Psychiatric Services

Volume 39
Number 7
July 1988

Article

Accreditation Surveys: Nit-Picking or Quality Seeking?

James T. Barter

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page707https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.707

How Flexible Are Our Civil Commitment Statutes?

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages711–712https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.711

New Directions in Research and Nosology

Ian Alger

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages715–722https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.715

Correlates of Success in Community Mental Health Programs for the Elderly

Barry D. Lebowitz

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages721–722https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.721

Professionals in Distress

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages723–725https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.723

Counseling for HIV Testing

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages731–739

Recommendations are presented for counseling individuals who wish to know if they have been infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Pretest counseling includes explaining the sensitivity and meaning of HIV antibody tests and the limits of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.731

Accreditation, Certffication, and the Quality of Care in State Hospitals

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages739–742

Data on 216 state psychiatric hospitals were analyzed to determine whether accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) or certification by the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) were related to seven ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.739

Recent Developments in Brief Psychotherapy

K. Roy MacKenzie

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages742–752

The clinical effectiveness and many of the therapeutic mechanisms of brief psychotherapy have been validated through research studies in recent years, as indicated in this review of developments in the psychodynamic and interpersonal brief therapies. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.742

Treatment of Patients With No Diagnosable Mental Disorders in CMHCs

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages753–758

Community mental health centers (CMHCs) have been criticized for directing resources that should be used to treat the seriously mentally ill to the treatment of less impaired patients. Many of the latter group are assigned one of the DSM-III V codes for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.753

Expenditures and Revenues of State Mental Health Agencies, 1981-1985

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages758–762

Data compiled by the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors were used to compare expenditures and revenues of state mental health agencies in fiscal years 1981, 1983, and 1985. The agencies had direct control of funds totaling $8.3 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.758

Characteristics of Male Spouse Abusers Consistent With Personality Disorders

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages763–770

Researchers and clinicians have tended to minimize the role of psychological characteristics of male spouse abusers, which has restricted the selection of potentially appropriate treatment interventions. A review of clinical literature on psychological ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.763

Variation in the Self-Concept of Young Adult Chronic Patients: Chronicity Reconsidered

Edward H. Thompson

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages771–775

A group of 65 young adult chronic patients were asked to assess themselves and to describe a typical community resident and a typical mental patient; they used a semantic differential instrument consisting of adjective pairs arranged in a 7-point bipolar ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.771

A Psychoeducational Group for HIV-Positive Patients on a Psychiatric Service

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages776–777https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.776

Videotape Feedback on an Inpatient Psychiatric Service

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages777–780https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.777

Orienting the Staff of a New Maximum Security Forensic Facility

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages780–781https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.780

Successful Resolution of Threats to a Therapist

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages782–783https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.782

Outpatient Commitment

William Knoedler

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages783–784https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.783

Letter to the Editor

Robert D. Miller

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page784https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.784

HMO Utilization and Costs

Judith Feldman

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages784-a–785https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.784-a

Letter to the Editor

Mark Olfson

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page785https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.785

Letter to the Editor

David A. Seltzer

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page786https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.786

Limitations of Diagnosis

Thomas G. Gutheil

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages786-a–787https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.786-a

Length of Hospitalization

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages787–788https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.787

Physical Restraint

Joseph Steinfeld

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page788https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.788

Letter to the Editor

George S. Fidone

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages788-a–788https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.788-a

CMHC Standards

Sharon Irwin Akamatsu

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages788-b–788https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.788-b

Relatives at Risk for Mental Disorder—edited by David L. Dunner, M.D., Elliot S. Gershon, M.D., and James E. Barrett, M.D.; Raven, New York, 1988, 336 pages, $79

Gary A. Chase

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page789https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.789

We Are Not Alone: Learning to Live With Chronic Illness—by Sefra Kobrin Pitzele; Workman, New York, 1986, 335 pages, $8.95, paperbound

Sara Douglas

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages789-a–790https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.789-a

Child Abuse and Its Consequences: Observational Approaches—by Rachel Calam and Cristina Franchi; Cambridge University Press, New York, 1987, 226 pages, $49.50 hardcover, $12.95 paperbound

Henry H. Work

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages790–791https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.790

Child Sexual Abuse: An Interdisciplinary Manual for Diagnosis, Case Management, and Treatment—by Kathleen Coulborn Fallen; Columbia University Press, New York, 1988, 428 pages, $40

Henry H. Work

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages790-a–791https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.790-a

Preventing Mental Disorders: A Research Perspective—compiled and edited by Jane A. Steinberg, Ph.D., and Morton M. Silverman, M.D.; National Institute of Mental Health, 1987, 250 pages, paperbound. Single copies available free from the Public Inquiries Branch, Room 15C-05, NIMH, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Page791https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.791

Current Research in Private Psychiatric Hospitals—Education and Research Foundation of the National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals; 1987, 151 pages, paperbound. Available from NAPPH, Suite 1000, 1319 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004, for $25

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages791-a–791https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.791-a

Management of Violent Behavior: Collected Articles From H&CP—H&CP Service of the American Psychiatric Association; 1988, 62 pages. Available from the H&CP Service, APA, 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, at $8.50 a copy or $5 a copy for ten or more. (Orders for less than ten copies must be prepaid.)

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages791-b–791https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.791-b

News & Notes

Publication date: 01 July 1988

Pages795–798https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.39.7.795

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