Psychiatric Services
- Volume 34
- Number 12
- December 1983
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1119–1127Cognitive therapy is based on the premise that cognition, the process of acquiring knowledge and forming beliefs, is a primary determinant of mood and behavior. After reviewing the basic theories of cognitive therapy, the authors discuss its application ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1119Issues Surrounding the Ownership of Private Psychiatric Hospitals. by Investor-Owned Hospital Chains
Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1127–1131Investor-owned multihospital chains now operate many of the nation's private psychiatric hospitals. This paper provides data showing the extent of the chains' involvement in these hospitals; it also provides specific information about those firms that own ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1127Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1131–1138Diagnostic tests in medicine must satisfy certain validity and accuracy criteria to be clinically useful. In psychiatry, the validity of a diagnostic procedure might be tested independently against clinical diagnosis, treatment response, and family ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1131Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1139–1145The author provides an overview of the literature on benzodiazepine abuse to define and assess the nature and extent of abuse. Researchers generally use four criteria for recognizing benzodiazepine abuse: taking the drug after the medical or psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1139Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1145–1149The criminal justice system is increasingly referring offenders who have mental health problems to the community mental health system for treatment. The effects of such referrals on treatment outcome and on the mental health and criminal justice systems ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1145Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1150–1153The authors describe a pharmacology education program on the psychiatry service of a Veterans Administration medical center. The program, directed by a clinical pharmacist, includes weekly lectures to medical students and weekly psychopharmacology review ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1150Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1153–1155At Rockland Psychiatric Center 60 newly admitted (and readmitted) young adult chronic patients were given tests of intellectual functioning and academic achievement three weeks after admission. The majority of these patients (83 percent) had belownormal ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1153Publication date: 01 December 1983
Pages1158–1160The current data suggest that psychoeducational course offerings can significantly broaden a community mental health center's clientele and service impact. The phenomenon would appear to be partially attributable to the different demand characteristics ...
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