Psychiatric Services
- Volume 33
- Number 6
- June 1982
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages431–432This month's guest expert on differential diagnosis by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition, is Dr. Helen Kaplan, clinical professor of psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College and director of the sex therapy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.431Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages457–461Meta-analysis is a new statistical technique used to integrate the results of many separate studies of a topic. The author, along with two colleagues, applied meta-analysis to 475 studies of the effectiveness of psychotherapy and 112 studies of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.457Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages461–464Since the late 1960s mental health advocates have filed numerous lawsuits against mental health institutions in an effort to narrow the standards for civil commitment, improve the care of patients, and define patients' rights. While many of the lawsuits ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.461Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages465–468Young chronic patients are faced with the same concerns and life-cycle stresses as others in their age group. They strive for independence, satisfying relationships, a sense of identity, and a realistic vocational choice. Lacking the ability to withstand ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.465Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages469–473ECT is an effective psychiatric treatment for severe depression, mania, catatonic states, and, to a lesser degree, some schizophrenias. Complications are minimal and the risk of death extremely low, lower than that for an inadequately treated depression. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.469Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages474–476Heatstroke is a serious medical condition that affects people in all climates. There is some preliminary evidence that psychiatric patients and those on psychotropic drugs are particularly susceptible. The author discusses the signs and symptoms of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.474Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages477–480The contemporary urban crisis has necessitated a drastic transformation of the community general hospital. The Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, in New York, has struggled through this crisis by adapting to the changing needs of the patients it serves. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.477Publication date: 01 June 1982
Pages480–483The community meeting is often established as part of the program on a psychiatric treatment unit to enhance the therapeutic atmosphere and advance the unit's goals. Such meetings usually consist of at least 30 or more individuals, including patients, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.6.480Publication date: 01 June 1982
Page488In the April 1982 issue of H&CP there was an error in the article entitled "Psychiatric Manpower and Public Mental Health: Maryland's Experience" by Henry T. Harbin, M.D., and associates. The first sentence under "Results" on page 280 should have read, "...
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