MMPI-2-RF validity scales add utility for predicting treatment engagement during partial psychiatric hospitalizations.

Partial psychiatric hospitalizations are resource-intensive clinical services designed to stabilize patients in the short term, prevent inpatient hospitalizations, and encourage long-term recovery. Typically, providers base their referral decisions on categorical diagnoses and subjective impressions of patient distress without closely considering the evidence for reporting biases. The present study followed veterans ( = 430) participating in partial psychiatric hospitalization services.

Prediction of changes in self-stigma among veterans participating in partial psychiatric hospitalization: The role of disability status and military cohort.

Objective: Interventions addressing internalized stigma are a new area of research, and it is important to identify the types of clientele who derive benefit from existing interventions.

Method: Information was provided by 235 veterans attending a partial psychiatric hospitalization program, regarding their levels of internalized stigma on admission and discharge from a 3-week program that included interventions targeting internalized stigma.

Results: Upon discharge, veterans receiving disability benefits demonstrated less reduction in internalized stigma than those not receiving disability benefits.

Effect of sleep skills education on sleep quality in patients attending a psychiatry partial hospitalization program.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I)-informed sleep skills education on sleep quality and initial sleep latency in patients attending a psychiatry partial hospitalization program.

Method: This retrospective chart review was conducted in a psychiatry partial hospitalization program of a teaching Veterans Affairs medical center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Patients typically attend the program for 1 month.

Inpatient utilization before and after implementation of psychosocial rehabilitation programs: analysis of cost reductions.

Research on psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) interventions generally indicates that these approaches are effective in facilitating improved functioning for persons with serious mental illness (SMI; schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, and other psychotic disorders). In this quasi-experimental study, we assessed the effectiveness of PSR interventions through a records review of 311 veterans who received outpatient services for SMI. From 2002 to 2008, a midwestern VA Medical Center implemented a number of PSR interventions.