Psychiatric Services
- Volume 44
- Number 9
- September 1993
Article
Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages833–838Objective: The purpose of the study was to determine whether use of inpatient services at a state hospital was reduced by implementation of an assertive community treatment program among persons in one of the hospital's catchement areas who were at high ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.833Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages839–843Objective: Case management services and client outcomes in seven programs based on the assertive community treatment model were examined to determine variability in the frequency and location of services, to determine the relationship of frequency of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.839Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages844–847Objective: The study aim was to determine if a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation program with intensive case management was more effective than traditional outpatient services in reducing bospitalization of chronic schizophrenic patients. Methods:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.844Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages848–853Objective: This study measured the impact of an assertive case management program for psychiatrically disabled homeless persons in metropolitan Toronto. It was hypothesized that the program would improve residential stability, reduce psychiatric symptoms, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.848Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages854–857Objectives: Homelessness is often associated with deinstitutionalization of chronic mentally ill people, but estimates of the number of mentally ill people in the homeless population vary. The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.854Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages858–863Objective: To uncover possible explanations for the large numbers of veterans in the homeless population, the study sought to identify differences in sociodemographic and clinical characteristics between homeless male veterans and other homeless men. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.858Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages863–868Objective: The study assessed the effect of the Boys Town psychoeducational treatment model on the therapeutic milieu of a state-operated psychiatric hospital serving children and adolescents. Methods: Direct care staff from two units for adolescents and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.863Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages869–873Objective: To test whether the statistically significant results of a randomized clinical trial of an inpatient family intervention were clinically significant for hospital practice, the authors reanalyzed outcome data using a measure of clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.869Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages874–879Objective: The study examined two hypotheses: that being laid off increases the likelihood of violence and that being employed in an industry in which employment is unexpectedly low decreases the likelihood of violence. Methods: Logistic regression ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.874Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages879–882The authors describe a model for an effective partnership between a large health maintenance organization and a fee-for service acute inpatient psychiatric unit. They present data from five years of experience with the model on a unit serving a catchment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.879Publication date: 01 September 1993
Pages885–886Findings suggest that given administrative commitment and accessible outdoor areas, banning smoking in state-operated psychiatric hospitals is feasible, safe, and beneficial to the milieu. A smoking ban is less difficult to implement and maintain than ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.44.9.885