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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 48
  • Number 4
  • April 1997

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages485–490

OBJECTIVE: To provide comprehensive information on expenditures for mental health and substance abuse services for a large number of people with severe mental illnesses, this study examined use of major types of clinical-medical mental health and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.485

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages491–496

OBJECTIVE: The study examined the impact of easy access to ambulatory services for patients with bipolar disorder in a clinic-based program at a Veterans Affairs medical center. Core program components included medication administration based on treatment ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.491

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages497–503

OBJECTIVE: Three types of case management were compared to determine their relative effectiveness in helping people with severe mental illness who were homeless or at risk of homelessness. METHODS: Subjects recruited from a psychiatric emergency room and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.497

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages504–509

OBJECTIVE: This paper compares the prevalence of mental illnesses and alcohol and drug abuse and the residential histories of homeless individuals identified as having a mental illness and individuals who are not so identified. The cohort consisted of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.504

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages510–513

The role of the psychiatrist in board-and-care homes has been changing dramatically since a job description was published in 1989. The role has become more complex as a result of advances in psychopharmacology, the trend toward polypharmacy regimens, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.510

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages514–517

OBJECTIVES: This paper describes current and potential roles of public health nurses in the care of adults with serious mental disabilities and explores incentives and barriers to the expansion of the role of public health nurses in this area. METHODS: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.514

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages518–523

OBJECTIVE: The study examined factors that help determine a good or poor fit between the psychosocial support needs of hospitalized patients and the hospital's discharge plan. METHODS: The Mount Sinai Discharge Planning Inventory was completed weekly for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.518

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages524–527

As part of an evaluation of the Utah Prepaid Mental Health Plan, the Process of Care Review Form was developed to assess the quality of the process of psychiatric care provided by Utah's community mental health centers (CMHCs) to clients with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.524

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages528–530

Relationships among demographic characteristics, diagnostic groups, presenting problems, and service use were examined in two groups of mentally ill persons: a group of 60 formerly homeless persons who had been housed for at least 24 months and a group of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.528

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages531–533

In a pilot HIV prevention program for 35 adolescents in a psychiatric hospital, patients completed assessments of their HIV-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors before entering the program, at discharge, and three months after discharge. At ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.531

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages534–536

The prevalence of sexual abuse and its association with specific axis I diagnoses among 38 women patients in a psychiatric outpatient clinic were examined. Sexual abuse history was recorded in a face-to-face interview, severity of the abuse was rated on a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.534

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages536–538

Twelve residents and 12 attending psychiatrists in the adult division of a university-based department of psychiatry responded to a 20-item questionnaire about medication backup, or the provision of psychotropic medications for a patient treated in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.536

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages539–540

Factors affecting the mental health care of ethnic minority groups in the United States deserve serious consideration. Hispanics, the second largest of these groups, face problems of access to care, high rates of substance abuse and HIV, and shortages of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.539

Publication date: 01 April 1997

Pages541–542

In the past decade, more than 800 United States hospitals closed their doors forever. Many were psychiatric hospitals. Mental health professionals should be especially aware of the pain that hospital closure may cause for patients, staff, families, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.4.541

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