Psychiatric Services
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- Number 8
- August 2001
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Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1039–1045The authors discuss what can be learned from our experience with deinstitutionalization. The deinstitutionalization of mentally ill persons has three components: the release of these individuals from hospitals into the community, their diversion from ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1039Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1046–1050OBJECTIVE: The source and quality of information about depression available on the Internet were examined. METHODS: Online searches using the phrase "depression and treatment" were conducted on ten major Internet search engines. The first 20 sites ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1046Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1051–1056Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristics of long-stay patients in contemporary state psychiatric hospitals and to identify factors representing possible barriers to alternative placements for these patients. METHODS: All ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1051Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1057–1061OBJECTIVE: This study sought to assess the effectiveness of a firearms risk management program. METHODS: A firearms risk management program, which included multidisciplinary assessment, treatment, and discharge planning, was developed and implemented ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1057Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1062–1068OBJECTIVE: The delivery of appropriate treatment to persons who have mental and substance use disorders is of increasing concern to clinicians, administrators, and policy makers. This study sought to describe use of appropriate mental health and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1062Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1069–1074OBJECTIVE: This study examined the prevalence of significant loss through the death of another person as well as complicated grief among patients at two psychiatric outpatient clinics for one year. METHODS: A total of 729 patients were interviewed about ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1069Vocational Outcomes Among Formerly Homeless Persons With Severe Mental Illness in the ACCESS Program
Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1075–1080OBJECTIVE: This study examined the vocational outcomes of 4,778 formerly homeless individuals with severe mental illness who were enrolled in the Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Support (ACCESS) program, a multisite demonstration ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1075Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1081–1087OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine sociodemographic characteristics of treatment of children and adolescents for whom psychotropic medications are prescribed and to describe the clinical management approaches associated with the prescription of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1081Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1088–1094OBJECTIVE: This study examined the test-retest reliability of a new instrument, the Services Assessment for Children and Adolescents (SACA), for children's use of mental health services. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was undertaken at two sites. The ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1088Brief Report
Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1095–1097Since 1993, Texas law has required that all deaths that occur within 14 days of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) be reported to the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation. This study attempted to differentiate deaths that may have been ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1095Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1097–1099This report describes the psychometric properties of the six-item Brief Instrumental Functioning Scale (BIFS), a self-report questionnaire for measuring instrumental functioning in community populations, and the results of a study to validate the scale ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1097Publication date: 01 August 2001
Pages1100–1102This study examined patient-related factors that were associated with readmission to a tertiary care psychiatric hospital in Canada. The charts of a random sample of 200 patients were reviewed from an index discharge date in 1991 through subsequent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.8.1100Letters
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