Psychiatric Services
- Volume 35
- Number 3
- March 1984
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages225–231Writing this month as guest expert on the case presented is Dr. Charlotte M. Zitrin, director of the phobia clinic at the Long island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York. She has been the senior investigator in a series of unusually ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.225Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages233–238In 1981 the American Psychiatric Association appointed an ad hoc committee to investigate the decline ofpsycbiatrist leadership of public mental health programs. As part of the committee's research, the 18 psychiatrists who were then state commissioners ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.233Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages238–243Although the abuse ofpatients in state mental health facilities compromises the patients' therapeutic environment and strongly affects public conceptions of such facilities, there is a lack of reliable research and data on patient abuse. Drawing on his ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.238Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages244–250The author explores the initial intent of the asylum, a reform designed to ensure humane care of the mentally ill, drawing especially on Samuel Tuke's account of the York Retreat. He presents key concepts ofthe asylum related to codes of conduct, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.244Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages251–255The authors describe the use of diagnostic supervision to identify common errors made by trainees in the application of DSM-lII to multiaxial evaluations in an outpatient clinic. Errors on all five axes were due primarily to misapplications ofdiagnostic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.251Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages255–262The authors studied the discharge planning process at four inpatient facilities and its impact on 119 chronic schizophrenic patients over a one-year period. Adequacy of discharge planning varied significantly among the inpatient units; the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.255Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages263–267Headache has been documented as the reason for approximately 18 million office visits peryear in the United States, and may be the most prevalent central nervous system condition for which patients consult doctors. The author presents an overview of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.263Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages267–271Mental health programs in Australia are influenced greatly by the country's system of government and by its geography. in Australia, mental health is looked upon as part of the total health services ofeach state. This has forced the community-based mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.267Publication date: 01 March 1984
Pages272–276During an interview conducted in November 1983 H& CP Editor John A. Talbott, M.D., explored the ramifications of prospective payment for mental disorders with Joseph T. English, M.D., director of the department of psychiatry at St.Vincent's Medical Center ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.35.3.272Publication date: 01 March 1984
Page310The 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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