The Recovery-Based Interprofessional Distance Education (RIDE) Rotation: Content and Rationale.

A faculty team of two psychiatric nurse practitioners, an exercise physiologist, a registered dietician and a pharmacist developed the 8-week Recovery-Based Interprofessional Distance Education (RIDE) rotation for graduate students in the four disciplines. Organizing the RIDE rotation around the recovery model ensured an emphasis upon optimal health and quality of life. RIDE faculty engaged in project planning for several months before the RIDE rotation was offered to students.

Vortioxetine (Brintellix®) and levomilnacipran (Fetzima®): the two newest additions to the antidepressant formulary.

In the final months of 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration approved two new antidepressant formulations. This column presents a review of the pertinent literature on both: vortioxetine (Brintellix(®)) and levomilnacipran (Fetzima(®)).

The Motivation-Facilitation Theory of Prenatal Care Access.

Despite the availability of services, accessing health care remains a problem in the United States and other developed countries. Prenatal care has the potential to improve perinatal outcomes and decrease health disparities, yet many women struggle with access to care. Current theories addressing access to prenatal care focus on barriers, although such knowledge is minimally useful for clinicians.

Accessibility versus quality of care plus retention: the formula for service delivery in Australian opioid replacement therapy?

The aim of this paper is to investigate how Australian Opioid Replacement Therapy (ORT) policy influences access to ORT treatment, including the resources required for implementation. In doing so, we also compare the accessibility of ORT treatment in Australia (AU) with ORT in the United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US). A review of government data and policy that influence service delivery was undertaken.

A pilot study describing physical activity in persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDS) after an exercise program.

Despite the well known mental and physical health benefits of exercise, persons with schizophrenia spectrum disorders remain sedentary. While the exercise barriers (i.e.

Full circle-old drugs prove more beneficial than newer agents for schizophrenia: a case report.

A 55-year-old female with a diagnosis of schizophrenia currently resides in an assisted living facility in a large metropolitan suburb. For approximately 25 years, the patient was relegated to a life of poor symptom control and social adjustment, largely due to nonadherence, relapse, and rehospitalization. The patient experienced a trial-and-error approach to drug therapy, which resulted in reliance on the older or first generation agents for symptom improvement.

Lurasidone (latuda®): an atypical antipsychotic.

Lurasidone is a new atypical antipsychotic that has demonstrated positive effects on psychosis, mood, and cognition. This improved efficacy and safety profile for the treatment of schizophrenia. Its overall tolerability profile seems to be comparable to the other atypical antipsychotics.

Thriving as becoming resolute in narratives of women surviving childhood maltreatment.

The purpose of this feminist interpretive study was to portray the experience of women thriving after childhood maltreatment (CM) through personal narratives. An interdisciplinary team conducted multiple in-depth interviews of 44 women survivors of CM who identified themselves as successful and doing well. The interviews focused on "what worked" and "what did not" with the aim of exploring aftereffects of CM; strengths and strategies; interactions helpful in overcoming abuse; and related sociopolitical contexts.

Screening instruments for older adult depressive disorders: updating the evidence-based toolbox.

The prevalence of clinically significant depressive disorders in persons 65 years of age or older in the United States has been estimated to be approximately 15%, increasing the risk for functional decline, morbidity, and mortality. Utilization of a well-chosen screening instrument has been shown to improve the rates of recognition of depressive disorders in older adults. This paper presents a targeted review of the most commonly accepted tools for case-finding of depressive disorders in older adults.

Nurturing natural resources: the ecology of interpersonal relationships in women who have thrived despite childhood maltreatment.

Childhood maltreatment and its consequences are a public health issue. There continues to be a need for improving the lives and life prospects for survivors of child abuse. The important role that positive interactions can play was evident in a large study of women who considered themselves successful despite maltreatment.