Psychiatric Services
- Volume 37
- Number 12
- December 1986
Article
Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1207–1210Dr. Sharfstein's Introduction: This month's column increases the evidence of the cost-effectiveness of psychiatric interventions and expands the literature on cost-offset studies. Outpatient mental health services for patients with somatization disorder ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1207Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1225–1229The increasing participation of children in judicial proceedings raises two central issues: the competency of the child as a witness and the effects on the child of testifying about a traumatic experience. After discussing these issues, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1225Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1229–1234An anonymous questionnaire completed by 473 patients seeking psychiatric treatment at a metropolitan Veterans Administration medical center indicated that 23 percent were currently using cocaine and 46 percent had used the drug at least once in their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1229Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1235–1238As more patients with AIDS and AIDS-related syndromes are admitted to psychiatric units, staffs must meet new diagnostic and therapeutic challenges while adapting to the unique stresses of treating these patients. The authors discuss several case ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1235Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1238–1242The housing committee of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, an organization of parents of mentally ill adults, surveyed 350 members on the housing needs of their sons and daughters. The parents reported that their offspring bad a high degree of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1238Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1243–1247Since deinstitutionalization began, the model of service delivery for the chronic mentally ill has been characterized first by the mere availability of services and then by continuity of care as coordinated through the case manager system. However, there ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1243Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1247–1251Four groups of psycbiatrists were surveyed about their clinical practices in relation to the use of tricyclic antidepressants to determine if there is any unanimity about procedures. The four groups were U.S. experts in the pharmacotherapy of depression, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1247Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1251–1255In a survey of 342 outpatients in two urban Veterans Administration medical centers, 10.2 percent of the patients aged 65 and over and 8.4 percent of those aged 55 to 64 were found to be alcoholic on the Veterans Alcoholism Screening Test. The younger age ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1251Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1256–1260The demonstration of factual understanding hould be sought when determining a patient's ability to give informed consent, but a patient's failure to demonstrate understanding should not always be equated with an inability ability to competently consent to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1256Publication date: 01 December 1986
Pages1262–1265Our study found that conformance with antianxiety, hypnotic, and overall criteria was significantly improved in the repeat audit. It should be erriphasized that the prescriber's responsibility is to deliver the best possible care, and that in some cases ...
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