Psychiatric Services
- Volume 49
- Number 3
- March 1998
Taking Issue
Column
Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages312–314Introduction by the column editors: Although an increasing number of mental health agencies employ consumers in the roles of advocates, liaisons, outreach workers, case management aides, and other paraprofessionals (,,,), the evidence is mixed on the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.312Article
Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages327–332OBJECTIVE: The study examined the characteristics of frequent users of inpatient treatment under public-sector managed care in Massachusetts between 1992 and 1995 and explored whether their pattern of inpatient utilization affected their overall use of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.327Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages333–339OBJECTIVE: This study examined the hypothesis that families of adults with severe mental illness who participate in either a group family education workshop or individual family consultation will try to seek more assistance from community services than ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.333Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages340–344OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of clozapine treatment in a treatment-refractory sample of older adult veterans with primary psychosis was examined. METHODS: Data were collected over a five-year period for patients age 55 and older who were given clozapine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.340Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages345–350OBJECTIVE: This study estimated the proportion and representation of Native Americans among homeless veterans and compared their psychiatric and substance abuse problems with those of other ethnic groups of homeless veterans. METHODS: The study was based ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.345Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages351–354OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether enhancing standard aftercare with an outreach case management intervention would improve patients' quality of life. METHODS: A sample of 292 patients discharged from an inpatient psychiatry service at an urban ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.351Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages355–359OBJECTIVE: The literature suggests that a high prevalence of a history of sexual and physical abuse among psychiatric inpatients is found when researchers inquire about abuse directly, but that relatively low rates are found in medical records. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.355Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages360–365OBJECTIVE: This paper describes the clinical characteristics of 20 hospitalized psychiatric patients in the Hebei province of China who believed they were possessed. METHODS: A structured interview focused on clinical characteristics associated with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.360Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages366–369OBJECTIVE: In 1988 a governor's commission in Oregon recommended dramatic changes in the state's approach to public psychiatric hospitalization. To evaluate the effect of the recommendations, this study examined characteristics of hospitalization for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.366Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages370–375OBJECTIVE: The relationship between hospital utilization and psychometric, demographic, and diagnostic data was examined among veterans with psychiatric problems. METHODS: Data were obtained from the records of 500 psychiatric inpatients admitted to a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.370Brief Report
Recognition of Warning Signs : A Consideration for Cost-Effective Treatment of Severe Mental Illness
Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages376–378Warning signs of decompensation, also known as prodromal symptoms, and problems related to poor recognition of warning signs were examined in a sample of 370 adult outpatients with severe mental illness. Clinicians' ratings, client interviews, and eight ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.376Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages379–381A chart review was conducted to compare the social, occupational, and daily functioning of 17 inpatients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, 17 with major depression, and 17 with schizophrenia. Current Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scores of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.379Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages382–384In 1992 Congress mandated the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment to veterans traumatized by sexual assault experienced during active military duty. A 1995 survey of how VA medical centers had responded to this mandate indicated that 51 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.382Publication date: 01 March 1998
Pages384–386The accuracy of diagnosis of major depression by psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, and other physicians in outpatient psychiatric care settings in Finland was examined. A total of 232 patients who visited four mental health centers in the hospital ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.3.384Letter
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