Psychiatric Services
- Volume 45
- Number 3
- March 1994
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages204–206The following recommendations are offered for evaluating and treating nicotine dependence among patients with schizophrenia. Assessment of patients's nicotine usage should be a routine part of psychiatric evaluation and treatment planning. Heavy smokers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.204Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages212–214It is not easy to summarize the many years of work involved in the development of DSM-IV. Of all of the different aspects of this effort, however, most remarkable has been the generous help ofan astonishing number of individuals. We would like to take ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.212Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages217–225Group psychotherapy has experienced unprecedented growth in the nine decades of its existence. Begun by a Boston physician in 1905 as a "class" for his patients with tuberculosis, it has achieved international recognition as an effective modality for the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.217Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages225–231Objective: The study examined associations between religious variables and alcobol abuse and dependence among 2,969 North Carolina residents aged 18 to 97 who participated in the 1983-1984 National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catcbment Area ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.225Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages232–237Objective: The authors examined patterns of substance use disorders and psychiatric and medical comorbidity in all male veterans treated in Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers during a one-year period Methods: A national discharge abstract data base was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.232Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages238–241Objective: The authors assessed reliability and validity of a scale developed for use with inpatients on a mood disorders unit. The scale is used to rate a patient's mood along a quantitative continuum from -5, depressive stupor, through 0, eutbymic, to 5,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.238Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages242–247Objective: The authors describe the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASJS-32), a brief patient-report measure for psychiatricoutcome assessment, and present the measure's factor structure and reliability and validity data. Methods: Using the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.242The Relationship Between Discharge Readiness Inventory Scales and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale
Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages248–252Objective: Important relationships exist between chronic psychiatric patients' symptoms of disorder and their readiness to be discharged from inpatient treatment. Behavioral rating scales can supplement clinical decision making by standardizing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.248Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages252–256Objective: The study explored the efficiency of the Neurobebavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE) in predicting organic pathology in psychiatric patients. Methods: Based on history of neurological disorders, 192 psychiatric patients at a county ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.252Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages257–260A rehabilitation program called the Learning Center provides computer-assisted instruction to patients with long-term psychiatric illnesses. Clients in the program, located at a New York State psychiatric facility serving a mostly minority, low-income ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.257Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages261–264Objective: The authors' aim was to determine whether clozapine was associated with a decrease in state hospital bed-days for patients with chronic schizophrenia. Methods: Patients were started on clozapine in a state facility and were followed while ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.261Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages264–268Objective: The authors' aim was to assess the safety and efficacy of starting clozapine in a structured, long-term, partial hospitalization program that included protocols for detecting and managing side effects and adverse reactions to the drug as well ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.264Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages271–273If a decrease in total BPRS score of 15 percent or more is taken as the criterion for clinical effctivcness of clozapine, 70 percent of the patients in the study group had a clinically effective response within six months after starting the medication. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.271Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages276–278As this overview has attempted to demonstrate, patients' failure to keep an initial appointment is an important problem that has not been investigated with consistent aims or consistent methods. Research has failed to identify with any certainty patient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.3.276Publication date: 01 March 1994
Pages289-b–289The telephone number of the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information was incorrectly listed on page 86 of the January issue. The correct number is 800-729-6686.
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