Psychiatric Services
- Volume 40
- Number 6
- June 1989
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages566–567Based on statistical probability, psychotropic drug use by mothers who are pregnant or are nursing has little adverse consequence on the developing fetus or newborn. Even lithium, the psychotropic drug with the most clearly demonstrated teratogenic effect,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.566Publication date: 01 June 1989
Page572In the paper entitled "Impact of Therapeutic Management on Use of Seclusion and Restraint With Disruptive Adolescent Inpatients" by Ikar J. Kalogjera, Ashok Bedi, William N. Watson, and Anthony D. Meyer in the March 1989 issue (pp. 280-285), the number of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.572Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages593–604An estimated three-quarters to one million Americans are in advanced stages of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT), numbers that are certain to grow as the population of the United States ages. An explosion in research interest in DAT in the last ten ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.593Relationship Between Preadmission Threats and Later Violent Behavior by Acute Psychiatric Inpatients
Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages605–608The medical charts of 253 patients admitted to an acute psychiatric inpatient unit were reviewed for evidence of threats of violence within the two weeks before admission and violent behavior during the first three days of hospitalization. Fifty-eight ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.605Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages609–614Classic therapeutic community or milieu therapy techniques are not applicable in many contemporary acute-treatment settings, which emphasize crisis intervention, short stays, psychotropic medication, and cost containment. However, milieu techniques can be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.609Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages615–619International migration has been associated with increased levels of psychological disturbance, particularly among refugees who have fled from war or political unrest. This study examined self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety, somatization, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.615Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages620–624Assertive community treatment programs are designed to prevent the rehospitalization or homelessness of long-term mental health consumers and to improve their quality of life through the provision of intensive, "in vivo" help with everyday activities. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.620Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages625–629Physicians' Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) is the system most commonly recognized by third-party payers for describing medical services in numerical codes for subsequent reimbursement. Adequate description of psychiatric services using CPT codes is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.6.625Publication date: 01 June 1989
Pages630–636Mental health professionals have the capability to identify children who are at risk of developing psychiatric disorders. Early intervention with these children can help prevent significant maladjustment and reduce their future need for mental health ...
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