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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 53
  • Number 4
  • April 2002

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Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages419–424

OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to determine the number of articles on special populations published in this journal between 1950 and 1999 and the specific populations addressed. METHODS: The authors reviewed original articles, review articles, brief ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.419

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages425–430

OBJECTIVE:This study examined trends in the prescription of antipsychotic drugs in a nationally representative sample of physicians in nonfederal office-based clinical practice during the 1990s. METHODS: The authors analyzed physician-reported data from ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.425

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages431–436

In response to the effects of the managed care environment on patient flow and care, the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine developed and has been managing a capitated behavioral health care program. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.431

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages437–446

OBJECTIVE: This study compared baseline characteristics and clinical improvement after 12 months among homeless persons with a diagnosis of serious mental illness with and without a comorbid substance use disorder. METHODS: The study subjects were 5,432 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.437

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages447–451

OBJECTIVES: One of the goals of managed mental health care has been to lower the use of inpatient psychiatric treatment. In the past, interventions that have limited hospitalization for persons with severe mental illness have led to greater involvement of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.447

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages452–457

OBJECTIVE: The authors describe work conducted to identify, describe, and validate subgroups, or clusters, of adults with severe mental illness. METHODS: Clusters were first identified by using functional assessment ratings and statistical clustering ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.452

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages464–470

OBJECTIVE: Only 60 percent of persons who experience panic attacks seek treatment for them, many at the emergency department. The author documented care-seeking behaviors among persons living in the community who had experienced panic attacks and studied ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.464

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages471–473

The study examined whether some patients with schizophrenia benefit from intensive inpatient psychodynamic psychotherapy while others are harmed by it. Multiple regression analyses were conducted with combined data from a follow-up study of 25 inpatients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.471

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages473–476

A retrospective review of medical records of 158 patients who were discharged from a university-affiliated psychiatric hospital in the Midwest found that 29 patients (18 percent) did not attend their scheduled follow-up appointment. Multivariate logistic ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.473

Publication date: 01 April 2002

Pages476–478

The authors describe a computerized patient information system at a psychiatric hospital in Israel. The system is a fully implemented work instrument that promotes clinical safety and cost containment. It allows interactive online consultations, clinical ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.4.476

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