Psychiatric Services
- Volume 35
- Number 1
- January 1984
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages11–12This last column of the DSM-III Forum focuses on the diagnosis of disorders usually first evident in infancy, childhood, or adolescence according to the third edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.11Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages29–39individual psychotherapy, the pivotal modality of psychiatry, has undergone a constant revolution since the inception of psychoanalysis; over the years the treatment models have shifted from dynamic to behavioral to experiential. The author discusses ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.29Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages39–44In 1979 the New York State Office of Mental Health contracted with the authors and their colleagues for an independent evaluation of its community support services (CSS) program for the chronically mentally ill in the four upstate mental health regions. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.39Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages45–50Using data from a 1981 survey of 844 clients in seven selected programs of New York State's community support system, the authors assess the relationship of client age to a wide range of individual characteristics. They are particularly concerned with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.45Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages51–55Oregon's Living in the Community (LINC) program for chronic patients succeeds because of effective collaboration between a state hospital and a community treatment and rehabilitation program. The authors trace the development of the LINC program from its ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.51Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages56–60Although state mental hospitals face a critical shortage of psychiatric manpower, there have been no studies of how psychiatrists view their roles and responsibilities within the public mental health system. in this study, a modification ofthe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.56Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages61–67Paraprofessionals and psychiatric teams are vital, interrelated, and complex components of the mental health care system. However, the literature on them is meager and contradictory. The authors begin the literature update by defining the relevant terms ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.61Publication date: 01 January 1984
Pages67–71Treatment of the acutely psychotic pregnant woman presents therapeutic problems for the psychiatrist and the inpatient unit. Controlled studies of the comparative efficacy of therapeutic modalities during pregnancy are lacking, and the literature on the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.1.67