Psychiatric Services
- Volume 52
- Number 12
- December 2001
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Evidence-Based Practices
Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1591–1597The authors describe the policy and administrative-practice implications of implementing evidence-based services, particularly in public-sector settings. They review the observations of the contributors to the evidence-based practices series published ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1591Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1607–1612Organizational process is an underexamined barrier and a potential bridge for the introduction of innovative treatment models into mental health practice. The author describes key operational characteristics of large, complex organizations and strategies ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1607Special Section
Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1615–1620OBJECTIVE: Major depression is undertreated despite the availability of effective treatments. Psychological barriers to treatment, such as perceived stigma and minimization of the need for care, may be important obstacles to adherence to the pharmacologic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1615Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1621–1626OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether stigma affects the self-esteem of persons who have serious mental illnesses or whether stigma has few, if any, effects on self-esteem. METHODS: Self-esteem and two aspects of stigma, namely, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1621Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1627–1632OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of concerns about stigma on social adaptation among persons with a diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder. METHODS: The sample comprised 264 persons who were consecutively admitted to a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1627Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1633–1638OBJECTIVE: The extent to which 461 caregivers of persons with serious mental disorders believed that most people devalue consumers and their families was assessed, and the magnitude of the relationships between these beliefs and the diagnostic status of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1633Other Articles
Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1639–1643Surveys estimate that 1.8 to 3.6 percent of workers in the U.S. labor force suffer from major depression. Depression has a significant impact on vocational functioning. Seventeen to 21 percent of the workforce experiences short-term disability during any ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1639Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1644–1650OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to describe the characteristics of nonelderly Medicare beneficiaries who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia and to assess the impact of Medicare financing on service quality by comparing service use among individuals who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1644Brief Report
Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1651–1653The Psychiatry Primary Medical Care program of the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center teaches psychiatric residents to provide integrated psychiatric and medical care in a primary care setting. During the program's first year of operation, 34 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1651Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1654–1655The changing economics of medical practice have had a profound effect on the educational, research, and service missions of academic departments of psychiatry across the country. The authors describe the development of a managed behavioral health care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1654Open Forum
Publication date: 01 December 2001
Pages1656–1657The authors discuss a performance improvement project designed to encourage staff psychiatrists at a large state hospital to more assertively pursue the option of court-ordered treatment for severely mentally ill inpatients who refuse medication for more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.12.1656