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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 52
  • Number 11
  • November 2001

Taking Issue

Departments

Columns

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1439–1441

Introduction 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.52.11.1439

Column

Evidence-Based Practices

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1453–1461

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1453

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1462–1468

Consumer 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.52.11.1462

Other Articles

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1469–1478

Even 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.52.11.1469

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1479–1484

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1479

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1485–1488

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1485

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1489–1493

In 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.52.11.1489

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1494–1501

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1494

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1502–1509

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1502

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1510–1514

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1510

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1515–1520

OBJECTIVE: 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.52.11.1515

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1521–1522

This 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.52.11.1521

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1523–1525

This 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.52.11.1523

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1526–1527

Treating 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.52.11.1526

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1528–1530

This 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.52.11.1528

Unusual Case Report

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1530–1532

The 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.52.11.1530

Letters

Book Reviews

Book Reviews: A Sampling of First-Person Accounts

News & Notes

Publication date: 01 November 2001

Pages1545–1546https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.11.1545

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