Psychiatric Services
- Volume 49
- Number 9
- September 1998
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Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1163–1172OBJECTIVE: Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is an uncommon side effect of antipsychotic medications characterized by severe rigidity, tremor, fever, altered mental status, autonomic dysfunction, and elevated serum creatinine phosphokinase and white blood ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1163Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1173–1179OBJECTIVE: The clinical characteristics and treatment patterns of elderly Medicare beneficiaries hospitalized for psychiatric disorders were examined. METHODS: Administrative data on all elderly Medicare beneficiaries in the United States hospitalized in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1173Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1180–1186OBJECTIVE: The study examined whether the relationship between the course of antidepressant treatment and the type of prescriber—psychiatrist or nonpsychiatrist—varied by whether a tricyclic antidepressant or a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI)...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1180Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1187–1192OBJECTIVE: The study examined predictors of discharge against medical advice (AMA) and outcomes of psychiatric patients with AMA discharges, as measured by poorer symptom ratings at discharge and higher rates of rehospitalization. METHODS: A total of 195 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1187Competence to Consent to Voluntary Psychiatric Hospitalization: A Test of a Standard Proposed by APA
Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1193–1196OBJECTIVE: In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1990 decision in Zinermon v. Burch, renewed attention has been given to capacities patients must have to be considered competent to consent to voluntary hospitalization. An American Psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1193Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1197–1202Most psychiatrists enter into a variety of professional relationships with other clinicians in which they prescribe medications or make recommendations about pharmacotherapy. This paper describes a set of guidelines for prescribing psychiatrists involved ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1197Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1203–1207OBJECTIVE: In a recently published survey of alumni of the Columbia University public psychiatry fellowship, respondents who were medical directors reported performing a greater variety of tasks and experiencing higher job satisfaction than those who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1203Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1208–1211The public psychiatry training program at Oregon Health Sciences University, established in 1973, educates psychiatric residents to work in community mental health centers and state hospitals. The authors present a brief history of this program, which ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1208Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1212–1217OBJECTIVE: This study examined patient characteristics and other factors that contributed to the involuntary return of patients to a psychiatric emergency service within 12 months of an initial evaluation in the service. The findings were used to consider ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1212Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1218–1222OBJECTIVE: Representative payee programs help severely mentally ill individuals manage money from their Social Security payments to cover expenses for necessities and to avoid homelessness and rehospitalization. This study examined a representative payee ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1218Brief Report
Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1223–1225This study compared the characteristics of 56 clients with severe mental illness in a community mental health agency's representative payeeship program with those of 54 clients who did not participate in the program. Based on data from a two-year period, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1223Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1226–1229Access to treatment for children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was examined in the general health, specialty mental health, and informal care sectors. Special education students in a Florida school district were screened for ADHD, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1226Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1229–1231The psychometric properties of the interview and self-report versions of the BASIS-32 were compared. A total of 120 severely mentally ill adults enrolled in psychosocial rehabilitation were randomly assigned to either a self-report or an interview ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1229Publication date: 01 September 1998
Pages1232–1234Outpatients with schizophrenia often have problems complying with a regimen of oral antipsychotic medications. Use of depot medications improves compliance, but patients' geographic location and access to transportation may affect compliance with a depot ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.49.9.1232Letter
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