Psychiatric Services
- Volume 52
- Number 9
- September 2001
Taking Issue
Departments
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Evidence-Based Practices
Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1179–1189The 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.52.9.1179Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1190–1197The 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.52.9.1190Other Articles
Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1198–1205Outpatient 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.52.9.1198Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1206–1209OBJECTIVE: 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.52.9.1206Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1210–1215OBJECTIVE: 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.52.9.1210Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1216–1222OBJECTIVE: 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.52.9.1216Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1223–1229OBJECTIVE: 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.52.9.1223Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1230–1236OBJECTIVE: 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.52.9.1230Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1237–1241OBJECTIVE: 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.52.9.1237Brief Report
Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1242–1244By 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.52.9.1242Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1245–1247Although 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.52.9.1245Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1248–1250This 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.52.9.1248Publication date: 01 September 2001
Pages1251–1253This 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