Schizophrenia

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JOURNAL ARTICLE

A Population-Based Survey of Mental Disorders in Singapore — Feb 1, 2012

Mental illnesses are not only a growing public health concern but also a major social and economic issue affecting individuals and families throughout the world.

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Atypical Antipsychotics May Aid Symptoms for Some Off-Label Conditions, but Not Others — Sep 27, 2011

Evidence supports the effectiveness of some atypical antipsychotics in reducing symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and behavioral symptoms in elderly patients with dementia. There is insufficient evidence that the medications are effective for treating eating disorders, substance abuse and insomnia.

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Off-label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics: An Update — Sep 1, 2011

Antipsychotic medications are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and for some drugs, depression. We performed a systematic review on the efficacy and safety of atypical antipsychotic drugs for use in conditions lacking FDA approval.

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Racial and Ethnic Service Use Disparities Among Homeless Adults with Severe Mental Illnesses Receiving ACT — May 31, 2011

Case management of community interventions is intended to narrow racial and ethnic disparities, but this study of homeless individuals with severe mental illness found that it reduced disparities for blacks, but not for Latinos.

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Routine Outcomes Monitoring to Support Improving Care for Schizophrenia: Report from the VA Mental Health QUERI — Mar 31, 2011

This study conducted in the VA mental health system identified consensus areas, validated instruments, and assessment strategies that can be used for monitoring outcomes and improving quality of care for schizophrenia in routine practice.

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Developing Medical Record-Based Performance Indicators to Measure the Quality of Mental Healthcare — Jan 14, 2011

This paper presents the methodology used to develop a comprehensive set of performance indicators in a national evaluation of the mental healthcare delivered by the Veterans Health Administration.

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Care for Veterans with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: Good Performance, but Room to Improve on Many Measures — Dec 31, 2010

The 15 % of veterans with mental health illness accounted for about one-third of total VA costs, mostly for non-mental health conditions. VA quality of care was generally better than care in private plans, but quality varied across VA regions.

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Transforming Mental Healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration: A Model for Measuring Performance to Improve Access, Quality, and Outcomes — Dec 31, 2009

This paper describes the conceptual framework and research design of a national evaluation of the quality of mental healthcare provided to veterans by the Veterans Health Administration, and present results on the reported availability of evidence-based practices.

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EQUIP: Implementing Chronic Care Principles and Applying Formative Evaluation Methods to Improve Care for Schizophrenia : QUERI Series — Dec 31, 2007

This paper presents a case study that demonstrates the evolution of a project entitled Enhancing QUality-of-care In Psychosis (EQUIP). The next iteration of the project, EQUIP-2, was further informed by implementation science and the use of QUERI tools.

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Efficacy and Comparative Effectiveness of Off-Label Use of Atypical Antipsychotics: Executive Summary — Dec 31, 2006

Aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, risperidone, and ziprasidone are atypical antipsychotics approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

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Patterns and Quality of Treatment for Patients with Schizophrenia in Routine Psychiatric Practice — Dec 31, 2004

These data suggest unmet need for psychosocial treatment services among individuals with schizophrenia.

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Racial Differences in the Treatment of Veterans with Bipolar Disorder — Dec 31, 2004

The authors examined whether African Americans, compared with whites, received guideline-concordant care for bipolar I disorder.

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Concurrent Psychiatric Diagnoses By Age and Race Among Persons with Bipolar Disorder — Dec 31, 2003

The results suggest that older African-American patients with bipolar disorder are more likely to receive diagnoses of mutually exclusive conditions.

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A Network-Based System to Improve Care for Schizophrenia: The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT) — Dec 31, 2003

The Medical Informatics Network Tool (MINT) is a software system that supports the management of care for chronic illness.

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Computer-assisted Self-Assessment in Persons with Severe Mental Illness — Dec 31, 2003

ACASI data collection is reliable among people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and could be a valuable tool to improve their care.

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An Instrument to Assess Competencies of Providers Treating Severe Mental Illness — Dec 31, 2002

One approach to improving the quality of rare for severe mental illnesses (SMI) such as schizophrenia is through the improvement of provider competencies; the attitudes, knowledge, and skills needed to deliver high-quality care.

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Personality Disorders in the Literature — Dec 31, 2000

Letter to the Editor commenting on two researchers who reviewed data from MEDLINE searches from 1966 to 1995 and concluded that literature on personality disorders experienced modest expansion, unlike published works on schizophrenia, Alzheimers disease, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Recent Patterns and Predictors of Antipsychotic Medication Regimens Used to Treat Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders — Dec 31, 1999

Up-to-date data are needed on the types of treatments used by psychiatrists and the reasons for use of particular treatments.

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Services to Families of Adults with Schizophrenia: From Treatment Recommendations to Dissemination — Dec 31, 1998

A gap exists between best practices and standard practices for families of persons with schizophrenia.

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Measuring the Quality of Outpatient Treatment for Schizophrenia — Dec 31, 1997

Consumers and policy makers are increasingly interested in measuring treatment quality. The authors developed a standardized approach to measuring the quality of outpatient care for schizophrenia and used it to evaluate routine care.

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