Mental Health Services
Professional Articles and Presentations
- Research and Publications
Adult Mental Health Articles
- "The Utilization of State and General Hospitals for Inpatient Psychiatric Care"
Steven M. Banks and John A. Pandiani
American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 88, #3
Objectives: This paper explores the relationship of state hospital and general hospital psychiatric caseloads in a statewide system of care. Methods: Probabilistic population estimation is applied to general hospital and state hospital data sets. Results: General hospitals provide inpatient psychiatric services to more people than the state hospital and a significant number are served in both sectors. There were notable differences in utilization patterns related to patient gender and age. Conclusions: These results raise important questions about the distribution of services. The analysis demonstrates that probabilistic methodologies can significantly enhance the value of existing databases for epidemiological research.
- "A State Mental Health System with No State Hospital: The Vermont Feasibility Study"
Paul J. Carling, Sutherland Miller, L. Daniels, and F. Randolph
Hospital and Community Psychiatry, Vol. 38, pp.617-23
An examination of the feasibility and desirability of a statewide system of public mental health without a state hospital, taking into account client needs, service system capabilities, financing, human resource requirements, legal and rights-protection issues, and political considerations. The authors concluded that comprehensive community-based services could replace hospitalization for all but forensic clients in Vermont at roughly equivalent cost to the state.
- "Building a Vision of Community Support: A Collaborative Colloquium Series"
Annamarie T. Cioffari, Andrea K. Blanch, Susan F. Wilson, Paul J. Carling, and John E. Pierce
Innovation in Collaboration: Vignettes of State/University Collaboration to Improve Mental Health Systems, WICHE, November 1988
A description of a human resource development project jointly undertaken with the University of Vermont Department of Psychology to bring national leaders to Vermont in a colloquium series for service providers, consumers, family members, and university faculty and students.
- Counterpoint is a free publication, for vermont consumers that can not afford the $8 subscription fee, containing news and art by psychiatric survivors, ex-patients, mental health consumers and their families. It has been published since 1985 from the hills of Vermont. Recent issues covered such diverse topics as recovery; spirituality; women; adverse reactions to psychiatric drugs & alternatives; reclaiming madness. Counterpoint is published four times a year. Subscriptions are $8 per year ($10 Canadian/International). Submissions may be sent to: Counterpoint, 1 Scale Ave. Suite 52, Rutland, VT 05701 or counterp@tds.net. Please enclose a SASE if you want your work returned. Articles will be edited for clarity and space. Phone (800) 564-2106
- "Creating a Competent Workforce in Vermont: Promoting Public-Academic Linkages and Human Resource Development"
Annamarie T. Cioffari, J.D. Burchard, Paul J. Carling, and Rodney E. Copeland
In P. Wohlford, H.F. Myers, & J.E. Callan (Eds.), "Serving the Seriously Mentally Ill: Public-Academic Linkages in Services, Research, and Training(pp.111-17). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Research and Statistics Staff Articles
- "Employment Services and Employment Outcomes for Adults with Serious Mental Illness". (Pandiani, Banks, Simon) forthcoming in Fisher W. (Ed.) 2004, Research in Community and Mental Health, Volume 13.
- "Cross Agency Data Integration for Evaluating Systems of Care". (Banks, Pandiani, Simon, and Nagel) in press: Outcomes for Children and Youth with Behavioral and Emotional Disorders and Their Families, edited by Michael Epstein, Krista Kutash, and Al Duchnowski.
- Impact of Multi-Agency Employment Services on Employment Rates. (Pandiani, Simon, Tracy, and Banks) in press: Community Mental Health Journal.
- Large Data Sets Are Powerful. (Pandiani and Banks) Psychiatric Services, 2003, Vol. 54 No. 5, p.746
- Elevated Risk of Arrest for Veteran's Administration Behavioral Health Service Recipients in Four Florida Counties. (Pandiani, Rosenheck, and Banks) Law and Human Behavior, 2003 , Vol. 27 No. 3
- "The Impact of "New-Generation" Anti-Psychotic Medication on Criminal Justice Outcomes". (Pandiani, Banks, Pomeroy) in Fisher W. (Ed.) 2003, Community-Based Interventions for Criminal Offenders with Severe Mental Illness. (pp.73-78). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science Ltd.
- Terrorism and People with Mental Illness. (Pandiani and Banks) Psychiatric Services, 2002, Vol. 53 No. 11
- Mortality of Mental Health Service Recipients in Vermont and Oklahoma. (Pandiani, Banks, Bramley, Moore) Psychiatric Services, 2002, Vol. 53 No. 8, 1025-1027
- Measuring Access to Mental Health Care: A Multi-indicator Approach to Program Evaluation. (Pandiani, Banks, Bramley, Pomeroy, Simon) Evaluation and Program Planning, 2002, Vol. 25, 271-285
- "Using Existing Databases to Measure Treatment Outcomes". (Banks, Pandiani) in Mario Hernandez & Sharon Hodges (Eds.) 2001, Developing Outcome Strategies in Children's Mental Health, pp. 203-217 by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.
- Enhancing the value of cancer registries and other data sources. (Banks and Pandiani) American Journal of Public Health, 2001, Vol. 91 No. 1, p. 157
- Approaches to Risk Adjusting Outcome Measures Applied to Criminal Justice Involvement after Community Service. (Banks, Pandiani, and Bramley) Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 2001, Vol. 28 No. 3, 235-246
- Consumer Satisfaction and Treatment Outcomes: Dissatisfaction with Mental Health Services and Incarceration after Treatment. (Pandiani, Schacht, Banks) Administration and Policy in Mental Health, 2001, Vol. 29 No. 2, pp. 145-155
- After Children's Services: A Longitudinal Study of Significant Life Events. (Banks, Pandiani, and Schacht) Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 131-138
- Probabilistic Population Estimation of the Size and Overlap of Data Sets Based on Date of Birth. (Banks and Pandiani) Statistics in Medicine, 2001, Vol. 20, 1421-1430
- Caseload Segregation/Integration and Treatment Outcomes for Children and Adolescents. (Banks, Pandiani, and Schacht) Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2001, Vol. 9 No. 4, 232-238, 247
- A Virtual MIS for Child and Adolescent Systems of Care. Data Matters: An Evaluation Newsletter. (Pandiani) Georgetown University National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, 2000
- Does Closing Inpatient Beds in One Public Mental Health System Result in Increased Use of Inpatient Services in Other Systems? (Rosenheck, Banks, and Pandiani) Mental Health Services Research, 2000, Vol. 2 No. 4
- Elevated Risk of Being Charged with a Crime for People with a Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. (Pandiani, Banks, Clements, and Schacht) Justice Research and Policy, 2000
- Utilization of Local Jails and General Hospitals by State Psychiatric Center Patients. (Banks, Stone, Pandiani, Cox, and Morchauser) The Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 2000
- Bed Closures and Incarceration Among Users of VA Behavioral Health Services in Upstate New York. (Rosenheck, Banks, Pandiani, Hoff) Psychiatric Services, 2000
- Age and Mortality Among Problem Drinkers. (Banks, Pandiani, Schacht, and Gauvin) Addiction, 2000, Vol. 95 No. 8, 1249-1254
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Research and Statistics Staff Presentations at Professional Meetings
- Involvement with Criminal Justice System. 2003 National Conference on Mental Health Statistics, May 27 - May 30, 2003. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
- Vocational Services and Employment Rates. Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics, May 27 - May 30, 2003. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington, D.C.
- Data are Everywhere: Using Multiple Data Sets in Criminal Justice Research. Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences 40th annual meeting, March 4-8, 2003, Boston MA.
- Atypical Medications, Traditional Anti-psychotics, and Employment: Using Existing Databases to Evaluate Evidence-based Practices and Develop an Evidence Based Culture. NASMHPD Research Institute 13th Annual Conference on Services Research and Evaluation: Developing an Evidence-Based Culture to Reform Systems, February 9-11, 2003. Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Mental Health Consumer in Trouble with the Law in Three States. (Pandiani, Banks, Simon, Goessel, and Jakuba) NASMHPD Research Institute 13th Annual Conference on Services Research and Evaluation: Developing an Evidence-Based Culture to Reform Systems, February 9-11, 2003. Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Statewide Assessment of Criminal Justice Treatment Outcomes Using Anonymous Data. World Forum Montreal 2002, September 22 - 27, 2002.
- The Impact of Managed Care and September 11, 2001 on Criminal Justice Involvement for Young Adults with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness. Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics, May 28 - May 31, 2002. Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
New Generation Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications and Employment Rates for Outcomes. Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics, May 28 - May 31, 2002. Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.
- Using Educational Test Scores to Evaluate Children's Services. 15th Annual Research Conference, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, March 3 - 6, 2002. Tampa Hyatt Regency Westshore, Tampa, FL.
- New Generation Atypical Anti-Psychotic Medications: Access to Care and Criminal Justice Outcomes. Twelfth Annual NASMHPD Conference on State Mental Health Agency Services Research, Program Evaluation, and Policy, February 11, 2002. Renaissance Harborplace Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Using Consumer Evaluations to Measure the Impact of a Statewide Training Effort on Consumer Participation in Treatment Planning. 50th Annual National Conference on Mental Health Statistics, 2001 An Information Odyssey: Celebrating the Past 50 Years and Promoting the Future, May 29 - Jun 1, 2001. Marriott Wardman Hotell, Washington, D.C.
- A National Research Development Conference Risk Adjustment II: Achieving Fair and Accurate Mental Health Outcomes Information, March 26 - 27, 2001, Spokane, Washington.
Evaluating and Researching Mental Health Programs from Different Points of View. USF 14th Annual Research Conference A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, February 25-28, 2001, Tampa, Florida.
- Toward an Operational Definition of "Personally Identifiable Information". 8th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods, January 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Conference Risk Adjustment II: Achieving Fair and Accurate Mental Health Outcomes Information, March 26 - 27, 2001, Spokane, Washington.
- Evaluating and Researching Mental Health Programs from Different Points of View. USF 14th Annual Research Conference A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base, February 25-28, 2001, Tampa, Florida.
- Toward an Operational Definition of "Personally Identifiable Information". 8th Biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods, January 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.
- Using A Virtual M.I.S. For Behavioral Health Care Evaluation. 7th Annual Florida Conference on Behavioral Healthcare Evaluation, December 7 - 8, 2000. The Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando, Florida.
Consumer Satisfaction and Treatment Outcomes: Dissatisfaction with Mental Health Services and Incarceration after Treatment. 49th Annual Conference on Mental Health Statistics, May 30 - June 2, 2000, Washington, D.C.
- Caseload Segregation/Integration among Child serving Agencies in Utah, Vermont, and Florida. Organization of Northeast Mental Health Statistics Improvement Projects, April 2000, Wilmington, DE.
- Parents of Young Children Out of Home and in Jail. The 13th Annual Conference on A System of Care for Children's Mental Health, March 2000, Tampa, FL.
- Caseload Segregation/Integration among Child serving Agencies in Utah and Vermont. National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors Research Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, February 2000.
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