Skip to main content
Skip to Footer

Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 50
  • Number 8
  • August 1999

Taking Issue

Column

Departments

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Page1019

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.50.8.1019

Article

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1021–1027

OBJECTIVE: Although pathological gambling is an increasing problem, many mental health providers are unfamiliar with its diagnosis and treatment. To improve recognition and treatment of pathological gambling, the authors reviewed the literature on its ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1021

Correction

Article

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1028–1035

OBJECTIVE: The outcomes of employment discrimination charges filed under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by individuals with psychiatric disabilities and those with other disabilities were compared. METHODS: Data obtained from the Equal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1028

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1036–1042

OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional mortality linkage study describes the prevalence of specific fatal disease and injury conditions in an adult population with serious mental illness. The large sample of decedents and the use of multiple-cause-of-death data ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1036

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1043–1048

The Israeli Ministry of Health maintains a psychiatric case register that includes basic demographic and clinical information for all psychiatric hospital admissions since 1950. Currently, the case register includes information about some 130,000 people ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1043

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1049–1052

OBJECTIVE: The extent to which the legal status of a first psychiatric admission—voluntary or involuntary—predicted the legal status and number of future admissions was examined among patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Data on all patients in Israel ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1049

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1053–1058

OBJECTIVE: Although measures of consumer satisfaction are increasingly used to supplement administrative measures in assessing quality of care, little is known about the association between these two types of indicators. This study examined the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1053

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1059–1065

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the extent to which patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) had diagnoses for which ECT is an efficacious treatment according to evidence-based standards. METHODS: ECT use among all beneficiaries of a large New ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1059

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1066–1070

OBJECTIVE: Constant observation is a staff-intensive, costly intervention that entails continuous supervision of suicidal inpatients until they no longer express suicidal intent or behavior. This study explored patients' experiences of constant ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1066

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1071–1075

Psychiatric problems are common in general medical practice and strongly influence utilization of medical care. Although several studies have demonstrated the positive clinical and financial impact of psychiatric interventions for medical patients, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1071

Correction

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1076–1078

In an open study, sildenafil (Viagra) was prescribed for nine women outpatients who reported sexual dysfunction induced by antidepressant medication, primarily selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. A 50 mg dose of sildenafil was prescribed, and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1076

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1079–1081

Alcoholics Anonymous groups are underused by persons with the dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance use disorder, and mental health professionals are cautious about referring them to AA because of fears that the AA group will discourage them from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1079

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1081–1083

The author describes experiences gained over 18 years of conducting a therapy group for chronically ill psychiatric patients that focuses on spiritual beliefs and values. The group is held in a day treatment center and is attended by both men and women, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1081

Publication date: 01 August 1999

Pages1084–1086

In a naturalistic study of the effectiveness of atypical antipsychotics for the long-term outpatient treatment of persons with severe and persistent mental illness, 19 patients began taking risperidone and were prospectively evaluated. Nine patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.8.1084

Letter

Book Review

Book Review: Concise Guide to Marital and Family Therapy

Book Review

News & Notes

Past Issues

View Issues Archive
No.11
View Issue
1 Nov 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 11

No.10
View Issue
1 Oct 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 10

No.9
View Issue
1 Sep 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 9

No.8
View Issue
1 Aug 2024

Vol. 75 | No. 8