Psychiatric Services
- Volume 50
- Number 6
- June 1999
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Publication date: 01 June 1999
Page746In 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.50.6.746Column
Article
Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages767–773Psychiatrists 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.50.6.767Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages774–780One 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.50.6.774Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages781–786OBJECTIVE: 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.50.6.781Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages787–792OBJECTIVE: 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.50.6.787Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages793–798A 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.50.6.793Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages799–805OBJECTIVE: 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.50.6.799Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages806–812OBJECTIVE: 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.50.6.806Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages813–817OBJECTIVE: 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.50.6.813Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages818–824OBJECTIVE: 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.50.6.818Brief Report
Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages825–827Fifty-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.50.6.825Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages827–829Data 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.50.6.827Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages830–831The 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.50.6.830Open Forum
Publication date: 01 June 1999
Pages832–834Violence 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.50.6.832Letter
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