The Use of Clozapine in the Serious Mental Illness Patients Enrolled in an Assertive Community Treatment Program.

Introduction Health care cost is projected to reach 20% of the nation's gross national product (GNP) by 2016. 6.2% of this is from mental health.

The Use of Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics (LAI) in the Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Patients Enrolled in an Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) Program.

Introduction Patients with serious mental illness (SMI) experience highly intractable symptoms and great levels of dysfunction from their mental illness. Relapse prevention is critical as psychopathology, social and occupational functioning worsen with repeated psychotic episodes. Poor medication adherence is a strong predictor of relapse.

A Retrospective Review of the Clinical Significance of the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ) Measure in Patients at a Psychiatric Adult Partial Hospital Program.

Introduction Outcome Questionnaire (OQ) measure is becoming a more popular assessment tool for monitoring treatment progress in psychiatry at different settings including inpatient and outpatient settings. It can also be used in non-clinical populations. However, little is known about the evaluation of this tool in the Adult Partial Hospital Program (PHP).