Focus
- Volume 4
- Number 1
- January 2006
EDITORIAL
CLINICAL SYNTHESIS
REVIEW
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Pages23–37Although Hispanics are the largest minority in the United States, we have only fragmentary information and scarce guidelines on the frequency, recognition, and treatment of mental illness in this population. In reviewing the literature on this issue, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.23Publication date: 01 January 2006
Pages38–47Ethnic and racial diversity in the United States increases daily through immigration and population shifts, and multiculturalism in the mental health field has had a difficult time keeping pace. Delivery of adequate mental health care to Hispanics, now ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.38Publication date: 01 January 2006
Pages48–56Objective: The authors examined racial/ethnic variations in psychiatric diagnoses and clinical characteristics of psychiatric patients as assessed and reported by psychiatrists in routine clinical practice. Method: A national sample of psychiatrists ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.48INFLUENTIAL PUBLICATION
Publication date: 01 January 2006
Pages115–124Objective: The aim of this article is to offer recommendations and rationale for gender-specific antipsychotic treatment. Method: The author summarizes reviews of recent literature in psychiatric clinical trials, pharmacology, drug safety, toxicology, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.115Publication date: 01 January 2006
Page125Objectives: This paper reports results from the evaluation of a cultural consultation service (CCS) for mental health practitioners and primary care clinicians. The service was designed to improve the delivery of mental health services in mainstream ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.125Publication date: 01 January 2006
Page134Objective: The objective of this paper is to integrate what is known about estrogen effects on symptoms and treatment response into a global understanding of schizophrenia. The aim is to expand Canadian schizophrenia guidelines to include the specific ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.134Publication date: 01 January 2006
Pages140–149Major health care problems such as patient dissatisfaction, inequity of access to care, and spiraling costs no longer seem amenable to traditional biomedical solutions. Concepts derived from anthropologic and cross-cultural research may provide an ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/foc.4.1.140Past Issues
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