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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 50
  • Number 2
  • February 1999

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Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages201–213

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.201

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages214–218

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.214

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages219–227

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.219

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages228–232

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.228

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages233–238

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.233

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages239–243

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.239

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages244–247

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.244

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages248–256

OBJECTIVE: 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.50.2.248

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages257–259

In 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.50.2.257

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages260–261

Access 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.50.2.260

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages262–263

Research 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.50.2.262

Publication date: 01 February 1999

Pages264–265

Sixty-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.50.2.264

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