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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 52
  • Number 9
  • September 2001

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Evidence-Based Practices

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1179–1189

The authors review the status, strength, and quality of evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health services. The definitional criteria that have been applied to the evidence base differ considerably across treatments, and these ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1179

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1190–1197

The authors identify and define key aspects of the progression from research on the efficacy of a new intervention to its dissemination. They highlight the role of transportability questions that arise in that progression and illustrate key conceptual and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1190

Other Articles

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1198–1205

Outpatient commitment, although often viewed as merely an extension of inpatient commitment, is only one of a growing array of legal tools used to mandate treatment adherence. The authors describe various forms of mandated community treatment. People with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1198

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1206–1209

OBJECTIVE: In response to provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 that sought to reduce the number of mentally ill persons in nursing homes, the Illinois Department of Human Services in 1989 developed small-scale residential treatment ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1206

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1210–1215

OBJECTIVE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for a substance abuse disability were terminated by federal legislation as of January 1, 1997. This study examined the changes in mental health and in the use of mental health services two years after ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1210

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1216–1222

OBJECTIVE: The study compared self-reported comorbid affective and anxiety disorder diagnoses and treatments of African-American and Caucasian subjects in a large sample of patients who had a diagnosis of schizophrenia. METHODS: A total of 685 patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1216

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1223–1229

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between counseling rapport and drug abuse treatment outcomes. METHODS: Two cohorts of outpatients who were being treated with methadone in four cities were studied. Cohort 1 comprised 354 patients in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1223

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1230–1236

OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal study examined the relationships among patient satisfaction with substance abuse services, service use, and clinical and employment outcomes. METHODS: Interviews were conducted with 502 adults who were beginning outpatient or ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1230

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1237–1241

OBJECTIVE: This national cross-sectional survey investigated the communication and information needs of mental health counselors in the United Kingdom as well as the difficulty these professionals experienced in obtaining help from other mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1237

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1242–1244

By the 1980s, strong research evidence had emerged supporting the use of moderate doses of conventional antipsychotics—between 300 and 1,000 mg of chlorpromazine equivalent daily. We conducted a cross-sectional study of dosages of antipsychotics ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1242

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1245–1247

Although prescription drug prices are lower in Canada than in the United States, trends indicate that there has nevertheless been a steep increase in expenditures on psychotropic drugs. Between 1992 and 1998, such expenditures increased by 216 percent; 61 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1245

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1248–1250

This study examined whether patients who received prescriptions for conventional and atypical antipsychotics in routine outpatient care continued medication therapy. Prescription refill records of more than 25,000 patients from a national retail pharmacy ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1248

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1251–1253

This study determined the frequency of problematic substance use and of counseling about drug and alcohol use among 867 women and 320 men who reported symptoms of depression in managed primary care clinics. Seventy-two (8.3 percent) of the women and 61 (...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1251

Letters

Book Reviews

News & Notes

Publication date: 01 September 2001

Pages1267–1268https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.52.9.1267

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