Psychiatric Services
- Volume 44
- Number 6
- June 1993
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages537–539President Clinton's proposal for a health care system based on managed competition began a dialogue within the mental health community about whether such a system would work in the mental health area. In early March a large coalition representing more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.537Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages542–544In this position paper drafted by the committee on psychopathology of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, the authors discuss merits and disadvantages of three different approaches to equitable coverage of mental illness: coverage for selected ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.542Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages545–546People with chronic mental illness present complex challenges for the design of health care financing reforms. In this position statement from the committee on psychiatry and community of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, the authors describe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.545Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages547–550Economic and competitive pressures have spurred a growing number of affiliations between university medical centers and for-profit health care corporations. University facilities can benefit from such partnerships through strengthened financial support, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.547Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages551–555Most practitioners working in community support settings understand the need to provide a comprehensive array of well-coordinated services to individuals with severe mental disabilities. However, a lack of consensus about the conceptual basis of mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.551Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages555–560Objective: In 1986 New York State courts in Rivers v. Katz mandated judicial review of cases in which involuntarily hospitalized psychiatric patients formally refuse medications; previously only a clinical administrative review was required. In an earlier ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.555Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages561–566Objective: The goals of the study were to determine the extent of family involvement with children in residential treatment settings, to examine whether involvement diminishes over time, and to examine the relationship between involvement and the child's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.561Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages567–571Objective: This study examined the relationship of substance abuse history to psychotic diagnosis and clinical presentation in a sample of 188 subjects with newly diagnosed psychotic illness. Methods: Subjects were assessed using a structured diagnostic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.567Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages571–575Objective: To investigate an apparent difference in the prevalence of physically aggressive behavior in two Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes, the authors compared ratings by nurses of residents' assaultive behaviors at the beginning and end of two six-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.571Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages581–583Although these data are preliminary, they show that severely mentally ill homeless patients who were offered an assertive community outreach approach with comprehensive services were largely able to adhere to treatment recommendations in most domains ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.581Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages583–585Those who deliver mental health services to forensic patients should be aware that the revolving door exists on acute forensic units. Some of these units may view their near-exclusive mission as assessment of patients' competency to proceed through the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.583Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages585–587Recent cross-national studies of post traumatic stress disorder have added significantly to our understanding of the impact of stressful life events such as wartime experiences on the adaptation of traumatized individuals (1-3,10). Future clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.585Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages589–591The preliminary findings suggest that involving consumers as surveyors in satisfactions studies produces findings that differ from those in studies by staff surveyors. Consumer involvement may help improve research validity and needs to be explored ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.6.589Publication date: 01 June 1993
Pages597-a–597In the April 1993 Audiovisual Overview column by Ian Alger, M.D., the review of the videotape Working Effectively With MICA Clients in Community Residences on page 332 should have listed the degree of producer Marvin H. Berman as Ph.D.
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