Psychiatric Services
- Volume 52
- Number 11
- November 2001
Taking Issue
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Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1439–1441Introduction by the column editors: As Roder and colleagues propose, we have seen three eras in the development and refinement of social skills training for individuals with schizophrenia. In the 1960s, skills training relied on the use of operant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1439Column
Evidence-Based Practices
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1453–1461OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to examine strategies for developing effective interventions for clients who have both serious mental illness and posttraumatic symptoms. METHODS: The authors conducted searches for articles published between 1970 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1453Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1462–1468Consumer advocacy has emerged as an important factor in mental health policy during the past few decades. Winning consumer support for evidence-based practices requires recognition that consumers' desires and needs for various types of treatments and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1462Other Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1469–1478Even though a variety of treatments are available for depression, many patients experience an incomplete response, resulting in chronic functional impairment. The authors present a therapeutic heuristic that derives, in part, from a body of research that ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1469Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1479–1484OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine the relationship between receipt of disability compensation and participants' success in a vocational rehabilitation program. METHODS: Administrative data for 22,515 individuals who participated in the Veterans ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1479Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1485–1488OBJECTIVE: This study explored the association between sexual abuse in childhood and the severity of psychosocial deficits in adults with schizophrenia. METHODS: The Quality of Life Scale, which assesses current interpersonal and work function, and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1485Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1489–1493In mental health practice, a commonly held view is that therapist self-disclosure should be discouraged and its dangers closely monitored. Changes in medicine, mental health care, and society demand reexamination of these beliefs. In some clinical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1489Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1494–1501OBJECTIVE: This study examined the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of acute-care psychiatric patients who visited the emergency department at a large public hospital in terms of the patients' enrollment status in the region's public managed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1494Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1502–1509OBJECTIVE: This study examined characteristics of contracts between managed care organizations (MCOs) and managed behavioral health organizations (MBHOs) in terms of delegation of functions, financial arrangements between the MCO and the MBHO, and the use ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1502Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1510–1514OBJECTIVE: This study compared the specific antiaggressive effects of clozapine with those of olanzapine, risperidone, and haloperidol. METHODS: A total of 157 inpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and a history of suboptimal treatment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1510Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1515–1520OBJECTIVE: As health care expenditures grow, it is important to understand whether mental health services are being used appropriately. This study examined participants' reasons for seeking the services of a psychiatrist or psychologist to determine the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1515Brief Report
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1521–1522This study examined the prevalence of self-reported mental illness and related impairment in social and occupational functioning among 209 female veterans enrolled in a primary care clinic. Ninety-four (45 percent) of the women screened positive for at ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1521Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1523–1525This study examined prescribing practices for antipsychotic medications at 13 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and whether patients' sociodemographic characteristics were associated with receiving novel agents. Automated pharmacy data were used to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1523Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1526–1527Treating psychiatrists may precipitously and unwittingly be thrust into the role of expert witness because of certain actions they may take on behalf of their patients and may suffer adverse consequences as a result of lack of training and experience. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1526Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1528–1530This study explored patients' relatives' beliefs about schizophrenia in Italy, a country with a long history of community-based psychiatry. The study was conducted among 709 key relatives of patients with schizophrenia who were recruited in 30 mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1528Unusual Case Report
Publication date: 01 November 2001
Pages1530–1532The recovery process of a 37-year-old woman with adult onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is presented. The patient had suffered childhood sexual abuse and had self-medicated for many years with drugs and alcohol to maintain the dissociation of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1530Letters
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