Psychiatric Services

Volume 33
Number 1
January 1982

Article

PARTIAL HOSPITALS: REFINING THE DATA

Howard Klar

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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Daniel Blain: A Reminiscence

Pat Vosburgh

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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THE INSANITY DEFENSE: NEW CALLS FOR REFORM

Paul S. Appelbaum

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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Training in managing violent patients

Laurent S. Lehmann

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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Administering tricyclic-MAOI combinations

Frederick K. Goodwin

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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Handling a Court Order

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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Blood level analyses in depression

Carl Salzman

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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The Medical Care of Psychiatric Patients

Publication date: 01 January 1982

Pages25–34

Longitudinal and cross-sectional data have demonstrated a high incidence of physical illness among psychiatric patient populations. Problems involved in the treatment of medically ill psychiatric patients include the nonspecificity of psychiatric symptoms,...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.1.25

Filling the Need for Emergency Psychiatrists: Is Better Education the Answer?

Publication date: 01 January 1982

Pages35–37

Although the need for specialists in emergency psychiatry is increasing, little attention is given to this field by American psychiatric residency programs, and few psychiatrists choose emergency psychiatry as a career. Like their American counterparts, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.1.35

Encouraging Third-Party Coverage of Partial Hospitals

Edward B. Fink

Publication date: 01 January 1982

Pages38–41

Despite the proven clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of partial hospital programs, many third-party insurers still refuse to offer coverage of their services. A number of clinical, administrative, and fiscal issues involving current partial ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.1.38

Using Epidemiologic Survey Data to Plan Geriatric Mental Health Services

Publication date: 01 January 1982

Pages42–45

A university medical center and a community mental health center undertook an epidemiologic survey of elderly residents of a county in North Carolina and used the data to plan a geriatric mental health program. The survey team assessed the rate and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.1.42

A Comparison of AMA and Non-AMA Patients on a Short-Term Crisis Unit

Publication date: 01 January 1982

Pages46–48

Nineteen patients who left a short-term psychiatric crisis unit against medical advice were compared with 109 patients who received a regular discharge during a six-month period. Demographic, historic, assessment, and diagnostic variables of both groups ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.1.46

A Study of Referral Failures for Potentially Suicidal Patients: A Method of Medical Care Evaluation

David J. Knesper

Publication date: 01 January 1982

Pages49–52

To learn more about the methodological problems inherent in medical care evaluation studies, a quality assurance committee conducted a study of rates of referral failure for potentially suicidal patients seen in the psychiatry division of a university ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.1.49

VISITS BY VOLUNTEERS TO CHRONIC MUTE PATIENTS

Barbara Feitel Ph.D.

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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IRREGULAR DISCHARGES FROM PSYCHIATRIC WARDS IN A VA MEDICAL CENTER

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION AS AN EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM

Frank Masterpasqua

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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A TRANSCULTURAL OBSERVATION OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Stephen M. Sonnenberg

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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TOWARD A DEFINITION OF STAFF RIGHTS

Stephen Rachlin

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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THE APPROPRIATENESS OF CARE-ONLY FOR SOME INSTITUTIONAL PATIENTS

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE OF ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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CALL FOR REVIEWERS

John A. Talbott

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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CLINICALART THERAPY: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE—by Helen B. Landgarten, M.A., A.T.R.; Brunner-Mazel, New York City, 1981, 390 pages, $27.50

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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EXPRESSIVE THERAPY: A CREATIVE APPROACH TO DEPTH-ORIENTED TREATMENT—Arthur Robbins, Ed.D., A.T.R., with contributors; Human Sciences Press, New York City, 1980, 319 pages $22.95

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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THE ARTS IN THERAPY—by Bob Fleshman and Jerry Fryrear; Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1981, 234 pages, $19.95 hardcover, $9.95 paperbound

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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MARITAL AND FAMILY THERAPY, 2nd edition—by Ira D. Glick, M.D., and David R. Kessler, M.D.; Grune & Stratton, New York City, 1980, 380 pages, $23.50

Derek C. Polonsky

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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ALTERNATIVES TO MENTAL HOSPITALS—Belgium National Association for Mental Health; 1980, 278 pages, $13, paperbound. Available from Nationale Vereniging voor Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg, Kortrijksesteenweg, 369, B 9000 Gent, Belgium

Leonard I. Stein

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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COMPREHENSIVE TEXTBOOK OF PSYCHIATRY/III—edited by Harold I. Kaplan, M.D., Alfred M. Freedman, M.D., and Benjamin J. Sadock, M.D.; three volumes, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1980, 3,665 pages, $175

Gene Usdin

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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LOVE TAPES (¾-inch video, black and white, 30 minutes, 1981). Produced and directed by Wendy Clarke. Available from Filmakers Library, 133 East 58th Street, New York, New York 10022. Purchase only: $250

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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OUR VIOLENT HERITAGE (16 mm or videocassette, color, 28 minutes, 1981). Produced by Jim Houtrides for CBS News' Sunday Morning. Available from Carousel Films, 1501 Broadway, New York, New York 10036. Purchase, $525; rental, contact the distributor for rates

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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DREAMS SO REAL: THREE MEN'S STORIES (16 mm, color, 30 minutes, 1981). Made by Oren Rudavsky. Distributed by Filmakers Library, 133 East 58th Street, New York, New York 10022. Purchase, $475; rental, $45

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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ISSUES IN COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL CARE—edited by Richard D. Budson, M.D.; Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, September 1981, 124 pages, $6.95, paperbound

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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ECONOMICS AND MENTAL HEALTH—edited by Thomas G. McGuire, Ph.D., and Burton A. Weisbrod, Ph.D.; National Institute of Mental Health, 1981, 98 pages, paperbound. Single copies available free from the Public Inquiries Section, Room 1lA-21, National Institute of Mental Health, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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NEWS & NOTES

Publication date: 01 January 1982

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