Psychiatric Services
- Volume 51
- Number 9
- September 2000
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Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1130–1134OBJECTIVE: This review examines herbs commonly used for psychiatric symptoms—St. John's wort, kava, ginkgo biloba, and valerian. METHODS: MEDLINE was searched for articles related to the use of herbs in psychiatry published after 1990. A secondary search ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1130Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1135–1141OBJECTIVE: The quality of life of homeless persons with mental illness was compared with that of homeless persons without mental illness. METHODS: Subjective and objective quality-of-life ratings were obtained in face-to-face interviews with 1,533 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1135Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1142–1147OBJECTIVE: The effect of the case management relationship on clinical outcomes was examined among homeless persons with serious mental illness. METHODS: The sample consisted of the first two cohorts that entered the Access to Community Care and Effective ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1142Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1148–1152OBJECTIVE: Clients' satisfaction with their involvement in treatment decisions has been largely overlooked in the formulation of satisfaction measures. The authors describe the development of a scale that assesses clients' satisfaction with services and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1148Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1153–1156OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness and efficiency of a mobile crisis program in handling 911 calls identified as psychiatric emergencies were evaluated, and the satisfaction of consumers and police officers with the program was rated. METHODS: The study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1153Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1157–1161OBJECTIVE: Variables associated with successful completion of residential substance abuse treatment were identified. METHODS: The records of 340 veterans admitted to a 120-day substance abuse treatment program were retrospectively analyzed. The likelihood ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1157Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1162–1166OBJECTIVE: This study examined permanency planning by older mothers for their adult offspring with long-term mental illness, including extent of residential and financial planning, desire for future family care, and perceived need for and use of services ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1162Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1167–1170OBJECTIVE: Although recent research has found similar rates of violence by female and male patients who have serious mental disorders, it is less clear whether violence by female patients is as likely to result in injury as violence by male patients. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1167Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1171–1176Cost-utility analysis, used increasingly over the past decade to analyze costs and effects in treating physical diseases, has received little attention in psychiatry. This article briefly introduces the concepts and methods of utility measurement and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1171Brief Report
Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1177–1179A Vet Center's group therapy treatment program for African-American veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has met regularly and expanded since it was established in 1984. Program attributes described by participants as particularly helpful ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1177Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1179–1181Using computerized pharmacy, laboratory, and hospitalization data from a large state psychiatric hospital system, this study examined physician responses to laboratory studies obtained in the course of therapeutic drug monitoring. Computerized monitoring ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1179Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1182–1183Thirty psychiatrists completed a mailed questionnaire about their attitudes toward obtaining informed consent and about the frequency with which they obtained it from patients taking neuroleptic medications who were at risk of tardive dyskinesia, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.51.9.1182Effects of Divalproex Versus Lithium on Length of Hospital Stay Among Patients With Bipolar Disorder
Publication date: 01 September 2000
Pages1184–1186The medical records of all inpatients with bipolar disorder at the Connecticut Mental Health Center in 1997 were examined to compare length of stay for patients who began monotherapy with divalproex (27 treatment starts) and lithium (20 treatment starts). ...
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