Psychiatric Services
- Volume 49
- Number 4
- April 1998
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Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages477–482OBJECTIVE: This exploratory study examined utilization and costs among depressed patients in two treatment models—integrated treatment, in which psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy were provided by a psychiatrist, and split treatment, in which ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.477Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages483–492OBJECTIVE: The presence of severely mentally ill persons in jails and prisons is an urgent problem. This review examines this problem and makes recommendations for preventing and alleviating it. METHODS: MEDLINE, Psychological Abstracts, and the Index to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.483Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages493–497To help build consensus in the field of psychiatry about future psychiatric manpower needs, a 13-step strategic approach to the workforce issue is described. The steps include recognizing the importance of the assumptions that underlie workforce ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.493Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages498–503OBJECTIVE: A national survey was conducted to determine the extent of consumer empowerment in the public mental health system. METHODS: A questionnaire was sent to mental health authorities in all U.S. states and territories asking whether consumer ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.498Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages504–509OBJECTIVE: The effect of scheduled intermittent hospitalization on the hospital utilization, community adjustment, and self-esteem of persons with serious and persistent mental illness was examined in an experimental study. METHODS: Fifty-seven male ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.504Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages510–512OBJECTIVE: The study examined the use of psychotropic medications to treat persons with mental retardation living in nursing homes in Oklahoma. METHODS: Data were gathered on all 1,056 individuals funded through the Oklahoma mental retardation service ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.510Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages513–517OBJECTIVE: Differences in the perspectives of severely and persistently ill patients, their family members, and clinical care providers on key aspects of community-based care were examined to help inform community service planning and development. METHODS:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.513Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages518–523OBJECTIVE: Changes in the process of psychiatric care received by Medicaid beneficiaries with schizophrenia were examined after the introduction of capitated payments for enrollees of some community mental health centers (CMHCs) under the Utah Prepaid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.518Brief Report
Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages524–526Follow-up data on 97 of the 101 patients at a university-based psychiatric hospital for whom risperidone had been prescribed between February 1994, when the medication was introduced, and October 1996 were reviewed an average of 102 weeks after the start ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.524Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages526–528Six of 13 outpatients with schizophrenia who participated in a ten-week open trial of risperidone had an initial good response to the medication followed by development of intolerable affect, including feelings of agitation and depression and periods of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.526Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages529–530Semistructured interviews including questions about practices related to HIV risk assessment were conducted on 53 psychiatric units of general hospitals in New York State in 1992 and 1993. Few units have adopted practices across the board. Assessment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.529Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages531–533The relative benefit of adding a structured psychoeducational intervention to standard medication treatment for married patients with bipolar disorder and their spouses was assessed. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either medication management ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.4.531Publication date: 01 April 1998
Pages533–535The combined problems of substance abuse, mental illness, and homelessness among the urban poor represent a major public health issue. The study evaluated 340 patients attending a cocaine day treatment program that integrates peer leadership and ...
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