Psychiatric Services
- Volume 42
- Number 1
- January 1991
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages19–24This month's authors and guest experts are from the department of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles; Dr. Cummings is associate professor, and Dr. Small is assistant professor. They ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.19Publication date: 01 January 1991
Page35An error occurred in Table 1 in the paper entitled "Form and Function of Mental Health Authorities at RWJ Foundation Program Sites: Preliminary Observations" by Howard H. Goldman, Joseph P. Morrissey, and M. Susan Ridgely in the November 1990 issue (pages ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.35Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages39–44The development of an active collaboration between the department of behavioral medicine and psychiatry of the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Western State Hospital is described. The collaboration includes clinical research and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.39Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages44–48A major focus of state-university collaboration programs in psychiatry has been providing services and manpower from the university to the public mental health system which in turns provides valuable educational experiences to the university. The Program ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.44Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages49–51The shortage of well-trained psychiatrists in the public sector is particularly severe in rural states, where state hospitals are often isolated from the professional resources available in cities. The combined department of psychiatry at the University ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.49Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages52–55Since 1976 the Maryland Plan, a statewide initiative sponsored jointly by the University of Maryland and the Maryland Mental Hygiene Administration, has recruited more than 200 university-trained psychiatrists into Maryland's state hospitals and community ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.52Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages56–59The lack of trained professionals is frequently cited as one reason why emotionally disturbed children and adolescents are greatly underserved in the United States. Because most mental health services to children are delivered in public-sector facilities, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.56Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages60–61A four-week training program at a state hospital in Virginia familiarized undergraduate and graduate students in medicine, occupational therapy, pharmacy, psychiatric nursing, psychology, and social work with the range of care for chronic mentally ill ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.60Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages62–66Little information is currently available about how residents perceive the recently developed state-university collaboration programs in psychiatry. To determine the opinions of residents participating in the collaboration program in Kentucky, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.62Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages66–69Operational strategies for maximizing efficient utilization of beds were carried out in a 12-bed psychiatric inpatient unit for public patients in a general hospital. Developed through a public-academic collaboration, the unit is part of a community-based ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.66Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages74–79In a study of wife assault, the Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST) and the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) were administered to 218 patients in an alcohol rehabilitation program for military veterans. More than one-third of the patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.1.74Publication date: 01 January 1991
Pages79–81The importance of crisis debriefing for those involved in major accidents, violent crimes, and natural disasters has been demonstrated. Similar debriefing may be warranted for jurors exposed to disturbing material in criminal cases. The authors describe a ...
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