Psychiatric Services
- Volume 40
- Number 2
- February 1989
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages137–145Self-mutilation, the deliberate destruction or alteration of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent, occurs in a variety of psychiatric disorders. Major self-mutilation includes eye enucleation and amputation of limbs or genitals. Minor self-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.137Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages146–153Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and related disorders are increasingly and unsettlingly prevalent. The authors describe neuropsychiatric, psychosocial, and ethical-legal problems associated with HIV infection that are commonly encountered in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.146Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages153–157Patients with AIDS and related illnesses are entering state mental hospitals in increasing numbers. State hospitals in New York City generally did not plan for patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) until the first patient appeared; ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.153Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages158–161The American Psychiatric Association has adopted a policy stating that psychiatrists may warn third parties who are placed at risk by the behavior of a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The author argues that although the policy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.158Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages162–164The author argues that the American Psychiatric Association's AIDS policy on confidentiality and disclosure provides reasonable guidelines for psychiatrists struggling to balance their obligation to maintain the confidentiality of individual patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.162Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages165–172Results from a survey of 1,053 clients enrolled in the community support program in 1984 were compared with data on 1,471 clients enrolled in 1980. In 1984 the percentages of males and blacks treated was larger than in 1980, and clients made increased use ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.165Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages172–176Ongoing support groups for veterans who have made a poor adjustment to involuntary early retirement are offered by a mental hygiene clinic in a Veterans Administration hospital. Most of the veterans have been forced to retire for medical reasons. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.172Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages177–183This study compared outcomes for demographically matched clients four months after their admission to two short-term crisis programs. The programs provided crisis housing and case management services as alternatives to psychiatric hospitalization for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.2.177Publication date: 01 February 1989
Pages184–185We have illustrated some factors affecting patients' salability, which become most apparent in a bear market, that is, when many patients are available, and "buyers" (other hospitals' wards) are at capacity. Emergency room staffs learn how to sell the ...
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