Psychiatric Services
- Volume 48
- Number 8
- August 1997
Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1019–1026An academic department of psychiatry in New York City eliminated the need for behavioral managed care intermediaries by transforming itself from a fee-for-service system to a system able to engage in full-risk capitation contracts. The first step was to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1019Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1027–1032OBJECTIVE: Patients with panic symptoms are heavy users of the health care system, although many do not seek care specifically for those symptoms. This study documents utilization of various sources of health care of subjects with panic symptoms, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1027Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1033–1036With the dramatic changes that are occurring in mental health and substance abuse treatment systems, it is imperative that the field keep its focus on the patient and the patient's outcomes of care. Outcomes management systems that measure the processes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1033Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1037–1041OBJECTIVE: To better understand how mood-stabilizing agents other than lithium have changed treatment and outcomes in bipolar disorder, this study examined health service utilization among patients with acute mania who were being treated with a variety of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1037Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1042–1047OBJECTIVE: A scale to measure the personal construct of empowerment as defined by consumers of mental health services was developed and field tested. METHODS: After extensive development, pilot testing, and analyses, a 28-item scale to measure empowerment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1042Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1048–1057OBJECTIVE: This study examined the validity and utility of two types of computer-administered versions of a screening interview, PRIME-MD (Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders), in a mental health setting: one administered by desktop computer and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1048Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1058–1063OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine rates of dual disorders (psychiatric and substance use disorders) in a population of low-income inner-city outpatients, to compare the rates in outpatient mental health and substance abuse treatment settings, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1058Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1064–1069OBJECTIVE: The study examined levels of satisfaction with mainstream mental health services and specialized mental health services for refugees among Vietnamese psychiatric patients and their relatives. Demographic, diagnostic, symptomatic, and service-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1064Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1070–1072A total of 239 acute psychiatric inpatients were interviewed about whether they used substances just before or during sex and whether they engaged in unsafe sexual behaviors while using substances. Nearly 40 percent of male patients and 36 percent of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1070Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1072–1074A total of 197 family members of mentally ill adults in Indiana responded to a survey about their preferences for family psychoeducation programs, including type of information, format, presenter, frequency and length of educational programs, setting, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1072Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1075–1077This study investigated consumer satisfaction among 98 members of the Thomas S. class action lawsuit in North Carolina, in which the court ordered implementation of habilitative and residential service plans. Class members have mental retardation, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.8.1075Publication date: 01 August 1997
Pages1078–1080The feasibility and desirability of closing Vermont's only state hospital have been debated for ten years. The author examines the current status of the state department of mental health's plan to close the state hospital and concludes that although ...
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