Psychiatric Services
- Volume 52
- Number 4
- April 2001
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Evidence-Based Practices
Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages469–476After 20 years of development and research, dual diagnosis services for clients with severe mental illness are emerging as an evidence-based practice. Effective dual diagnosis programs combine mental health and substance abuse interventions that are ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.469Other Article
Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages477–481Mental health courts are emerging in communities across the country to address the growing number of individuals with serious mental illness in jails and the complex issues they present to the courts. Based on concepts of therapeutic jurisprudence and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.477Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages482–485This paper describes a conceptual model of recovery from mental illness developed to aid the state of Wisconsin in moving toward its goal of developing a "recovery-oriented" mental health system. In the model, recovery refers to both internal conditions ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.482Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages488–492Objectives: This study examined the relationship between insight into mental illness and current child maltreatment risk among mothers who had a major psychiatric disorder and who had lost custody of a child because of abuse, neglect, or having placed the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.488Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages493–500OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between participation in consumer-run services and recovery of social functioning among persons diagnosed as having serious mental illness. It also assessed the role of psychological factors in mediating ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.493Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages501–507OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the outcomes of patients in a community mental health center who switched from treatment with another antipsychotic to olanzapine treatment. It also sought to determine whether simultaneous access to case management and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.501Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages508–513OBJECTIVE: This study assessed HIV risk behaviors and their association with psychiatric disorders among women prisoners. METHODS: HIV risk behaviors practiced in the five years before incarceration were ascertained with the Risk Behavior Assessment ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.508Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages514–520OBJECTIVE: The authors examined whether factors other than civil commitment criteria influence the involuntary retention of patients who are evaluated for civil commitment in psychiatric emergency services in California general hospitals. METHODS: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.514Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages521–525OBJECTIVE: Violence in psychiatric wards is common, and it is on the rise. This study examined the relationship between ward occupancy level and staff-to-patient ratio and incidents of aggressive behavior, both physical and verbal, on an acute inpatient ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.521Brief Report
Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages526–528The authors compared measures of process and six-month outcomes for 45 individuals who were treated in a long-term residential treatment program for patients with dual diagnoses with measures for 39 individuals who were treated in a short-term program. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.526Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages529–531Fish contains high concentrations of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Several studies have reported depletions of omega-3 fats among depressed patients, and a cross-national comparison has revealed a significant inverse correlation between annual ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.529Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages532–533Intensive outpatient programs are designed to promote patients' functioning in the community by offering a more intensive level of structure and support than was previously available for outpatients. This paper describes the intensive outpatient program ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.4.532Publication date: 01 April 2001
Pages534–535Lehman's Quality of Life Interview was administered to 22 patients with schizophrenia and their proxies and to 15 patients with cancer and their proxies. The results indicated that there was a discrepancy between responses on global objective and ...
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