Psychiatric Services
- Volume 47
- Number 3
- March 1996
Article
Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages255–262OBJECTIVE: The study examined whether local variations in levels of community-based services affect the case mix of state hospitals undergoing census reduction. METHODS: Trends in case mix over a 14-year period were analyzed at two Massachusetts state ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.255Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages263–269OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to synthesize previous research findings on the outcomes of patients who had received psychiatric hospital treatment. METHODS: The authors reviewed 54 follow-up studies of psychiatric hospitalization of adults published ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.263Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages270–274OBJECTIVE: The study examined economic disincentives and incentives to work among people with serious mental illness. METHODS: Fifty people with severe and persistent mental illness who were living in the community were interviewed about the amount and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.270Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages275–281OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the outcomes of mental health consultation provided to a municipal court and the court's resulting interventions for mentally ill persons who committed minor crimes. One aim of the consultation program was to avoid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.275Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages282–286OBJECTIVE: The study examined whether the prescription practices of clinicians in psychiatric emergency services differed for African- American patients. Prescription of antipsychotic medications and its relation to quality of care was a particular focus. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.282Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages287–292OBJECTIVE: Patients in four major diagnostic categories were compared to determine if their satisfaction with outpatient services varied. Both overall satisfaction and the degree to which clients and therapists agreed on the importance of 16 aspects of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.287Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages293–297OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a short computer interview could be used in place of a full diagnostic interview to obtain psychiatric diagnoses, the authors examined the short interview's sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic agreement with the full ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.293Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages298–299Compared with other populations with addictions, pathological gamblers have higher levels of negative affect and poor coping. A total of 154 formerly homeless veterans who misused substances were assessed six months after treatment to determine whether ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.298Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages300–301Gender-matched samples of patients with chronic schizophrenia were randomly selected from two metropolitan psychiatric emergency departments, one in Cincinnati, Ohio, (N = 47) and the other in Pune, India (N = 48). Severity and chronicity of symptoms in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.300Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages302–303Clinicians can comply with Ohio state regulations for documenting patients' informed consent for treatment with neuroleptic medication by checking a box in the medical record stating that a periodic discussion of informed consent has occurred and writing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.302Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages304–306Data from the Compressed Mortality File for the years 1979 to 1991 were analyzed to determine epidemiologic trends in the rates of suicide by firearms among three age groups of white and black men age 65 and older (65 to 74 years, 75 to 84 years, and 85 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.304Publication date: 01 March 1996
Pages306–308Forty-six participants in an alcohol rehabilitation program were assessed to determine whether neuropsychological impairment was associated with a higher level of denial of alcohol-related problems and whether depressive symptoms were associated with a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.3.306Article
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