OBJECTIVE: Although mobile crisis services have been widely accepted as an effective approach to emergency service delivery, no systematic studies have documented the prevalence or effectiveness of these services. This survey gathered national data on the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.893

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Estimated societal costs of assertive community mental health care

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages898–906

OBJECTIVE: The study used a societal costs model to estimate costs of assertive community treatment for persons with severe mental illness. METHODS: Resource use and cost data were collected for mental health, health, social, and law enforcement, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.898

Psychopathology among children placed in family foster care

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages906–910

OBJECTIVE: The literature on psychopathology among children in family foster care published in the last 20 years was reviewed to estimate prevalence and types of psychopathology in this population. METHODS: A comprehensive computerized database was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.906

Command hallucinations and the prediction of dangerousness

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages911–914

OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have supported the belief that command hallucinations can induce dangerous behavior. This study tried to replicate previous findings that compliance with the command was associated with delusions related to hallucinations and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.911

Suicide contagion among adolescents during acute psychiatric hospitalization

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages915–918

OBJECTIVE: The study investigated whether exposure to other suicidal adolescents led to suicide contagion among patients hospitalized on an acute adolescent psychiatry unit. It also examined whether some adolescents express more suicidality during ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.915

Suicide: the interaction of clinical and ethical issues

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages919–921

Although bioethical principles such as beneficence, nonmaleficence, and autonomy increasingly guide clinical decision making, in good clinical practice none of these principles is absolute. The authors describe how clinical and ethical issues interact in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.919

Effects of homelessness on the quality of life of persons with severe mental illness

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages922–926

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the relationship between homelessness and specific quality-of-life problems for persons with severe and persistent mental illness. METHODS: The objective and subjective quality of life of 106 homeless persons with severe ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.922

A model for the classification and diagnosis of relational disorders. Committee on the Family, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages926–931

Important and common relational conditions, such as severe couple dysfunction and family violence involving child or elder abuse, have been omitted from DSM-IV, the authors believe. They argue that such conditions can exist independently of severe ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.926

Diagnosis and hospital readmission rates of female veterans with substance-related disorders

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages932–937

OBJECTIVES: The study examined the prevalence of substance use, psychiatric, and medical disorders in female veterans discharged from VA hospitals. METHODS: The VA discharge abstract database was used to identify women discharged in fiscal year 1991 who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.932

Mental health care needs of female veterans

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages938–940

Gender differences in diagnosis, demographic and family characteristics, and trauma histories among psychiatric outpatients at a Veterans Affairs clinic were examined. Among the 51 women and 46 men, significantly more women had affective disorders and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.938

Psychiatric morbidity and family burden among parents of disabled children

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages940–942

Twenty parents of mentally retarded children and 20 parents of children with neurological impairments were interviewed to determine their levels of psychiatric symptoms and of subjective and objective burden associated with care for their disabled child. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.940

Postdischarge follow-up of psychiatric inpatients and readmission in an HMO setting

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages943–945

This study examined the relationship between follow-up and rehospitalization of inpatients discharged from treatment in two divisions of a health maintenance organization (HMO). Among 580 patients discharged, two-thirds made a follow-up visit within 30 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.943

Nicotine addiction counseling for chemically dependent patients

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages945–947

A total of 771 professionals employed in alcohol treatment programs in Nebraska were surveyed to determine whether their personal alcohol and tobacco use status or characteristics of their treatment programs were related to whether they provided nicotine ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.945

Effects of psychosocial rehabilitation for hospitalized mentally ill homeless persons

Publication date: 01 September 1995

Pages948–950

The effectiveness of a psychosocial rehabilitation program in preventing further hospitalization among a group of hospitalized severely mentally ill homeless persons in Israel was evaluated. The program includes inpatient and community residential phases ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.46.9.948