The purpose of this quality improvement project was to re-align the standard of psychiatric care with best practices for nine clients with co-occurring mental illness and [...]

Rural communities in Oregon face a significant shortage of psychiatric services, both from specialists and general care providers. Telepsychiatry offers a validated and r [...]

The number of older adults in the United States is projected to reach more than 70 million by 2030, representing a doubling of this population since 2004. As the populati [...]

Measurement-based care (MBC) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) in both physical and mental health. However, MBC is underutilized in community mental health, and resear [...]

People with insomnia experience difficulty falling asleep (sleep latency), wake throughout the night (sleep maintenance), or wake up earlier than desired (wake after slee [...]

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) impacts many individuals in the United States and can lead to interference in daily functioning. With this in mind, it is important that thos [...]

In obsessive-compulsive disorder, obsessions are repetitive, unwanted and intrusive thoughts, images or urges...was the stove really off? Am I really straight? Did I hit [...]

Over the last decade, life expectancy of the mentally ill has declined. Researchers estimate that people with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia and bipolar d [...]

A large urban area clinic serves a population base of older adults aged 65 and older who are Medicare insured. The clinic utilizes a home visit model whereby primary care [...]

Prescription opiate overdose is a leading cause of death among adults in the United States. If prescription opiates are the causative factor for multiple drug overdoses e [...]