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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 39
  • Number 11
  • November 1988

Article

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1157–1165

This review has attempted to highlight the recent advances in our knowledge of the psychopharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders. Overall, substantial advances have been realized. We should anticipate further significant advances particularly in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1157

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1166–1171

Federal law makes it a crime to threaten the life of the President of the United States. However, psychiatric clinicians have no legal obligation to report all such threats encountered in their practice. In deciding whether to report a threat, they must ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1166

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1172–1177

The Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) examination has been widely recommended for periodic screening for tardive dyskinesia and follow-up of patients diagnosed with the disorder. However, few guidelines exist about how to use the examination in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1172

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1178–1182

A total of 1,677 members of GROW, a mutual-help organization, were surveyed about the reasons they joined GROW and their perceptions of its effectiveness in meeting their needs. The organization was founded 30 years ago to enhance the rehabilitation of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1178

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1183–1187

Studies of the expressed emotion construct have demonstrated that educational programs aimed at helping families deal with a mentally ill member can reduce patient relapse rates and improve family coping. The authors describe a clinical approach to family ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1183

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1188–1191

Santeria, a religious system that blends African and Catholic beliefs, is practiced by many Cuban Americans. One aspect of this system is the belief in spirit possession. Basic santeria beliefs and rituals, including the fiesta santera (a gathering at ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1188

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1203–1205

If prevention of homelessness among the chronic mentally ill is to be achieved, the mental health system must take responsibility for developing a continuous service model that matches patients with programs that meet their needs. An improved array of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1203

Publication date: 01 November 1988

Pages1209–1211

Appropriate postdischarge treatment for dual-diagnosis patients may lead to markedly lower rates of hospital utilization among these patients (6,10). The potential benefits of a persuasion group, which appears to enhance the use of and acceptance of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.11.1209

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