Psychiatric Services
- Volume 31
- Number 7
- July 1980
Article
Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages463–472A survey of psychiatric inpatient, outpatient, and consultation services of a large general hospital showed a high incidence of undiagnosed physical illnesses in psychiatric patients. The finding is consistent with that of other researchers and highlights ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.463Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages472–475Because of a previous misinterpretation of Social Security regulations, deinstitutionalized clients in a mental health clinic's rehabilitation center were faced with a decrease in Supplemental Security Income benefits, which meant that the adult home in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.472Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages476–479An inpatient unit of a community mental health center located in a general hospital had ample beds and accepted all referrals from clinicians working in affiliated outpatient units. A study of the patients admitted to the CMHC unit showed that they more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.476Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages479–482Trainees in the mental health professions, and their teachers, might well use paranoia as a motivating force to make psychiatric records effective for forensic purposes, utilization review, and sound treatment planning. The utilization reviewer maintains ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.479Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages483–490The design environment of mental health facilities can facilitate the human interactions essential to treatment and can help in meeting clients' basic needs for safety and security, for self-esteem, and for the development of interpersonal and social ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.483Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages491–493In recent years the daily expenditure per patient treated in Ohio's forensic hospital has increased tenfold and now exceeds $100. The figure reflects both a declining patient population and increased fiscal support, in part as the result of a 1974 federal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.491Publication date: 01 July 1980
Pages494–496Large-scale, controlled evaluation research has proved feasible in a regional mental health center in Illinois. Some of the principles learned in carrying out such investigations over the past decade are described. Certain conditions and attitudes are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.31.7.494Past Issues
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