Sexual Offense Disclosure Assessment in Youth Referred to Community Treatment: A Latent Class Analysis.

This study seeks to extend research evaluating tools to assess the disclosure of sexually abusive behavior. The subjects were 239 male youth (ages 10-20 years) who were court-ordered to participate in a community-based collaborative intervention for sexual offending that includes outpatient and probationary services. All youth participated in an interview to capture referral incident details about admission, responsibility, empathy, and remorse at intake, during intervention, and at discharge. Intake, treatment, discharge, and recidivism measures were also collected from multiple sources. Latent class analysis identified three classes based on the intake interview: Empathetic Admitters (22%), Unempathetic Admitters (38%), and Unempathetic Deniers (40%). Significant class differences were found on intake (e.g., use of physical force, caregiver denial of youth responsibility), treatment (e.g., any sanctions/violations), and discharge measures (e.g., successful treatment, probation officer ratings), but not in recidivism rates. The findings extend efforts to identify and target different disclosure patterns whose clinical monitoring may support a comprehensive intervention.

Left Ventricle Phenotyping Utilizing Tissue Doppler Imaging in Premature Infants with Varying Severity of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is characterized by alveolar-capillary simplification and is associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in preterm infants. The contribution of left ventricle (LV) disease towards this severe BPD-PH phenotype is not well established. We aimed to describe the longitudinal trajectory of the LV function as measured by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and its association with BPD-PH. We retrospectively assessed prospectively acquired clinical and echocardiographic data from 77 preterm infants born between 2011 and 2013. We characterized the LV function by measuring systolic and diastolic myocardial velocities (s', e', a'), isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT), and myocardial performance index with TDI at three time periods from 32 and 36 weeks, postmenstrual age through one year of age. We also measured post systolic motion (PSM), a marker of myocardial dysfunction that results from asynchronous movement of the ventricular walls, and not previously described in preterm infants. Patients were stratified into groups according to BPD severity and the presence of PH and compared over time. Conventional TDI measures of the LV function were similar between groups, but the septal PSM was significantly prolonged over the first year of age in patients with BPD-PH. PSM provides a novel objective way to assess the hemodynamic impact of lung and pulmonary vascular disease severity on LV function in preterm infants with BPD and PH.

Integrated Pediatric Health Care in Pennsylvania: A Survey of Primary Care and Behavioral Health Providers.

This study reports on a statewide survey of medical and behavioral health professionals to advance the knowledge base on the benefits and obstacles to delivering integrated pediatric health care. Surveys distributed in 3 statewide provider networks were completed by 110 behavioral health specialists (BHSs) and 111 primary care physicians (PCPs). Survey content documented their perceptions about key services, benefits, barriers, and needed opportunities related to integrated care. Factor analyses identified 8 factors, and other items were examined individually. We compared responses by specialty group (BHS vs PCP) and integrated care experience (no vs yes). The findings revealed differences across domains by specialty subgroup. In several cases, BHS (vs PCP) respondents, especially those with integrated care experience, reported lower benefits, higher barriers, and fewer resource requests. The implications of these results for enhancing care integration development, delivery, training, and research are discussed along with the study's limitations and empirical literature.

Collaborative mental health care for pediatric behavior disorders in primary care: Does it reduce mental health care costs?

OVERVIEW: One recently completed randomized controlled trial (RCT) demonstrated the effectiveness of a doctor-office collaborative care (DOCC), relative to enhanced usual care (EUC), for pediatric behavior problems and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In this study, we sought to extend the literature by incorporating a cost-analysis component at the conclusion of the aforementioned trial. To our knowledge, it was the first study to examine whether the DOCC model leads to lower costs of mental health services for children. METHOD: Financial records from the RCT provided cost information about all the 321 child study participants in the 6-month intervention period, and claims data from insurance plans provided cost information about community mental health services for 57 children, whose parents consented to release their claims data, in both pre- and postintervention periods. Both descriptive and multivariate analyses were performed. RESULTS: The DOCC group had higher intervention costs, but the cost per patient treated in the DOCC group was lower than the EUC group during the 6-month intervention period. In terms of costs of community mental health services, although the 2 groups had similar costs in the 6 months before the RCT intervention, the DOCC group had significantly lower costs during the 6-month intervention period and 6 or 12 months after the intervention, but not in the 18 or 24 months after the intervention. DISCUSSION: The DOCC model has the potential for cost savings during the intervention period and the follow-up periods immediately after the intervention while improving clinical effectiveness. (PsycINFO Database Record

Terapia audiovisual. Propuesta para disminuir ansiedad en pacientes quemados durante su estancia en la unidad de cuidados intensivos / Audiovisual therapy. Proposal to decrease anxiety in burned patients during their stay in the Intensive Care Unit / Terapia audiovisual. Proposta para reduzir a ansiedade em pacientes queimados durante sua estadia em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva

Resumen: La atención y manejo del paciente quemado en México representa un reto para el personal médico, la estancia intrahospitalaria del quemado generalmente es prolongada, por lo que los pacientes pueden desarrollar complicaciones psicológicas derivadas del cambio en su aspecto físico y los tratamientos que este tipo de patología requiere, por lo que la aparición de ansiedad es común. El propósito de este trabajo es plantear una propuesta de terapia audiovisual como tratamiento alternativo y/o complementario en el control de la ansiedad en el paciente durante su estancia en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.

Abstract: The care and management of the burn patient in Mexico represents a challenge for the medical staff, the hospital stay of the burn is generally prolonged so that patients can develop psychological complications derived from the change in their physical appearance and the treatments that this type of pathology requires, so the appearance of anxiety is common. The purpose of this work is to propose a proposal of audiovisual therapy as an alternative and/or complementary treatment in the control of anxiety in the patient during his stay in the intensive care unit.

Resumo: O cuidado e o manejo do paciente queimado no México representam um desafio para a equipe médica, a internação do paciente queimado é geralmente prolongada para que os pacientes possam desenvolver complicações psicológicas derivadas da mudança em sua aparência física e dos tratamentos que este tipo de a patologia exige, então o aparecimento de ansiedade é comum. O objetivo deste trabalho é propor uma proposta de terapia audiovisual como alternativa e/ou tratamento complementar no controle da ansiedade do paciente durante sua permanência em unidade de terapia intensiva.

Cognitive-behavioral treatment for adolescents who sexually offend and their families: individual and family applications in a collaborative outpatient program.

This article describes an outpatient treatment program for adolescent sexual abusers that was established by a mental health agency in collaboration with a specialized probation program in the juvenile court. Individualized treatment is based on a comprehensive clinical assessment with the youth and guardian, for which examples are provided. Given the heterogeneity of this population, we describe several treatment strategies directed to various individual or family clinical targets, including psychiatric disorders, sexual deviance and sexuality, normal adolescent development and adaptive skills, and parent and family relationships. Ongoing collaborative and coordination issues are also reviewed. The integration of mental health and probationary services provides a balanced approach to the community management and treatment of the low-risk, primarily first-time, adolescent sexual offender.