Psychiatric Services
- Volume 50
- Number 2
- February 1999
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Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages201–213OBJECTIVE: This paper reviews the epidemiology, etiology, assessment, and management of bipolar disorder. Special attention is paid to factors that complicate treatment, including noncompliance, comorbid disorders, mixed mania, and rapid cycling. Advances ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.201Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages214–218OBJECTIVE: The associations between self-reported depressive and substance use disorders and estimated health care costs were examined in a representative national sample. METHODS: Data were from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey (N=77,183). ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.214Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages219–227OBJECTIVE: The role of patient characteristics and the strength of the therapeutic alliance in predicting completion of treatment by opioid-dependent patients was examined. METHODS: Information about patient characteristics and scores on subscales of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.219Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages228–232OBJECTIVE: Risperidone's effectiveness in reducing symptoms and its cost were compared with the effectiveness and cost of standard antipsychotic medication among matched groups of outpatients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Data on 56 subjects started on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.228Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages233–238OBJECTIVE: Data from the Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team project were examined to determine the extent to which families of adults with schizophrenia receive services and whether training staff in the provision of family services increases ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.233Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages239–243OBJECTIVE: Patients with schizophrenia who became parents and those who remained childless were compared on premorbid characteristics and current clinical and social adjustment. METHODS: Subjects were 400 men and women with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.239Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages244–247OBJECTIVE: The study examined demographic and clinical characteristics of frequent users of mental health services at a large community hospital in an urban-suburban area in Canada to identify subgroups within this patient population. METHODS: Patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.244Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages248–256OBJECTIVE: The intensity and continuity of services delivered to individual clients in a community-based psychosocial rehabilitation program were examined in relationship to functional changes in the clients that occurred during the first 12 months of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.248Brief Report
Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages257–259In a nationally representative household-based sample, more than one-third of those who identified themselves as having major depression reported not taking any medications in the last year. Male gender, minority status, excellent health, and being at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.257Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages260–261Access to child and adolescent psychiatric services in many rural areas is limited by lack of physicians and long travel times. A child and adolescent telepsychiatry clinic that is part of the University of Kansas Medical Center's telemedicine program ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.260Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages262–263Research has shown that individuals with low or limited literacy experience significant obstacles in gaining access to and using health care services. In a study of the prevalence of low literacy in an indigent psychiatric population, 45 patients seeking ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.262Publication date: 01 February 1999
Pages264–265Sixty-seven psychiatrists who were employed in state hospitals in Texas were surveyed about their attitudes toward use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the laws and regulations associated with its use. The majority of respondents agreed with ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.2.264Letter
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