Psychiatric Services
- Volume 44
- Number 2
- February 1993
Article
Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages116–118Criteria for hospital admission are a necessary element in determining clinically, if not fiscally, whether care needs to be provided in a hospital. The fact of hospital admission emphasizes that a patient is seriously ill and must receive focused and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.116Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages125–133Objective: Because aggressive behaviors of psychiatric patients may be caused by environmental or biological factors, treatment plans that incorporate medication and behavior therapies are the most effective. The authors review research on pharmacological ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.125Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages134–140Objective: Pathological self-mutilation-the deliberate alteration or destruction of body tissue without conscious suicidal intent-was examined both as a symptom of mental disorders and as a distinct syndrome. Methods: Data from more than 250 articles and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.134Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages141–146Treatments applicable to the frequently rehospitalized psychiatric patient-the so-called revolvingdoor patient-have been poorly delineated. One subgroup of these patients includes those for whom recidivism has become a way of life; they may be said to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.141Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages147–150In California conservatorship is a legal mechanism that allows an individual or agency (the conservator) to act on behalf of a gravely disabled mentally ill person (the conservatee) to determine what arrangements are necessary to provide adequate food, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.147Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages151–155Objective: The 1 989 survey conducted by the joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital was the hospital's first using standards outlined in the 1989 edition of JCAHO's Accreditation Manual ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.151Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages155–158Serious clinical and risk management problems arise when indigent patients with acute medical conditions are transferred from general medical hospitals or emergency departments to public psychiatric hospitals that are ill equipped to provide medical care. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.155Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages159–162Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine the prevalence of personality disorders among a large population of persons seeking treatment in a public psychiatric facility ad to examine the role of personality disorders in the clinical conditions ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.159Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages162–167Objective: This study evaluated psychological and behavioral aspects of quality of life and medical care utilization in a population of gay men whose intake records at a New York City agency indicated the presence of an AIDS-defining opportunistic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.162Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages168–173Objective: The health, personal life, and attitudes of case managers providing intensive services to severely mentally ill clients were evaluated to see bow the managers changed over their first 18 months on the job. The authors report here on changes on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.2.168Publication date: 01 February 1993
Pages182–184During 1 989, the second year of operation and the first full year of services, the home-based crisis intervention program improved service delivery, increased the number of families served, and strengthened referral procedures. However, the program was ...
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