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This study suggests that the association between process-based measures of care quality and mortality in veterans with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders could be used to improve performance and reduce mortality in this population.

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Non-physician mental health clinicians were surveyed to understand their knowledge about bipolar disorder, treatment approaches, and perceived barriers to optimal treatment.

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Perceptions of Behavioral Health Care Among Veterans with Substance Use Disorders: Results from a National Evaluation of Mental Health Services in the Veterans Health Administration

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Clinicians' Utilization of Child Mental Health Telephone Consultation in Primary Care: Findings from Massachusetts

The authors examined utilization of the Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project, a mental health telephone consultation service for primary care, hypothesizing that greater use would be related to severe psychiatric diagnoses and polypharmacy.

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Contributions of the Social Environment to First-Onset and Recurrent Mania

We investigated the role of childhood adversities and adulthood stressors in liability for bipolar disorder using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

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Peer Support Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: Assessing the Evidence

Peer support services have demonstrated many notable outcomes. However, studies that better differentiate the contributions of the peer role and are conducted with greater specificity, consistency, and rigor would strengthen the evidence.

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Reengagement of High-Need Individuals with Serious Mental Illness After Discontinuation of Services

The study determined rates of reengagement in services for individuals with serious mental illness who had discontinued services.

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What Mariah Carey's Bipolar Revelation Could Mean for Public Health

Primary Care-Mental Health Integration in the VA: Shifting Mental Health Services for Common Mental Illnesses to Primary Care

Association Between Quality Measures and Mortality in Individuals with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

Psychosocial Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Clinician Knowledge, Common Approaches, and Barriers to Effective Treatment

Online Training Can Teach Psychotherapists Evidence-Based Treatments

Perceptions of Behavioral Health Care Among Veterans with Substance Use Disorders: Results from a National Evaluation of Mental Health Services in the Veterans Health Administration

Improving Physical Health Care for Adults with Serious Mental Illness

Clinicians' Utilization of Child Mental Health Telephone Consultation in Primary Care: Findings from Massachusetts

Contributions of the Social Environment to First-Onset and Recurrent Mania

Peer Support Services for Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses: Assessing the Evidence

Reengagement of High-Need Individuals with Serious Mental Illness After Discontinuation of Services

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