Psychiatric Services
- Volume 47
- Number 6
- June 1996
Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages601–607OBJECTIVES: The study used the social antecedent model of depression in later life proposed by Linda K. George to develop a multifactorial model of predictors of depression among aging persons with schizophrenia living in the community. METHODS: The SHORT-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.601Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages608–613OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of interhospital variation in length of stay for patients treated for depressive disorders in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and to identify the number of hospitals with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.608Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages614–618Use of a patient's second language in psychiatric evaluation and treatment has a variety of effects. Patients frequently undergo psychiatric evaluation in their second language, yet competence in a second language varies depending on the phase of illness. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.614Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages619–622OBJECTIVE: The study assessed differences in social behavior skills and everyday living skills in two groups of psychiatric patients: hospital inpatients with stays of between six months and five years (new long- stay patients) and discharged patients who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.619Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages623–627OBJECTIVE: The study examined factors affecting clinicians' decisions in the psychiatric emergency service about referring patients to less restrictive alternatives to inpatient care. Indicators of quality of care and the severity of the patient's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.623Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages628–632OBJECTIVE: The study sought to identify the types of housing preferred by people with psychiatric disabilities seeking accommodations through a community mental health service in Sydney, Australia. METHODS: Housing options available in the mental health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.628Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages633–637Grief is a key reaction experienced by many relatives of persons with serious mental illness. Parents, spouses, and children may endure great longing for the quality of their former relationship with the ill person, as well as grief over dashed hopes and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.633Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages638–641OBJECTIVE: The study sought to identify aspects of borderline personality disorder and comorbid axis I conditions associated with multiple hospitalizations in a sample of patients with borderline personality disorder. METHODS: Data were collected as part ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.638Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages642–644To document the scope of recent trends in performing pretrial mental health evaluations, telephone interviews were conducted with 157 authorities in 50 states and the District of Columbia. These authorities included forensic mental health program ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.642Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages644–646Since 1988 a 24-hour psychiatric out reach service has been in operation in the inner city of Sydney to provide services to residents of refuges for the homeless. A total of 506 homeless persons with schizophrenia were referred to the outreach service ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.644Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages647–649The Chemical Use, Abuse, and Dependence (CUAD) Scale was administered with other scales to 100 consecutive admissions to a psychiatric hospital. Moderately high correlations with other measures of drug and alcohol use were obtained. Although more research ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.647Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages649–651Suicidal inpatients' perspectives on the experience of constant observation by staff or lay workers were sought through interviews using open-ended questions with 14 patients for whom constant observation ranged from 16 hours to 3.5 days. Interview ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.649Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages652–654In a study to determine differences in continuity of care for state hospital patients discharged to rural and urban areas, all community mental health centers in Virginia were asked to complete a brief questionnaire about each patient discharged to the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.47.6.652Publication date: 01 June 1996
Pages654–656The study examined the usefulness of the Level of Community Support Systems (LOCSS) scale in rating psychiatric inpatients' need for community supports after discharge. The scale was compared with two other instruments, the Community Placement ...
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