, both genders) with major depressive disorder not adequately responding to one or more antidepressant treatment. Our outcomes of interest at 8 weeks (range 4-12 weeks) were efficacy (treatment response defined as 50% or greater reduction in depression severity), tolerability (dropouts due to adverse effects) and acceptability (dropouts for any reason). We performed a random-effects, one-stage dose-effect meta-analysis with restricted cubic splines. RESULTS Six studies met the inclusion criteria, including 1671 participants in total. The dose-efficacy curve showed an increase up to doses around 2 mg (odds ratio [OR] 1.52, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-2.06) and then a decreasing trend through the higher licensed dose up to 3 mg (OR 1.40, 95% CI 0.95-2.08). The shape of the dose-tolerability curve was comparable to that of the efficacy and the dose-acceptability curve showed a monotonic increasing trend but both had wide confidence bands. CONCLUSIONS One to two milligrams of brexpiprazole as augmentation treatment may achieve an optimal balance between efficacy, tolerability, and acceptability in the acute treatment of antidepressant-refractory depression. However, the small number of included studies limit the reliability of the results. Further research is required to validate the findings.
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- Yuki Furukawa
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.,Tokyo Musashino Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Precision Psychiatry Lab, NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK.,Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Forbes M, Sizer H, Khanna R, Hopwood M, Green J, Pring B. Changes in private psychiatric practice in Australia: An analysis of trends in claims for outpatient Medicare item numbers over 14 years. Australas Psychiatry 2022; 30:526-529. [PMID: 35560995 DOI: 10.1177/10398562221097869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The Better Health Access Initiative added 32 Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers in 2006 to increase the number of people with access to mental health care. We investigated trends in the provision of outpatient Medicare-subsidised psychiatric services since the introduction of these item numbers in 2006 through 2019. METHODS Medicare Benefits Schedule aggregated item-number claims data were obtained from the Services Australia Medicare website, between January 2006 and December 2019 inclusive, for face-to-face psychiatrist consultations. Item number rates were collated and graphed per 100,000 population according to year and item number. RESULTS There has been an increase in the number of claims for new patient assessments (291-296) and a reduction in most ongoing care Medicare item numbers, especially longer appointments that are often associated with psychotherapy provision (306-308). CONCLUSION There have been changes in private psychiatric practice in Australia over the past 14 years. There are several possible causes for these changes and further research is required to determine the impact on patient care.
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- Malcolm Forbes
- Department of Psychiatry, 213116University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.,Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Treatment (IMPACT), Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, 2281University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, 2281University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Psychiatry, 2281University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Treatment (IMPACT), Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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Swartz HA. Seventy-Five Years and Counting: The Legacy of The American Journal of Psychotherapy. Am J Psychother 2022; 75:55-56. [PMID: 35702872 DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Holly A Swartz
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh
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Sun CF, Trestman RL. Effect of Care Management or Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training vs Usual Care on Self-harm Among Adults With Suicidal Ideation. JAMA 2022; 327:2245-2246. [PMID: 35699712 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.5877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Ching-Fang Sun
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, Carilion Clinic, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke
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Chang HA. More (Good) Psychiatry. ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY : THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENCY TRAINING AND THE ASSOCIATION FOR ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY 2022:10.1007/s40596-022-01612-5. [PMID: 35257320 DOI: 10.1007/s40596-022-01612-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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- Howard A Chang
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Rush AJ. Making Therapy Widely Available: Clinical Research Triumph or Existential Catastrophe? Am J Psychiatry 2022; 179:79-82. [PMID: 35105162 DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2021.21121201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A John Rush
- Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Duke University, Durham, N.C., Texas Tech University, Permian Basin, Tex
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Affiliation(s)
- Ned H Kalin
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison
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