Psychiatric Services
- Volume 45
- Number 6
- June 1994
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages549–555Successful outpatient treatment of scbizophrenic disorders largely depends on the patient's ability to form a treatment alliance with mental health professionals. However, even in the context of competent pharmacotherapy, symptoms of schizophrenia often ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.549Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages556–561The high proportion of persons presenting for treatment of psychiatric disorders who also have comorbid substance use problems severely challenges the capacity of mental health care programs to plan for patients' needs. One of the problems encountered in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.556Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages562–568Objective: The authors' goal was to determine the clinical characteristics of patients admitted to an acute voluntary psychiatric unit with a dual diagnosis treatment program. Methods: A total of 104 consecutive patients admitted the unit were divided ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.562Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages568–573Objective: The researchers' aim was to evaluate the construct validity of a rating scale used by case managers to assess the clinical status of clients in a large out-patient treatment program for persons with severe mental illness and concurrent drug or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.568Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages573–575Objective: The study assessed the utility of a modified Zung SelfRated Depression Scale (SDS) in detecting major depression among Eskimo patients in the Bering Straits region of Alaska. Methods: The modified SDS was administered to Eskimo patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.573Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages576–580Objective: The goals of the study were to examine the composition, operation, and purpose of ethics committees in state mental hospitals, to determine whether committees were accessible to patients and family members, and to identify frequently addressed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.576Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages580–585Objective: The study examined behavioral and cognitive factors that may place mentally ill persons at increased risk of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Methods: Sixty-one patients consecutively admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.580Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages586–596Objective: The authors examined the relationship between religious affiliation and psychiatric disorder among Protestant members of the baby-boom generation (those born between 1945 and 1966) who resided in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. Methods: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.586Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages597–600Interventions based on the philosophy of social constructionism can be used for the treatment of patients who are intractably aggressive. The interventions are aimed at disrupting common interactive patterns between the patient and treaters in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.597Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages601–603Federal regulations governing the protection of human research subjects fail to specifically address research involving persons with mental illness. in 1990 the New York State Office of Mental Health issued regulations covering such research. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.45.6.601Publication date: 01 June 1994
Pages604–605As has been found in a variety of other studies, the mortality rate for the seriously mentally ill population was more than twice the mortality rate for individuals in a comparable general population. Furthermore, although the increased mortality rate for ...
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