Psychiatric Services
- Volume 49
- Number 6
- June 1998
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Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages775–781Recent evaluations by the U.S. General Accounting Office and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of reemployment efforts of the federal-state vocational rehabilitation program found that services offered by state vocational rehabilitation agencies ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.775Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages782–787OBJECTIVE: A randomized controlled study design was used to compare the effectiveness of intensive outpatient treatment with individual outpatient counseling and a combination of individual and group outpatient counseling for cocaine-dependent patients. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.782Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages788–793OBJECTIVE: The state psychiatric hospital is experiencing an increase in medically sick and aging patients who die of natural causes while hospitalized. This study explored the "medicalization" of the state hospital by examining the prevalence of medical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.788Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages794–796OBJECTIVE: The German Ministry of Health commissioned a nonprofit organization to develop a tool for assessing the quality of psychiatric hospital care. METHODS: The authors were members of an expert group established to develop an assessment tool that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.794Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages797–801OBJECTIVE: Animal-assisted therapy involves interaction between patients and a trained animal, along with its human owner or handler, with the aim of facilitating patients' progress toward therapeutic goals. This study examined whether a session of animal-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.797Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages802–807OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of a capitated funding mechanism for the psychiatric care of Medicaid recipients, a study of outcome, satisfaction, and service utilization among adults with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder was conducted at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.802Cost-Effectiveness of Television, Radio, and Print Media Programs for Public Mental Health Education
Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages808–811Mass media campaigns to influence public attitudes and behaviors in the area of mental health must consider cost-effectiveness, which is based on actual costs, the number of people reached (exposures), and the impact of the program on the individual. Cost ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.808Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages812–815OBJECTIVE: The efficacy and adverse effects of carbamazepine and haloperidol were compared in the treatment of inhalant-induced psychotic disorder. METHODS: Forty male patients admitted to an acute psychiatric unit for treatment of inhalant dependence and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.812Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages816–822OBJECTIVE: The study compared problems identified by participants in a workshop for families with a relative who had severe mental illness with topics addressed in published descriptions of multifamily psychoeducational interventions to determine whether ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.816Brief Report
Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages823–825The study explored patterns of risk behavior and knowledge about HIV and AIDS among patients in an inpatient psychiatric facility in south India. Fifty-nine consecutive patients admitted to a state psychiatric hospital were interviewed using a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.823Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages825–828Current illicit drug and alcohol users were identified by laboratory evaluation of urine samples from nonpsychotic patients without a primary clinical diagnosis of a substance use disorder seen in a psychiatric emergency room. Urine screens revealed that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.825Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages829–831The cost-effectiveness of using the atypical antipsychotic medication clozapine for severe psychosis was examined in a rural public-sector community mental health setting in Virginia. Based on a sample of 20 patients, use of clozapine resulted in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.829Publication date: 01 June 1998
Pages831–833Combining naltrexone and clonidine under general anesthesia is being used to shorten opiate detoxification. This study determined the one-year relapse rate of persons detoxified using this ultrarapid method in conjunction with naltrexone maintenance and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.6.831Letter
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