Psychiatric Services
- Volume 38
- Number 11
- November 1987
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1987
Pages1171–1181Psychiatric referral practices of the clergy, primary care physicians, and mental health care specialists are examined in relation to the three stages of the referral process: the identification of a mental health problem, the decision to refer, and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.11.1171Publication date: 01 November 1987
Pages1181–1185Although clinicians generally agree that patients with antisocial personality disorder should not be treated on general psychiatry units, little is known about the response to hospital treatment of personality disorder patients who have antisocial ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.11.1181Publication date: 01 November 1987
Pages1186–1190Most studies of utilization of mental health services by ethnic groups have used parity as a measure of whether members of ethnic groups are receiving a fair share of services. The level of services is assumed to be adequate if the percentage of ethnic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.11.1186Publication date: 01 November 1987
Pages1191–1194A management system designed to maximize staff's compliance with standards for medical records in the periods between external audits was developed for an outpatient network of a large state hospital. The system was based on analysis of the processes and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.11.1191Publication date: 01 November 1987
Pages1195–1197A longitudinal survey of members of self-help groups for families of the mentally ill in Pittsburgh examined members' perceptions about the types of help-giving activities that took place in the groups and the relationship between those activities and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.11.1195