IPS: Institute on Psychiatric Services

Traditional Mental Health Care Models Can Limit Innovation

Publish date: November 10, 2011

Major Finding: In a demonstration project for a novel, collaborative depression-treatment model, more than 60% of patients improved within 6...

Publish date: November 8, 2011

Major Finding: In all, 75% of participants completed a 12-week substance expectation therapy smoking cessation program; 45% completed 12 weeks of...

Publish date: November 4, 2011

Major Finding: In 1,098 encounters with mentally ill, developmentally disabled, or drug-addicted people, 93 officers trained in how to handle...

Publish date: November 2, 2011

Major Finding: Of 85 psychiatric patients screened with the STOP-Bang questionnaire, 14 were ultimately diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea....

Publish date: November 1, 2011

Major Finding: Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with PTSD are about half as likely as are other vets with the disorder to finish an adequate trial of...

Publish date: October 31, 2011

Major Finding: In an anonymous survey, 66% of respondents said that they use marijuana as a prescription-drug substitute.Data Source: Survey of...