Psychiatric Services
- Volume 43
- Number 5
- May 1992
Article
Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages445–448New technologies enabling the measurement of specific brain functions have made increasingly sophisticated studies possible, such as Posner and Petersen's work (8) on the components of attentional function, the investigations of frontal lobe pathology by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.445Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages453–464Although extensive research on the homeless mentally ill population has been conducted, existing studies have failed to answer three important questions: the prevaknce of chronic mental illness among homeless persons, whether deinstitutionalization has ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.453Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages465–469Continuous improvement of the quality of patient care is a major goal in state mental health systems, most of which operate several large hospitals and many community mental health centers geographically dispersed across the state. Although each facility ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.465Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages470–474To make quality assurance more outcome oriented, the department of psychiatry in a university hospital developed a program of psychiatric mortality and morbidity conferences for reviewing cases with undesirable outcomes. The conference combines aspects of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.470Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages475–478The family planning needs of chronic mentally ill women outpatients, many of whom do not use contraceptives and are at high risk for unwanted pregnancies, have been rarely addressed. Taking a thorough sexual history is the first step in assessing patients'...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.475Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages479–482Women with bipolar disorder often ask their treating clinician for information about family planning, as they are concerned about the impact of their illness on offspring. Three areas that should be included in discussions with patients and their partners ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.479Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages482–485A 13-item questionnaire was constructed to assess risk factors for HJV infection among 476 patients newly admitted over a one year period to a state psychiatric hospital in New York City. Because psychopathology can affect patients' self-reports, the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.482Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages486–488Adult homes are a major residential resource for persons with serious mental illness. Although many adult homes provide substandard care and receive inadequate clinical support, little effective long-term action is taken to improve conditions. This paper ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.486Publication date: 01 May 1992
Page488An author's name was omitted from a Brief Report in the April 1992 issue. The authors of "Computer Linkage of Psychiatric Emergency Rooms," pp. 397-399, are Itamar Salamon, M. D., Robert Kennedy, M.A., and F. Patrick McKegney, M. D.
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.488Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages489–493Interaction patterns between parents and pediatricians were examined during 1,378 well-child visits to four public and private podiatric dinics. During 327 visits, parents listed at least one psychosocial concern related to their child's mental health. At ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.489Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages494–499Although traditional diagnostic criteria are accepted for use with mentally retarded persons, diagnosis of psycbiatric disorders in this population is often complicated by clinicians' ignoring or underestimating such disorders and by patients' ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.5.494Publication date: 01 May 1992
Pages500–503A serious shortage of psychiatrists trained to care for mentally retarded patients exists. Based on a successful program that has been in place for more than a decade, the authors offer guidelines for training psychiatric residents in the diagnosis and ...
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