Psychiatric Services
- Volume 44
- Number 11
- November 1993
Article
Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1041–1043Atypical relapses and unusually intense emotional pain in patients being treated for chemical dependency can alert clinicians to the possibility of comorbid dissociative disorders. The DES can be given as a simple screening instrument. Diagnoses should be ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1041Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1045–1046We are at a crossroads in the delivery of mental health care. The final formulation of health care policy will have a strong impact on social work services within mental health care. As professionals, we must maintain a strong and active role in lobbying ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1045Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1053–1060In 1986 a review of literature on individual supportive therapy concluded that although many clinicians had a low regard for this treatment approach, it should be taken more seriously. In this paper the author reviews the literature on supportive therapy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1053Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1061–1065Alcohol use is prevalent among Vietnam veterans who suffer from chronic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is the mainstay of ambulatoty alcoholism treatment, adherence to particular components of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1061Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1066–1072Objective: The purpose of the study was to identify characteristics of injection-drug users that predicted whether subjects would redeem a coupon for free methadone detoxification and to determine whether they were more likely to participate in a 90-day ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1066Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1073–1076The study investigated whether chronic mentally ill patients whose psychiatric relapse was complicated by active substance abuse recovered from relapse at a different rate than similar patients with no comorbid substance abuse. Methods: A total of 401 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1073Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1076–1081Rural mental health programs are thought to have difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified staff and to have excessively large caseloads per staff member. The authors surveyed 12 community support programs in small cities and rural areas of Wisconsin ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1076Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1082–1085The purpose of this study was to describe types of weapons and weapon use patterns among inpatients at a state forensic hospital to assist staffin evaluating the weapon-screening program. Methods: Data for a five-year period were drawn from special ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1082Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1085–1090Objective: Some clinicians and researchers have questioned the appropriateness of police referrals to psychiatric emergency services and have suggested that police exercise undue influence on hospital admission decisions. The purpose of this study was to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.11.1085Publication date: 01 November 1993
Pages1091–1095Based on experience with successful implementation of an on-line computerized psychiatric case record system in a psychiatric hospital in Israel, the authors discuss the advantages of such systems and outline the process of converting paper records to ...
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