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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 48
  • Number 7
  • July 1997

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages897–902

OBJECTIVE: The demand to measure the clinical outcomes of persons with serious mental illness in the community is growing; however, there is no consensus about how to do this task. This paper identifies challenges in measuring the outcomes of persons with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.897

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages903–909

OBJECTIVE: The study attempted to develop a brief and integrated set of reliable and valid outcome measures that could be used by both consumers and providers to assess the quality of public mental health care. METHODS: A model of outcomes in four domains-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.903

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages910–914

Intensive case management for severely psychiatrically ill patients is a relatively new phenomenon in the private sector. The authors describe a comprehensive case management program designed at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts to meet the needs of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.910

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages915–920

OBJECTIVES: Previous surveys of the alumni of Columbia University's fellowship in public psychiatry suggest that a large number of alumni fill positions as program medical directors. In contrast with agency medical directors, program medical directors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.915

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages921–927

OBJECTIVE: Drawing on an organizational behavior framework, this study explored the impact of attitudinal, occupational, and organizational factors on mental health professionals' involvement with clients' families. METHODS: Data came from a survey ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.921

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages928–935

OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated outcomes of a residential-work therapy program for veterans with chronic, severe substance use disorders. METHODS: Admission and three-month outcome data were gathered for 496 veterans treated in the Department of Veterans ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.928

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages936–941

OBJECTIVE: Residential outcomes of homeless adults with severe mental illness and a substance use disorder were studied over 18 months during which participants received integrated dual diagnosis services and housing supports based on a continuum model. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.936

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages942–945

OBJECTIVE: Racial differences in variables that predict return to the psychiatric emergency room were examined. METHODS: A random sample of 319 clients was obtained from the logs of a psychiatric emergency room of a state-operated, acute care psychiatric ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.942

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages946–947

Fifty-five state and territorial commissioners of mental health and chiefs of psychiatry at 158 Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers were surveyed about current policies related to psychiatrists' roles as primary care providers in state and VA ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.946

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages948–950

Although most patients with schizophrenia rely on public financial support, little is known about how soon after the onset of illness such dependence occurs. Forty-eight patients with schizophrenia were followed for a mean of five years after their first ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.948

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages950–952

Forty-five administrators of drug treatment programs in Los Angeles County were surveyed about the adequacy of mental health services within their program and the drug treatment system. Approximately half agreed that dually diagnosed clients are not ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.950

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages953–954

The author suggests that large numbers of children and adolescents in America are being left out of mental health and mental health care. He discusses areas, such as poverty, teenage pregnancy, and violence, in which public policy has failed. He calls for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.953

Article

Publication date: 01 July 1997

Pages972-a–972

The amount of funding for the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism included in President Clinton's fiscal 1997-1998 budget request to Congress was incorrectly reported in the April 1997 issue (page 564). The request was $208 million, a $7 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.7.972-a

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