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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 50
  • Number 6
  • June 1999

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Departments

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Page746

In collaboration with the staff of the APA library, Psychiatric Services offers a monthly listing of mental-health-related Web sites and other sites of interest. The list will change monthly as new sites are identified, existing sites add new features, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.746

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Article

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages767–773

Psychiatrists share with the public some confusion and uncertainty about two highly visible forensic psychiatric examinations: competence to stand trial and criminal responsibility (insanity). The author reviews the content and context of these ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.767

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages774–780

One of fastest-growing population groups in recent decades, Asian Americans represent a vastly diversified and rich mixture of cultures, languages, beliefs, and practices, many of which differ widely from those of European Americans. As immigrants, Asian ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.774

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages781–786

OBJECTIVE: Clients with severe and persistent mental illnesses often require a representative payee to help manage benefit funds. This study compared the perceptions of clients and clinical case managers about the benefits of and problems with the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.781

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages787–792

OBJECTIVE: Although a strong association between violence and psychopathy has been demonstrated in nonpsychotic forensic populations, the relationship between psychopathy and violence among patients with schizophrenia has not been thoroughly explored. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.787

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages793–798

A consumer survey was designed to assess the quality of mental health and substance abuse services and evaluate insurance plans that provide such services. This paper describes the development of the Consumer Assessment of Behavioral Health Services ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.793

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages799–805

OBJECTIVE: This study compared maternal attendance at religious services with standard demographic characteristics such as race, type of religion, and mother's education in terms of their relative association with the behavioral and social functioning of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.799

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages806–812

OBJECTIVE: Symptoms that were risk factors for hospital readmission among psychiatric inpatients diagnosed as having bipolar affective disorder were evaluated. METHODS: Subjects were 100 persons consecutively admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit at a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.806

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages813–817

OBJECTIVE: Variables that have been identified as predictors of outcome of substance abuse treatment— coping style, addiction severity and addiction-related problems, psychopathology, and treatment motivation— were examined as predictors of outcome of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.813

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages818–824

OBJECTIVE: The study examined the association between fidelity of programs to the assertive community treatment model and client outcomes in dual disorders programs. METHODS: Assertive community treatment programs in the New Hampshire dual disorders study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.818

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages825–827

Fifty-three inpatient units in Texas and Massachusetts—15 freestanding psychiatric hospitals and 38 units of general hospitals—responded to a survey to determine current practice in conducting pelvic and rectal examinations of psychiatric patients. Pelvic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.825

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages827–829

Data on the self-care and health-related practices and health status of 22 outpatients with schizophrenia were collected from interviews using a series of health survey instruments and a review of patient records. The patients practiced fewer health-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.827

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages830–831

The association between crowding and aggressive behavior among psychiatric inpatients was investigated. Aggressive incidents were documented on two closed psychiatric wards between February 1 and December 15, 1996. A modest correlation between number of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.830

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 June 1999

Pages832–834

Violence in psychiatric hospitals threatens the safety and well-being of patients and staff members. The determinants and correlates of inpatient aggression are not well understood. The authors present an explanatory model of aggressive behavior that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.6.832

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