Psychiatric Services
- Volume 49
- Number 8
- August 1998
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Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1029–1033Objective and methods: Suicide is a significant cause of death among patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, affecting some 10 to 15 percent of these patients. This study examined annual suicide rates over a two-year period (1993-1995) ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1029Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1034–1038OBJECTIVE: Clozapine has been shown to be a cost-effective treatment for refractory psychosis among patients started on the medication in a hospital setting. The study examined service utilization and costs associated with clozapine treatment initiated in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1034Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1039–1042OBJECTIVE: Sources of entitlement income were examined in a sample of homeless adults to determine whether certain subgroups more consistently obtain entitlement income and are more likely to continue receiving it over time. METHODS: From a baseline ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1039Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1043–1048Objectives: Levels of agreement about medication compliance in a large cohort of seriously mentally ill veterans and their clinicians were examined to determine whether agreement increased with exposure to enhanced treatment programs emphasizing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1043Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1049–1053OBJECTIVE: Multivariate statistical methods were used to identify patient-related variables that predicted length of stay in a single psychiatric facility. The study investigated whether these variables remained stable over time and could be used to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1049Article by New Investigators
Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1054–1058OBJECTIVE: Service costs and utilization patterns of children in carved-out behavioral health care plans were examined and compared with those of adults. METHODS: Twelve-month data on utilization and costs of behavioral health care from one managed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1054Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1059–1066Research on public opinion has seldom been incorporated into the debate about appropriate coverage of mental health and substance abuse treatment services in health insurance plans. However, several surveys have been conducted to probe for voters' ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1059Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1067–1071OBJECTIVE: This study examined the factors that determine whether mental health services provided under contracts with private providers are more cost-efficient than services provided directly by public mental health agencies. METHODS: Data on service ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1067Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1072–1078OBJECTIVE: The treated prevalence of bipolar disorder was examined in a large staff-model health maintenance organization (HMO) in western Washington state. METHODS: Automated data for all 294,284 adults enrolled in the HMO or treated by HMO providers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1072Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1079–1081Data from the four most recent biennial inventories of mental health organizations and general hospital mental health services conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1988 through 1994) were used to examine utilization of specialty ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1079Brief Report
Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1081–1083The authors describe the case of a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who became pregnant after switching from conventional neuroleptic medications to clozapine, an atypical antipsychotic medication that does not cause hyperprolactinemia. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1081Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1084–1085Functioning in activities of daily living of 40 psychiatric inpatients with mental retardation was compared with that of nonhospitalized control subjects matched for sex, age, and level of intellectual impairment. After excluding data for six quadriplegic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1084Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1086–1088The reliability of psychiatric diagnoses made remotely by telecommunication was examined. Two trained interviewers each interviewed the same 30 psychiatric inpatients using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Fifteen subjects had two in-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1086Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1088–1090Deaths of patients in state psychiatric hospitals in the New York City area during heat waves and control periods from 1950 to 1984 were compared with those in the overall New York City population during the same periods. Psychiatric patients had twice ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1088Publication date: 01 August 1998
Pages1091–1093In the era of managed care, agencies that provide mental health care can cope with the increasing volume of patients and the increasing severity of their conditions by having a variety of mental health professionals provide services. A model for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.8.1091Letter
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