Psychiatric Services
- Volume 50
- Number 9
- September 1999
Taking Issue
Departments
Publication date: 01 September 1999
Page1132In 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.50.9.1132Column
Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1147–1153Introduction by the column editors: Although only a minority of individuals with schizophrenia and disabling forms of other mental disorders find competitive employment, new legislation, public policies, and rehabilitation methods that are being developed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1147Special Section on Mental Health & Aging
Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1158–1166OBJECTIVE: The prevalence and incidence of the major mental disorders of late life that are common in the community and in primary health care are reviewed. METHODS: Community-based studies in English that included older adults were identified through ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1158Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1167–1172Geriatric depression is widespread, affecting at least one of six patients treated in general medical practice and an even higher percentage in hospitals and nursing homes. Depression in later life has serious consequences, including patients' and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1167Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1173–1177By 2010 the number of cases of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias will have increased by at least 25 percent. Alzheimer's disease poses an enormous threat to health service and public health resources. Three areas that require targeted research are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1173Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1178–1183The number and proportion of older adults with schizophrenia will increase considerably in the coming decades. Although a vast literature on schizophrenia among younger adults exists, much less is known about late-life schizophrenia and its treatment. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1178Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1184–1188Little attention has been paid to substance use disorders in the elderly population. Currently available diagnostic criteria are likely to significantly underestimate the prevalence of substance abuse among elderly persons because they were developed and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1184Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1189–1197The authors describe current needs and trends in the mental health care, including long-term care, of older persons with severe and persistent mental illness. The literature suggests that emerging models of managed long-term care hold promise for ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1189Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1198–1204Geriatric psychiatric disorders usually occur in the context of medical illness, disability, and psychosocial impoverishment. Preliminary evidence suggests that psychotherapy can reduce not only psychopathology but also physical complaints, pain, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1198Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1205–1208This paper examines current numbers of U.S. mental health care professionals in psychiatry, psychology, social work, and nursing who are trained to treat late-life mental disorders and presents estimates of the increased numbers that will be needed by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1205Other Article
Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1209–1213OBJECTIVE: Although treatment for major depression has been shown to reduce the costs of lost earnings resulting from lost work days, research has not demonstrated whether the reduction fully offsets the costs of treatment for the disorder. METHODS: A ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1209Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1214–1219OBJECTIVE: The study examined the factors associated with the involvement of siblings in the life of a brother or sister who has mental illness or mental retardation. Involvement was defined as the current provision of instrumental and emotional support ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1214Brief Report
Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1220–1222On April 1, 1998, the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health established the forensic transition program for mentally ill offenders. The primary goal of the statewide program, which follows clients for three months after their release from correctional ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1220Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1222–1224Data on patterns of relationships and caregiving between older, institutionalized chronically mentally ill patients and their families were gathered in brief face-to-face interviews with 109 patients randomly selected from residents age 45 or older in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1222Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1225–1228Directors of 471 outpatient mental health settings in New York State (82.1 percent of 574 settings located in counties with intermediate to high AIDS case rates) completed a survey about HIV and AIDS services, training needs, and barriers to care. Most of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1225Publication date: 01 September 1999
Pages1229–1231Several major policy initiatives have been undertaken in Victoria, Australia's second-largest state, to address difficulties in providing accessible and culturally sensitive mental health services to ethnic minorities. These initiatives include the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.9.1229Letter
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