Psychiatric Services
- Volume 51
- Number 12
- December 2000
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Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1517–1521OBJECTIVE: The study investigated the perceptions of women with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder about their illness in the context of their life stages and corresponding health needs. This paper reports narratively and through direct quotations ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1517Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1522–1527OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed the literature related to telepsychiatry—applications of videoconferencing technology for mental health care—which offers hope for an affordable means of solving long-standing workforce problems, particularly in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1522Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1528–1535Novel or atypical antipsychotic medications appear to offer patients the benefits of conventional neuroleptics with lower risks of side effects, but the newer drugs cost much more than the older drugs. Many U.S. psychiatrists have concluded that the novel ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1528Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1536–1543OBJECTIVE: Service use among clients of a multiservice agency serving homeless persons with severe mental illness was examined to determine whether patterns of service use reflected two stages in an adaptation of the transtheoretical model of change. In ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1536Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1544–1548OBJECTIVE: The study explored the perceived advantages and disadvantages of tobacco smoking and quitting among clients in psychosocial rehabilitation programs. Deeper understanding of such perceptions may be useful in creating maximally effective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1544Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1549–1554OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between receiving disability payments and changes in health status, community adjustment, and subjective quality of life. METHODS: The study evaluated outcomes among homeless mentally ill veterans who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1549Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1555–1560OBJECTIVE: Characteristics of patients who committed suicide were examined to provide a picture of the treatment they received before death and to determine whether and how the suicides could have been prevented by the service system. METHODS: The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1555Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1561–1567The authors examine the less-studied components of patients' autonomous decision making, or decisional autonomy, in the light of current research in psychiatry and neuropsychology and developments in the construct of informed consent. The three components ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1561Brief Report
Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1568–1569Managed health care systems often use treatment readmission data as an indicator of psychiatric patient outcome and program performance. This study of 3,018 inpatients being treated for substance abuse in Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1568Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1570–1572The authors examined factors that influenced the employment rates of 529 veterans with severe alcohol and other substance use disorders who were being treated at an addictions partial hospitalization program. The employment rate was significantly higher ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1570Unusual Case Report
Publication date: 01 December 2000
Pages1572–1574This paper presents a case study from an emergency psychiatric outreach team that serves homeless and mentally ill persons in New York City. Mr. V was homeless and believed that he was possessed by evil spirits who were causing his physical and mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.12.1572Book Review: Empirical Studies of Psychoanalytic Theories
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