Psychiatric Services
- Volume 52
- Number 2
- February 2001
Taking Issue
Departments
Columns
Evidence-Based Practices
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages179–182The authors describe the rationale for implementing evidence-based practices in routine mental health service settings. Evidence-based practices are interventions for which there is scientific evidence consistently showing that they improve client ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.179Other Articles
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages183–188OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated changes in treatment patterns and costs of care for children after the implementation of the Massachusetts Medicaid carve-out managed care plan. METHODS: The authors hypothesized that after the introduction of managed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.183Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages189–195OBJECTIVE: This study examined patterns of mental health service use among depressed children and adolescents and factors associated with help seeking and treatment modalities. METHODS: The sample consisted of 206 children and adolescents aged 9 to 17 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.189Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages196–201OBJECTIVE: The study examined the relative change in functioning of children with serious emotional disturbances served in a system of care who were referred from a variety of sources and who had different intake profiles, including diagnoses, demographic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.196Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages202–206OBJECTIVE: This study examined satisfaction with services among patients in a child psychiatric hospital and their parents, and assessed the relationship between consumer satisfaction and the perception of improvement in the problem that led to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.202Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages207–213OBJECTIVE: The study evaluated whether the average performance of clubhouses certified by the International Center for Clubhouse Development (ICCD) should be considered valid benchmarks for clubhouse programs. METHODS: A representative sample of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.207Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages214–218OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to identify important clinical variables that influence admission and release decisions in psychiatric emergency services. METHODS: Physicians at four urban psychiatric emergency services rated 465 patients on ten ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.214Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages219–222Transporting an individual in psychiatric crisis to an emergency department is often frustrating for both law enforcement and mental health professionals. To facilitate collaboration between police and mental heath professionals in crisis cases, some ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.219Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages223–228OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the impact of a community-based mobile crisis intervention program on the rate and timing of hospitalization. It also explored major consumer characteristics related to the likelihood of hospitalization. METHODS: A quasi-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.223Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages229–231OBJECTIVE: Although psychiatrists in the United States have used lithium for nearly 30 years, toxicity still occurs frequently. The authors report an attempt to reduce the incidence of lithium toxicity in hospitalized psychiatric patients and to identify ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.229Brief Report
Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages232–234Using the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health job stress questionnaire, the authors examined psychiatric nurses' intention to leave their job in relation to their perceived risk of assault, their job satisfaction, and their supervisory ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.232Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages234–236Data from 169 mentally ill prison inmates who completed a three-month program to help them reenter the community were analyzed to compare the demographic and clinical characteristics of white, black, and Hispanic participants. A total of 107 were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.234Publication date: 01 February 2001
Pages237–239This study examined the patient and hospital characteristics associated with whether patients with psychiatric disorders were treated on the psychiatric unit or on medical wards after admission to general hospitals with psychiatric units. Medicare data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.2.237