Psychiatric Services

The questions in this month's column, taken from workshops given by the authors in this country and abroad, focus on clarifying some of the terms used in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) as well as ...

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Combating Stigma Through Work for the Mentally Restored

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Highlights of the 34th Hospital and Community Psychiatry Institute

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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When Psychiatrists Are Liable: Risk Management and Violent Patients

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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In an era of rapid discharge and community treatment, psychiatrists must assess, with insufficient information, their patients' potential for committing a violent act outside of the hospital every time they authorize a pass or a discharge. The authors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.1.29

The Violent Patient: A Strategy for Management and Diagnosis

Joe P. Tupin

Publication date: 01 January 1983

Pages37–40

Violence among psychiatric patients, while uncommon, is a serious problem mental health professionals must face. The author discusses the social, psychological, developmental, cultural, psychiatric, biological, and other factors that contribute to ...

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Training Personnel in the Prevention and Management of Violent Behavior

Publication date: 01 January 1983

Pages40–43

The authors describe a training program on prevention and management of violent behavior for the staff of a Veterans Administration hospital. The one-day workshop focuses on preventive identification of potentially violent situations and on methods of ...

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The Reactions of Nursing Staff to Physical Assault by a Patient

Marilyn Lewis Lanza

Publication date: 01 January 1983

Pages44–47

Forty nursing staff members in a Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital were surveyed in a study aimed at determining victims' responses to the assault and helping to sensitize clinicians to the frequency and outcomes of assaults on nursing ...

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An Overview of Patient Satisfaction With Psychiatric Treatment

Thomas P. Kalman

Publication date: 01 January 1983

Pages48–54

Patient satisfaction with psychiatric treatment can strongly influence pursuit and use of mental health services as well as treatment compliance and treatment outcome. Although assessment of patient satisfaction is crucial to designing effective mental ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.1.48

Dealing With Suicide on a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Suicide on an inpatient unit can cause severe trauma among patients and staff. Consequently both groups may revert to less adaptive coping styles. In general, staff's recovery is gradual and natural and may yield an opportunity for emotional growth; ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.1.55

The New Community Consultation

Publication date: 01 January 1983

Pages59–64

A large proportion of chronically mentally ill persons live in nonmedical community residential facilities run by administrators and staff who are not specifically trained in the management of psychiatric patients; this situation makes consultation to ...

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Ensuring Continuity of Care for a Munchausen Patient Through a Public Guardian

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Cultural Factors Complicating the Treatment of Psychosis Caused by B12 Deficiency

Renee L. Binder

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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A Cross-Validation of Factors Predictive of AMA Discharge

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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The Lithium Index: Too Variable for Use in Clinical Practice

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Preventing Sudden Death During a Catatonic Episode

Joseph Barbuto

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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A Note to Readers About the H&CP Service

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Making It Crazy: An Ethnography of Psychiatric Clients in an American Community—by Sue E. Estnoff; University of California Press, Berkeley, 1981, 328 pages, $19.95

Sheldon Gaylin

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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The Final Months: A Study of the Lives of 134 Persons Who Committed Suicide—by Eli Robins, M.D.; Oxford University Press, New York City, 1981, 437 pages, $32.95

Michael F. Heiman

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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The Algebra of Suicide—by Inving Berent, M.D.; Human Sciences Press, New York City, 1981, 205 pages, $19.95

Michael F. Heiman

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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The Epidemiology of Dementia—edited by James A. Montimer and Leonard Schuman; Oxford University Press, New York City, 1981, 187 pages, $21.95

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Organic Mental Disease—by Frank R. Freemon, M.D., SP Medical & Scientific Books, New York City, 1981, 211 pages, $30

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Organic Brain Syndromes: An Introduction to Neurobehavioral Disorders—by Richard L. Strub, M.D., and F. William Black, Ph.D.; Davis, Philadelphia, 1981, 423 pages, $30

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Brain Failure: An Introduction to Current Concepts of Senility—by Barry Reisbeng, M.D., Free Press, New York City, 1981, 198 pages, $19.95

Michael H. Sacks

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Short-Term Psychotherapies for Depression: Behavioral, Interpersonal, Cognitive, and Psychodynamic Approaches—edited by A. John Rush, M.D.; Guilford, New York City, 1982, 339 pages, $25

Allen Frances

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Mental Health Administration: An Annotated Bibliography, vol. 2—edited by Saul Feldman, D.P.A., National Institute of Mental Health, 1981, 324 pages, paperbound. Single copies available free while the supply lasts from Public Inquiries Section, NIMH, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857

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Treatment for Psychosomatic Problems—edited by John M. Kuldau, M.D. ; New Directions for Mental Health Services, no. 15, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, Septemben 1982. The publication was sent as part of the Hospital and Cornmunity Psychiatry Service supplementary mailing in September

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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Submission of Material From APA Annual Meeting

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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News & Notes

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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News Briefs

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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People & Places

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Ideas

Publication date: 01 January 1983

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The Ideas column features brief notes about interesting or unusual programs, novel approaches to therapy, and useful resources in the mental health field. Contributions to Ideas are welcomed. Items, not exceeding 200 words, should be sent to the Editor, ...

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