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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 51
  • Number 5
  • May 2000

Historical Article

Department

Column

Department

Column

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages607–609

Introduction by the column editors: Aggressive behavior is a major problem among mentally ill people—in the community as well as in institutions. Epidemiologic data indicate that aggressive behavior occurs more often among individuals with psychotic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.607

Historical Article

Other Article

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages621–626

OBJECTIVE: The utilization management process of a managed behavioral health organization was examined to determine the frequency and types of reviews and the extent to which rationing of service was achieved through the denial of services. METHODS: A ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.621

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages627–633

OBJECTIVE: The review examined the historical progression and current status of pharmacotherapy of child and adolescent major affective disorder. METHODS: A MEDLINE search was used to identify double-blind, placebo-controlled studies of child and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.627

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages634–638

OBJECTIVE: The study describes changes over time in the adjunctive use of valproate and other mood stabilizers—lithium, carbamazepine, and gabapentin—among hospitalized psychiatric patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. METHODS: For each calendar ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.634

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages639–644

OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of a community-based intensive clinical case management program was compared with that of a hospital-based expanded brokerage case management program for seriously mentally ill adults with and without substance dependence. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.639

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages645–649

OBJECTIVE: The study compared three models of police responses to incidents involving people thought to have mental illnesses to determine how often specialized professionals responded and how often they were able to resolve cases without arrest. METHODS: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.645

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages650–655

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the methodological difficulties of comparing quality of care in large health care systems. It demonstrated methods for measuring quality of mental health care and, using these measures, compared patients from Department of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.650

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages656–658

OBJECTIVE: The activities of mental health practitioners are poorly understood and described because of a lack of generally accepted and understandable categories. Greater precision is needed for accountability, planning, and evaluation. The objective of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.656

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages659–663

OBJECTIVE: The study assessed the efficacy of treating acute psychotic illness in open medical wards of general hospitals. METHODS: The sample consisted of 120 patients with schizophrenia whose first contact with a psychiatric service in Jamaica was in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.659

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages664–666

Managed care has controlled the cost of specialty mental health services, but its impact on access to care is not well described. In a retrospective design, the study used empirical data to demonstrate a direct relationship between managed care plans' ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.664

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages666–668

A 37-item survey covering a variety of somatopsychic domains was constructed to explore patients' subjective response to treatment with clozapine. The survey was administered to 130 patients with diagnoses of chronic schizophrenic or schizoaffective ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.666

Correction

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages669–671

Clozapine therapy for 2,996 patients with treatment-refractory schizophrenia was examined over a five-year period in the Veterans Affairs health care system. Patients were assessed with the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Abnormal ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.669

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages672–674

Sixty-seven residents of a rural Midwestern state were surveyed by telephone to determine which factors influence their willingness to receive mental health services through live, two-way audio and video transmission. Two-thirds of the survey respondents ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.672

Publication date: 01 May 2000

Pages674–675

Sildenafil (Viagra), by virtue of its conflict-laden symbolic meanings, may be particularly likely to have psychosocial consequences, either therapeutic or disruptive. The author presents two cases of men in their mid-seventies who took sildenafil and who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.5.674

Letter

Book Review

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