Psychiatric Services
- Volume 36
- Number 6
- June 1985
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages581–582Dr. Eth's Introduction: This month's column addresses one issue associated with the major social problem of violence: should charges be filed against an assaultive psychiatric patient? Although the judicial system is responsible for determining whether ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.581Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages587–589Dr. Sharfstein's Introduction: The Medicare program presents perhaps the most egregious example of economic discrimination against psychiatric patients. Among national health plans in modern Western democracies, only the U.S. Medicare program specifically ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.587Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages593–595The FAST assessment instrument may assist clinicians in accomplishing the following sometimes difficult tasks in the assessment of the aged patient with cognitive impairment. • Rapid determination of whether the nature of the dementing process is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.593Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages619–627The placement of personality disorders on a separate axis in DSM-III reflects increased interest in their diagnosis and treatment and encourages clinicians to consider the effects of personality style on axis I clinical syndromes. In this review of axis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.619Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages628–632The authors review the impact of Canada's universal health insurance system on the delivery of psychiatric services. They believe that, on balance, Canadian psychiatrists and their patients have benefited from the system. However, certain categories of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.628Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages632–639Criminal homicide has increased steadily during the past two decades to account today for more than 1 percent of deaths in the United States. After providing background information on the rates and patterns of bomicide in the U.S., the author uses the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.632Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages640–643To identify potentially preventable mortality other than suicide among psychiatric emergency room patients, the authors compared the rates of accidental and homicidal death among 5,284 consecutive psychiatric emergency room patients with those expected ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.640Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages643–647Recent studies indicate that the incidence of violent or fear-inducing behavior among the mentally ill may be higher than once thought. In this study, medical record admission notes for 1,687 psychiatric patients over a four-year period were examined for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.643Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages648–652The author attempted to determins whether hospitals of the same type, with similar admission and discharge policies and operating under identical regulations, had similar patterns of use of seclusion and restraint. Admissions to seven Massachusetts state ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.648Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages652–657The 1982 Supreme Court decision in Youngberg v. Romeo gave mental health professionals fiexibility to exercise professional judgment in using seclusion to control violent patients, and also suggested that seclusion and restraint might be used when ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.652Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages658–661Nigeria, with a population estimated at 80 million, has fewer than 100 psychiatrists and psychologists and only 20 psychiatric facilities. Most chronic mental patients are cared for by their relatives, by traditional healers, or by religious healers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.658Publication date: 01 June 1985
Pages666–667Our geriatric nutrition program has demonstrated that an individualized, varied diet that includes foods of varying consistencies can be extremely effective in overcoming serious feeding problems in the elderly. The diet is not only more aesthetically ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.6.666Publication date: 01 June 1985
Page696The 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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