Psychiatric Services
- Volume 30
- Number 1
- January 1979
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages25–30Through six interrelated studies the author examines the common conception that daydreams and fantasy are important factors in the onset and maintenance of severe psychopathology, particularly hallucinatory psychosis. Results of the studies failed to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.1.25Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages30–33A medication system in use at the Florida Mental Health Institute is based on the unit-dose procedure and weekly reviews of patients' medications. The program is aimed at reducing the use of polypharmacy and of concentrates and stabilizing patients on a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.1.30Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages34–37Although abuse of antiparkinsonian drugs has rarely been reported in this country, there is evidence that it is more widespread than has generally been believed. The author reports eight cases in which abuse of the drugs was suspected. He emphasizes the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.1.34Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages37–39The authors conducted a study at an urban state hospital to determine if a patient's place of residence—within or outside the hospital's service district—was reflected in the admission rates or the quality of care received. No differences between in-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.1.37Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages40–42Three agencies providing services for the Nassau County (N.Y.) Department of Mental Health initiated a pilot program to provide comprehensive day treatment services to chronic psychiatric patients living in adult homes in Long Beach, New York. After ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.1.40Publication date: 01 January 1979
Pages47–50More than 800 people attended the 30th Institute on Hospital & Community Psychiatry, held September 18-21, 1978, in Kansas City, Missouri. "Quality Amidst Constraints: Creative Use of Limited Resources" was the theme of the meeting, which consisted ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.1.47