Psychiatric Services
- Volume 33
- Number 11
- November 1982
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages891–892Although the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) was published more than two years ago, many professionals have questions about its rationale and use. This column, the first in a series to appear in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.11.891Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages901–908The author discusses four themes in the literature on Vietnam veterans' readjustment to civilian life: the unique characteristics of the war; postwar malaise and clinical syndromes; different response patterns to combat experience; and the unique aspects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.11.901Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages908–912As many as four million Americans were stationed in Indo-china during the Vietnam War; some 800,000 were assigned to the combat zone. These individuals are at especially high risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder, a diagnostic category that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.11.908Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages913–918In 1979 a program called Operation Outreach began to provide comprehensive and integrated psychosocial services to Vietnam veterans. The 136 vet centers, housed in storefronts and other nongovernment buildings, are staffed by Vietnam veterans and others ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.11.913Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages919–922The Veterans Administration's first inpatient program for Vietnam War veterans was opened in January 1978 at the VA Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. The unit treats a range of psychiatric disorders; however, the typical patient is a 34-year-old ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.11.919Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages923–928While partial hospitalization as a treatment modality has existed since the 1930s it has only recently begun to gain widespread attention. The attempts at defining partial hospitalization are traced to the current standards and guidelines. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.11.923Publication date: 01 November 1982
Pages929–933During the early 1960s partial hospitalization emerged as an important component of community-based psychiatric treatment. Initially partial hospitals offered all types of treatment to all types of patients. To help mental health professionals make ...
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