Effective provider–patient communication is critical in acute psychiatric inpatient care, as breakdowns can reduce care quality and increase the use of coercive measures [...]

This quality improvement project focused on measuring staff fidelity to the Collaborative Problem Solving model and identifying barriers to sustained implementation. Cond [...]

This quality improvement project (QI project) was implemented at a secure residential treatment facility (SRTF) for adults with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI [...]

This quality improvement project evaluated whether implementing a structured medication adherence screening tool could improve clinicians’ ability to identify medication [...]

There is a substantial gap between the need for and access to mental health care in the United States. Feedback Informed Treatment (FIT) is a structured, feedback‑based a [...]

The clinical problem addressed by this project centered on high rates of no-shows in an outpatient psychiatric facility. No-shows have detrimental impacts at the individu [...]

Perinatal mental health disorders are a leading cause of pregnancy‑related mortality in Oregon, yet no standardized statewide screening policy exists. This project develo [...]

This quality improvement project aimed to increase compliance with AIMS screening for patients receiving antipsychotic medication in an urban community mental health clin [...]

The authors provided an educational in-service on using the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale. Participants completed pre- and post-tests and showed a mean 23% relative [...]

Psychiatric prescribing in the corrections context is complicated by many factors. At one county correctional facility in rural Oregon, a psychiatric medication managemen [...]