Psychiatric Services
- Volume 38
- Number 9
- September 1987
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages927–928Clinical management, adverse effects, and response patterns of children and adolescents given lithium appear to be similar to those of adults. Although no clear set of therapeutic predictors has been established, best results are likely in patients with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.927Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages945–950The emergence oftbe young adult chronic patient, and the attendant perception that deinstitutionalization has failed, may be viewed as the inevitable result of the success of deinstitutionalization. Deinstitutionalization gave freedom to the mentally ill, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.945Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages951–958Despite recent advances in the treatment of agoraphobia and panic disorder, some patients do not respond to standard outpatient regimens of biological and psychosocial intervention and may require more intensive, closely supervised care. The authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.951Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages959–963The extent, nature, and treatment of self-injurious behavior was surveyed among 2,663 developmentally disabled children and adolescents in a large metropolitan school district during the 1984-85 school year. Sixty-nine, or 2.6 percent, of the students ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.959Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages963–967To investigate whether there had been a rise in admissions of young, chronic, antisocial patients at a state psychiatric hospital in New York City, the au- thors compared 50 patients admitted in 1975 and 49 admitted in 1982 on demographic characteristics, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.963A Psychoeducational Workshop for Depressed Patients, Family, and Friends: Description and Evaluation
Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages968–972Since 1982 depressed patients enrolled in a treatment study at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and their family and friends have participated in a day-long psychoeducational workshop conducted by the clinic's staff The workshop is designed to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.968Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages973–976Recent changes in psychiatric practice, fueled in part by national economic trends, have contributed to the increasing use of short-term psychiatric hospitalization for children. The authors discuss specific approaches to treatment planning, milieu ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.973Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages977–982An interactive computerized utilization review system for psychiatric inpatient care was developed and tested on a 30-bed acute admission ward, where staff were trained in its use. The program permitted staff to review clinical decisions affecting length ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.977Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages983–987A ten-year longitudinal study of all civil commitments was conducted in a mid-sized county in Washington State, beginning with the 1974 effective date of a more stringent commitment law and encompassing the introduction of more lenient criteria five years ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.983Publication date: 01 September 1987
Pages988–991Art therapy has lagged behind other therapeutic modalities in being subjected to rigorous evaluation of its effectiveness. This study examines psychosocial outcome for a group of chronic psychiatric outpatients. Half the patients were randomly assigned to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.988Publication date: 01 September 1987
Page991The drug interaction table reprinted on page 887 of the August issue, drug interactions with benzodiazepines, should have had a check mark, indicating a significant interaction, between benzodiazepines and alcohol, neunoleptics, narcotics, antihistamines, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.9.991Past Issues
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