Psychiatric Services

Volume 33
Number 8
August 1982

Article

THE NEXT STEP: SELF-HELP

Sue E. Estroff

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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DIALYSIS PATIENT SHOWS CONFUSION, MOOD SWINGS, BIZARRE BEHAVIOR

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MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITORS: THEIR USE IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

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The use of drug holidays

Jonathan O. Cole

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Quality and size of inpatient programs

Milton Greenblatt

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Treatment for anorexia nervosa

Hilde Bruch

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General physicians on psychiatric units

Donald W. Hammersley

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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CITY OF STEAMBOATS AND THOROUGHBREDS

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Self-Help and Mental Health

Publication date: 01 August 1982

Pages631–635

Over the past decade self-help groups have become an important way of helping people cope with various life crises. Groups have organized to help individual members deal with a wide range of health-related and other problems. The authors define the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.8.631

The Insanity Defense on Trial

Alan A. Stone

Publication date: 01 August 1982

Pages636–640

What was once a great romance between law and psychiatry has ended in disenchantment on both sides. Legal rulings during the 1950s intended to increase the psychiatric presence in the courtroom have been repudiated, and there is now a mood to abolish the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.8.636

The Value of Exercise on a Psychiatric Hospital Unit

Publication date: 01 August 1982

Pages641–645

A number of reports in the literature have shown the value of exercise programs in reducing depression among psychiatric patients. Most of these papers have dealt with outpatients; this paper recounts a study of hospitalized inpatients who elected to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.8.641

Psychiatric Rehabilitation as a Deterrent to Recidivism

Publication date: 01 August 1982

Pages645–650

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive rehabilitation program in deterring the rehospitalization of severely disturbed psychiatric outpatients. A total of 102 clients were randomly assigned at intake to either a full-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.8.645

The Therapeutic Community: A Critical Reappraisal

Publication date: 01 August 1982

Pages651–653

Any new concept or movement can be understood only when considered in light of the sociopolitical context in which it emerges. The authors critically assess the concept of the therapeutic community in such terms. They assert that the therapeutic community ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.8.651

Promoting Community Involvement in Deinstitutionalization Planning: The Experience in One Community

Publication date: 01 August 1982

Pages654–657

The presence of large numbers of former mental patients in the community has forced municipal governments to become aware of the deinstitutionalization process. Many, such as in Asbury, Park, New Jersey, have voiced strong criticism of the process and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.33.8.654

THE "WHIRLING DERVISH" SIGN IN A SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENT

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A STUDY OF CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING PATIENT ASSAULTS ON PSYCHIATRISTS

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AN ASSESSMENT OF JARVIS' LAW IN AN URBAN CATCHMENT AREA

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PSYCHIATRIC URGENCY AS ASSESSED BY PATIENTS AND THEIR THERAPISTS AT AN ADULT OUTPATIENT CLINIC

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CASE MANAGEMENT AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL

Joseph M. Kraber

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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A DISPUTED DIAGNOSIS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

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SYSTEMS OF TREATMENT FOR THE MENTALLY ILL: FILLING THE GAPS—by Richard E. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., and Katherine K. Gordon, R.N., MA.; Grune & Stratton, New York City, 1981, 376 pages, $34.50

Mary Ann Test

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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PSYCHIATRIC PRESENTATIONS OF MEDICAL ILLNESS: SOMATOPSYCHIC DISORDERS—edited by Richard C. W. Hall, M.D.; SP Medical & Scientific Books, New York City, 1980, 421 pages, $35

James J. Strain

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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VIOLENCE AND THE VIOLENT INDIVIDUAL—edited by J. Ray Hays, Ph.D., Thomm Kevin Roberts, Ph.D., and Kenneth S. Solway, Ph.D.; SP Medical & Scientific Books, New York City, 1981, 544 pages, $35

Elissa Benedek

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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LETTER TO A YOUNGER SON—by Christopher Leach. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York City, 1981, 169 pages, $9.95

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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ONCE UPON A CHOICE (16 mm, color, 15 minutes, 1981). Made by Liane Brandon. Distributed by New Day Films, Box 315, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey 07417. Purchase, $295; rental, $35

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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THE HIDDEN STRUGGLE (16 mm or videocasette, color, 25 minutes, 1981). Written, produced, and directed by Lawrence M. Lansburgh and Claire C. Wiles. Distributed by Pyramid Films and Video, Box 1048, Santa Monica, California 90406. Purchase, $425 for either format; rental, $55

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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CHILLYSMITH FARM (16 mm or videocassette, color, 55 minutes, 1981). Made by Mark and Dan Jury. Distributed by Filmakers Library, Suite 703A, 133 East 58th Street, New York, New York 10022. Purchase, $750 for 16 mm, $650 for videocassette; rental, $75

Jack Neher

Publication date: 01 August 1982

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HELPING PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES: SELF-HELP AND PREVENTION—volume 1, number 3 of Prevention in Human Services, published quarterly. Subscriptions available from Haworth Press, 28 East 22nd Street, New York, New York 10010, at $66.75 for libraries, $49.75 for institutions, and $33.75 for individuals. This issue is also published as a hardcover book by Haworth Press for $20

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PLANNING FOR DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION: A REVIEW OF PRINCIPLES, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS—edited by Irvin D. Rutman, Ph.D.; Project Share, 1981, 144 pages, paperbound. Single copies available free while the supply lasts from Project Share, Box 2309, Rockville, Maryland 20852

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NEWS & NOTES

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