Psychiatric Services
- Volume 51
- Number 2
- February 2000
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Historical Article
Publication date: 01 February 2000
Page189Editor's Note: The article below on revisions in the Draft Act Governing Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill is reprinted from the February 1953 issue of Mental Hospitals. Formulation of the act was one of the major developments reported in the journal in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.189Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages190–194Editor's Note: As a follow-up to the preceding article first published in the February 1953 issue, Paul Appelbaum, M.D., offers a commentary and analysis on the revised Draft Act Governing Hospitalization of the Mentally Ill. He includes its psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.190Other Article
Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages195–198OBJECTIVE: The study examined the rate and duration of outpatient substance abuse treatment following inpatient detoxification under managed care. METHODS: Seven years of claims data from a large behavioral health care carve-out plan were used to identify ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.195Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages199–202OBJECTIVE: The study explored knowledge of mental health benefits and preferences for providers among the general public. METHODS: Analysis was based on a telephone survey of 1,358 adults randomly sampled throughout Michigan in 1997–1998. RESULTS: A large ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.199Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages203–209OBJECTIVE: The terms used to refer to recipients of psychiatric services continue to be controversial. Terms in current use include "patient," "client," "consumer," and "survivor." In this study mental health service recipients and providers were surveyed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.203Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages210–215OBJECTIVE: Length of stay and treatment response of inpatients with acute schizophrenia were examined to determine whether differences existed between those with and without comorbid substance-related problems. METHODS: The sample comprised 608 patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.210Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages216–222OBJECTIVE: The study sought to identify predictors of noncompliance with medication in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia after discharge from acute hospitalization. METHODS: Adult psychiatric inpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.216Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages223–228OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the level of reintegration into the community of patients with schizophrenia in Oslo, Norway, a country with a well-developed social welfare system and low unemployment rates. METHODS: Eighty-one patients with a DSM-III-R ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.223Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages229–233OBJECTIVE: Self-esteem is widely used as an outcome variable in studies of psychiatric rehabilitation, based on the assumption that improved functional status leads to higher self-esteem. Little is known, however, about the determinants of self-esteem ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.229Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages234–238OBJECTIVE: Risk behaviors for sexually transmitted infections among men with mental disorders who were using outpatient psychiatric services and among men who had never been treated for a mental disorder were compared. METHODS: Ninety-two men with major ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.234Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages239–242OBJECTIVE: A community mental health center sought a system for qualitative review of patients' records to improve the quality of documentation through the engagement of clinical staff in the review process. METHODS: The center developed a quality ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.239Brief Report
Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages243–245Eighty-one state psychiatric hospitals in 16 states were surveyed about whether they had policies on sex between inpatients. Thirty-one hospitals responded by sending a copy of their policies, which were analyzed for explicit definitions and distinctions ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.243Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages245–247Two cohorts of male veteran patients with schizophrenia were compared on several clinical and demographic measures. The first cohort, hospitalized in one of two Veterans Affairs hospitals between 1965 and 1975, consisted largely of Korean-era veterans. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.245Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages248–250Relationships between service satisfaction, life satisfaction, and self-reported mental health status were examined for Iowa Medicaid mental health service recipients. Of the 16,579 persons who received services in 1993, a mail-out survey was sent to 2,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.248Publication date: 01 February 2000
Pages250–252Prescribing patterns for a group of outpatients with schizophrenia were surveyed for changes after the initiation of clozapine. Data were drawn from computerized pharmacy records, direct case record reviews, and interviews with the attending ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.2.250