Psychotherapy for depressed youth in poverty: Benchmarking outcomes in a public behavioral health setting.

Research demonstrating the effectiveness of treatment with youth from low socioeconomic backgrounds is limited. To address this limitation, we evaluated pre-post psychotherapy treatment outcomes with youth presenting with depression-related diagnoses (N = 469) at a public behavioral health agency after they implemented a systematic client feedback approach as a quality improvement strategy. Clients were ethnically diverse youth at or under the poverty line.

Patient feedback as a quality improvement strategy in an acute care, inpatient unit: An investigation of outcome and readmission rates.

High psychiatric readmission rates continue while evidence suggests that care is not perceived by patients as "patient centered." Research has focused on aftercare strategies with little attention to the inpatient treatment itself as an intervention to reduce readmission rates. Quality improvement strategies based on patient-centered care may offer an alternative.

Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Nicotine Patch Administration Among Nonsmokers Based on Acute and Chronic Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure.

Introduction: Despite the large amount that is known about the physical health effects of secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure, little is known about the behavioral health effects. Nicotine, the principle psychoactive substance in SHS, elicits subjective mood and physiological responses in nonsmokers. However, no studies have examined the subjective mood or physiological responses to nicotine in nonsmokers while accounting for prior chronic or acute SHS exposure.

A systematic review of secondhand tobacco smoke exposure and smoking behaviors: Smoking status, susceptibility, initiation, dependence, and cessation.

Objectives: To examine the association between secondhand tobacco smoke exposure (SHSe) and smoking behaviors (smoking status, susceptibility, initiation, dependence, and cessation).

Methods: Terms and keywords relevant to smoking behaviors and secondhand tobacco smoke exposure were used in a search of the PubMed database. Searches were limited to English language peer-reviewed studies up till December 2013.