Psychiatric Services
- Volume 38
- Number 4
- April 1987
Article
Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages363–373Within the last decade, multiple personality disorder has been diagnosed, treated, and studied with increasing frequency. A growing body of literature suggests that this condition is not a rarity but that its manifestations, often coexisting with or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.363Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages374–380Research on expressed emotion in the families of schizophrenic patients has seemed to offer a new perspective on environmental factors that cause relapse in schizophrenia. A review of the literature, however, reveals that while expressed emotion may ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.374Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages381–386A computer-based clinical monitoring system on a 40-bed university hospital psychiatric unit provides documentation to justify clinicians' diagnosis and choice of treatment and facilitates evaluation of patients' progress at scheduled intervals. The micro-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.381The Failure of Routine Assessment to Detect Histories of Assault Experienced by Psychiatric Patients
Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages386–389To test the hypothesis that patients' histories of having been physically or sexually assaulted are often not elicited in routine clinical assessments, the authors reviewed the charts of 100 inpatients for any mention of such experiences. The data were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.386Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages390–393A significant number of adolescents treated for attempted suicide have made previous attempts and will make subsequent attempts. These youths have a high risk of actually committing suicide. To find predictive factors of suicide risk, the authors compared ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.390Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages394–397The formulation of a multidisciplinary treatment plan is important not only because it is required by federal and accreditation agencies but because it increases communication, consistency, and direction among members of the treatment team. Input from all ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.394Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages398–401Lack of appropriate training in both public mental health service and rural mental health service is a major factor in the critical shortage of child psychiatrists in rural settings. The authors describe a residency training program in rural public mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.398Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages401–405As part of an investigation of the causes of increased use of Philadelphia's seven psychiatric emergency services, staff of the services were asked to identify the problems and changing conditions facing them. Difficulty securing inpatient beds for public ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.4.401Publication date: 01 April 1987
Pages408–410The results of the property reuse questionnaire demonstrate that surplus state hospital property has been put to a wide variety of uses by many types of organizations. The scope of the reuse activities has been particularly significant. One might have ...
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