Article of the Year Award

The Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services recognizes the best-written article published each year. The Article of the Year Award was established in 2005, and the winning article is chosen by a committee based on writing clarity, style, and editorial expertise. The authors of the winning article are awarded a plaque and a cash prize, and are invited to become a member of the Journal’s Editorial Board or Review Panel. All articles published in the Journal are eligible, except for those in which the lead author is a already a member of the Journal’s Editorial Board or Review Panel, as the award is intended to help mentor new writers.

2005 – War-Related Mental Health Problems of Today’s Veterans: New Clinical Awareness by R.R. Reeves, J.D. Parker, and D.J. Konkle-Parker; published in July 2005

2006 – Long-Acting Injectable Risperidone: An Emerging Tool in Schizophrenia Treatment by K.S. Jarboe, K. Kittrell, and K. Tugrul; published in December 2005

2007 – Becoming Culturally Competent in Ethnic Psychopharmacology by J. Campinha-Bacote; published in September 2007

2008 – Mindfulness: An Intervention for Anxiety in Schizophrenia by L.W. Davis, A.M. Strasburger, and L.F. Brown; published in November 2007

2009 – Achieving Restraint-Free on an Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit by S.A. Barton, M.R. Johnson, and L.V. Price; published in January 2009

2010 – Psychotropic Medications and Falls in Older Adults by Karen Van Leuven, PhD, FNP; published in September 2010

2011 – Does Your Older Adult Client Have a Gambling Problem? by Cindy Sullivan Kerber, PhD, APN, CS; Emily Schlenker, PsyD, CHN, RN; and Kari Hickey, MS, RN; published in June 2011