Psychiatric Services
- Volume 44
- Number 1
- January 1993
Article
Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages11–15Psychiatric nursing has long been regarded by NIMH as one of the four core mental health professions, but only through the implementation of the report of the NIMH task force on nursing did psychiatric nurses begin to be regarded as important players in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.11Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages16–17The mobile crisis team is uniquely equipped to provide front-line mental health care when and where it is most needed. It is able to provide on-site assessment, crisis management, treatment, referral, and educational services to patients, families, law ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.16Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages25–34Objective: About 20 percent of patients receiving long-term treatment with neuroleptic medications develop tardive dyskinesia. A 1988 review of treatment studies for the disorder found that 40 percent of patients showed at least 50 percent improvement in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.25Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages34–39Objective: The authors' goals were to describe an assertive community treatment program developed for patients in rural South Carolina and to evaluate the effect of the program on rates of hospital utilization and cost of care. Methods: Twenty-three ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.34Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages40–44Objective: To improve treatment of schizophrenic patients in short-term inpatient units, the authors review studies of interventions that have been implemented with schizophrenic patients during brief hospitalizations and suggest areas for future ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.40Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages45–49Objective: Patients with comorbid diagnoses of a substance use disorder and at least one other axis I mental disorder have low rates of compliance with aftercare. The purpose of the study was to identify predictors of noncompliance among dual diagnosis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.45Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages49–53Objective: In a capitation payment system, the ability to project service requirements and cost is critical. The types and levels of services needed by persons with serious mental illness vary. The purpose of this study was to identify different patterns ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.49Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages54–58Objective: Studies have suggested that personality disorders may be common among men who habitually commit domestic violence. The study reported here attempted to characterize personality traits and psychological and cognitive characteristics of men who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.54Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages59–61Objective: Whether psychotic symptoms are part of the fundamental psychopathology of borderline personality disorder remains in dispute. The goal of the study was to examine the incidence and nature of psychotic symptoms in a sample of patients with the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.59Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages62–65Objective: The study examined associations between socio demographic factors and first-time use of mental health services by children and adolescents, including whether the patterns differ by age at first treatment contact. Methods: The authors examined ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.62Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages66–68Since 1976 a child and adolescent unit in a public psychiatric hospital has used a part-time child and adolescent psychiatrist to improve inpatient treatment. In this model the consultant is directly responsible for all admission and discharge decisions. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.1.66Publication date: 01 January 1993
Pages76–78Among the chronic mentally ill patients who were members of the psychosocial rehabilitation program we studied, the perception of empowerment was associated with most but not all of the aspects of quality of life we measured. The lack of a relationship ...
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