Psychiatric Services
- Volume 42
- Number 3
- March 1991
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages262–264Clearly all of the issues and disagreements about interventions with families of people with serious mental illness could not be resolved in one meeting. What did become evident was the depth of the schisms that separate various models. Differences in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.262Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages273–276Notwithstanding the large-scale deinstitutionalization of the elderly, psychogeriatric patients continue to make up a significant portion of patients in U.S. state hospitals. This paper reports pilot data from a national survey assessing the current ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.273Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages276–280Although many psychiatrists prescribe medications for patients whose primary therapist is a nonmedical professional, few guidelines exist for this practice. Twothirds of a sample of Connecticut psychiatrists surveyed by mail provided medication backup ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.276Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages282–287A substantial number of psychiatric patients seen in community settings fail to comply with treatment. Noncompliance takes many forms, including failure to keep initial appointments, to complete outpatient referrals from emergency services, to keep ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.282Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages287–292Aggressive geropsychiatric patients pose major problems for long-term care facilities. Two exploratory surveys at a geropsychiatric state hospital, separated by brief programs of inservice training on managing aggressive patients, examined several aspects ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.287Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages293–296The frequency of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder within each of three categories—reexperiencing, avoidance or numbing, and physiological arousal—was examined in 116 Vietnam combat veterans with a diagnosis of PTSD. The prevalence of all PTSD ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.293Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages297–301The 28-item Dissociative Experiences Scale was administered to a stratified cluster sample of 1,055 respondents in the general population of Winnipeg. Dissociative experiences were common in the sample and were not related to socioeconomic status, sex, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.297Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages302–304Patient-managed problem-solving groups have been used in inpatient settings to increase the responsible activity of patients with chronic mental illness. In a study using a repeated measures design, staff prepared written notes describing patients' ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.3.302Publication date: 01 March 1991
Pages305–308Program and funding changes in mental health service delivery in the past 15 years have resulted in ever-changing demands on the use of physical space in mental health facilities. An interactive planning process facilitated by a multidisciplinary design ...
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