Psychiatric Services
- Volume 42
- Number 5
- May 1991
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages474–475Dr. Sullivan, this month's guest expert, is acting assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. As an attending physician in an internationally renowned multidisciplinary pain ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.474Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages481–487Using a clinical data base for New York state hospitals, the authors examined the prevalence of DSM-III axis II personality disorders in state hospital patients and explored the patterns of comorbidity between axis I and axis II disorders. They found that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.481Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages488–494Many mentally ill patients, particularly those with schizophrenia, have idiopathic or medication-induced disorders of water balance, which include excessive water intake, excessive water excretion, and impaired water excretion. Patients with these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.488Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages494–498Mental health consumers with chronic mental illness were trained for employment as case management aides in a psychiatric rehabilitation project in Denver. The project incorporated cooperative arrangements between the mental health system and vocational ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.494Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages499–503A study of the first 89 clients referred to an intensive case management program revealed substantial previously undetected physical and sexual abuse, yet none of the clients had ever been asked about their abuse experiences. Fifty percent of the clients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.499Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages503–507A continuous care team provides ongoing treatment for chronic mentally ill patients at a community mental health center in an innercity area. The team, which consists of a nurse—social worker, a psychiatrist, four clinicians, and an addictions counselor, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.503Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages508–512New findings are reported on the validity and reliability of an equation designed to predict the functional level of psychiatric patients. The equation employs measures of aggravating stress, biomedical impairment, coping skills, directive power, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.508Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages512–517New York State's Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1980 outlined specific procedures for conditional release to the community of persons found not guilty of a criminal offense by reason of insanity. To assess how well the procedures were working, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.512Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages518–525To aid in planning mental health services, the state of Micbigan collected sociodemographic and clinical information on a sample of 2,447 mental health system clientele in both hospital and community settings. Hospitalized patients were found to have ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.518Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages526–530Survey data were collected from 45 states on the extent to which transfer of custody was required for families to obtain intensive services for children with serious emotional disturbances. In 28 of the states (62 percent), at least one agency serving ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.42.5.526Publication date: 01 May 1991
Pages539-a–539The address given for Ann D'Ercole, Ph. D., on page 395 of the April issue was incorrect. The correct address is Manhattan Bowery Corporation, 275 7th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10001. Dr. D'Ercole is the corresponding author of the Paper ...
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