Case Study Analysis of a Decision Coaching Intervention for Young Adults with Early Psychosis.

Young adults with early psychosis often disengage from essential early intervention services (i.e., Coordinated Specialty Care or CSC in the United States).

Postcertification Wages Among Certified Peer Specialists Working in Peer Support and Other Occupations.

Objective: Although certification can raise the status of peer support work, certified peer specialists (CPSs) may continue to face financial hardship that affects their employment choices. This study aimed to explore how wages and financial well-being changed for CPSs over a 3-year postcertification period.

Methods: This study examined wages, job characteristics, and financial well-being for a cohort of 448 employed CPSs working in peer support (PS) or other, nonpeer (NP) jobs during the study period.

Self-Reported COVID-19 Vaccine and Booster Acceptance and Hesitancy Among Autistic Adults in Pennsylvania: Cross-Sectional Analysis of Survey Data.

Background: The autistic population is rapidly increasing; meanwhile, autistic adults face disproportionate risks for adverse COVID-19 outcomes. Limited research indicates that autistic individuals have been accepting of initial vaccination, but research has yet to document this population's perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 boosters.

Objective: This study aims to identify person-level and community characteristics associated with COVID-19 vaccination and booster acceptance among autistic adults, along with self-reported reasons for their stated preferences.

Transportation Use and Barriers for Employed and Unemployed Autistic Adults.

Background: Autistic adults are significantly unemployed or underemployed even compared with other disability groups. Employment is a social determinant that, when satisfied, closely influences health-related quality of life. For autistic adults, environmental barriers to transportation can impact the ability to get to employment resulting in limited employment opportunities.

Building on Recovery: Embracing Community Inclusion in Mental Health Policies and Services.

Recovery is real and has had a transformative impact on mental health policies and services, including shifting the focus from chronicity and symptom management to the realization that individuals with mental health issues can lead meaningful lives. However, recovery has been defined, described, understood, and measured in a wide variety of ways that may account for misuses and abuses in its application and possible stagnation in its impact. It is argued that the mental health field must now build upon the strong foundations of recovery by integrating a well-established rights-oriented framework.