Psychiatric Services
- Volume 48
- Number 11
- November 1997
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1403–1407Controversy over cases involving so-called recovered memories of sexual abuse has threatened to divide the mental health field, just as lawsuits based on recovered memories have sometimes divided children from parents and others. The authors review issues ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1403Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1408–1414OBJECTIVE: The study examined whether women in the Veterans Affairs system use mental health services at a lower rate than men because the system is geared to treat a mostly male population. METHODS: Data were obtained on a national cohort of patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1408Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1415–1419OBJECTIVE: The feasibility, reliability, and validity of a new instrument, the MacArthur Competence Assessment Tool-Treatment (MacCAT- T), which was developed for use by clinicians, was tested. The instrument assesses patients' competence to make ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1415Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1420–1426OBJECTIVE: Four groups of patients receiving different antidepressant drugs in a primary care setting were compared in terms of duration of antidepressant therapy and health and mental health care utilization and costs. METHODS: A retrospective analysis ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1420Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1427–1434OBJECTIVE: The study examined the role of five types of variables-- demographic characteristics, psychiatric status, functional quality of life, satisfaction with quality of life, and level of care--in predicting key outcomes of inpatient treatment. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1427Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1435–1439OBJECTIVE: A behavioral intensive care unit was originally designed as a 21-day inpatient program for treating agitation among demented patients, one of the most common behavioral disorders in this group. Due to the need to dramatically reduce length of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1435Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1440–1444New treatments for Alzheimer's disease highlight the complex clinical and financial issues at stake with new pharmacotherapies. This paper describes cost-effectiveness analysis as a method for assessing these issues. Cost-effectiveness analyses show the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1440Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1445–1449OBJECTIVE: The clinical practice guidelines for substance use disorders from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) recommend referral of some patients to self-help groups. The purpose of this study was to determine current patterns of referral to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1445Article
Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1458–1461The authors propose a method of summarizing clinical data to serve patient care. The proposed one-page summary uses diverse visual presentations of data, including small graphs for ratings and drug dosages, time lines for clinic visits and hospital stays, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1458Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1461–1463In this retrospective analysis of gender-specific differences among veterans with serious mental illness, the clinical characteristics and health service utilization of 57 women and 114 men were compared. Women had fewer comorbid psychiatric illnesses ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.11.1461Publication date: 01 November 1997
Pages1464–1466Forty-three rural Kentucky families who obtained child psychiatry consultation during the initial eight months of the University of Kentucky's telemedicine program completed questionnaires assessing their satisfaction with telemedicine. Respondents were ...
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