Proactive Tobacco Treatment in a Behavioral Health Home

Tobacco use is rarely addressed in community mental healthcare despite high patient smoking prevalence. Community mental health centers have systems in place that could be used to comprehensively address tobacco use. This study tested feasibility of, satisfaction with, and safety of proactive tobacc...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2020-02, Vol.56 (2), p.328-332
Main Authors: Japuntich, Sandra J., Dunne, Eugene M., Krieger, Naomi H., Ryan, Patricia M., Rogers, Erin, Sherman, Scott E., Fu, Steven S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Brief Report
Cigarettes
Client satisfaction
Community and Environmental Psychology
Community health care
Community mental health services
Critical incidents
Drugs
Feasibility
Health behavior
Health facilities
Home health care
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Patient satisfaction
Patients
Personal safety
Psychiatry
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Smoking Cessation
Tobacco
Tobacco Products
Tobacco Use
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Summary:Tobacco use is rarely addressed in community mental healthcare despite high patient smoking prevalence. Community mental health centers have systems in place that could be used to comprehensively address tobacco use. This study tested feasibility of, satisfaction with, and safety of proactive tobacco treatment (tobacco outreach to offer connection to tobacco cessation treatment). Behavioral health home patients who smoke were randomly assigned to usual care (UC; N = 11) or proactive care (PC; N = 9). All participants were called 3-months post-randomization for follow-up. PC patients reported high satisfaction with the program and experienced no adverse events or mental health symptom exacerbation during treatment. PC patients reported greater reductions in cigarettes per day, more quit attempts, and more cessation medication utilization than UC patients. Proactive outreach for tobacco cessation is feasible in a behavioral health home, acceptable to patients, and may reduce smoking heaviness and promote quit attempts.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-019-00458-w