Psychiatric Services
- Volume 51
- Number 4
- April 2000
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Historical Article
Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages465–468Editor's Note: As a follow-up to the precedinarticle first published in the October 1965 issue (see page 461), Richard G. Frank, Ph.D., offers an analysis of the evolving Medicare and Medicaid programs and their impact on public mental health care. He ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.465Other Article
Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages469–473OBJECTIVE: A common complaint about managed care is that treatment decisions of patients and providers are frequently altered by concurrent review of ongoing outpatient treatment. The objective of this study was to examine this perception from the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.469Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages474–478OBJECTIVE: The study determined whether dispositions from an urban psychiatric emergency service would differ between patients who received a mandatory urine drug test and those who may or may not have had a test based on the attending psychiatrist's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.474Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages479–486OBJECTIVE: The study examined the long-term effectiveness of approaches to housing homeless persons with serious mental illness. METHODS: A total of 2,937 persons placed in high-, moderate, -and low-intensity housing were followed for up to five years. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.479Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages487–493OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effectiveness of the Pathways to Housing supported housing program over a five-year period. Unlike most housing programs that offer services in a linear, step-by-step continuum, the Pathways program in New York City ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.487Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages494–498OBJECTIVE: This study examined the extent to which community residential facilities that contract with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat substance abuse patients are providing more services and structure to meet the needs of a client ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.494Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages499–505OBJECTIVE: The study examined the use of therapeutic limit-setting activities by members of assertive community treatment teams with clients who had serious mental illness. METHODS: Case managers from 40 Veterans Affairs intensive psychiatric community ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.499Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages506–512OBJECTIVE: The study sought to determine the degree to which use of community services is related to predisposing, enabling, and need factors among older patients with psychotic disorders who live in the community and to assess whether high use of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.506Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages513–519OBJECTIVE: Outcomes for negative symptoms over a one-year period were examined in two groups of patients, one receiving psychoeducational multiple-family group treatment and one receiving standard care. METHODS: A total of 63 outpatients, ages 18 to 45 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.513Brief Report
Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages520–521The prevalence of cognitive impairment was assessed among a cohort of homeless men and women selected randomly from the dining rooms of the seven largest hostels offering emergency shelter in inner Sydney. They were interviewed using sections of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.520Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages522–524Variables associated with successful completion of guardianship applications for elderly patients were identified. Thirteen patients for whom applications were approved were compared with 26 whose applications did not reach the court. Patients for whom ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.522Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages525–527This study investigated the relationships between antipsychotic drug use patterns and direct costs for 3,321 Medi-Cal patients with schizophrenia. Ordinary least-squares regression models were used to estimate the impact on costs of receiving ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.525Publication date: 01 April 2000
Pages527–529Many of the newer psychotropic medications have a pricing structure in which there are only small cost differences between pills of different strengths, affording an opportunity for cost saving by splitting pills. Twelve newer psychotropic medications ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.527Innovations
Publication date: 01 April 2000
Page530This month the journal begins the Innovations column, featuring short descriptions of novel approaches to mental health problems or creative applications of established concepts in different settings. Material submitted should be 350 to 750 words long, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.4.530Letter
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