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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 53
  • Number 5
  • May 2002

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Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages545–547

Introduction by the column editors: Despite the worldwide shift from inpatient to community-based treatment for individuals with severe mental illness, Japanese psychiatric services remain hospital based. In 1998, Japan had 29 psychiatric beds per 10,000 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.545

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages555–557

Introduction by the column editor: This column describes a creative effort on the part of a national behavioral managed care plan to identify cases of domestic violence in its covered population. Although the screening efforts by intake counselors and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.555

Other Articles

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages565–573

Research on mental illness in relation to social problems such as crime, unemployment, and homelessness often ignores the broader social context in which mental illness is embedded. Policy, research, and practice will be improved if greater attention is ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.565

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages574–579

OBJECTIVE: The King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention in Washington State, like many jail systems across the nation, implemented a suicide prevention program in response to high suicide rates. A review committee was formed to prospectively ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.574

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages580–584

For decades, clinicians and researchers did not distinguish between bipolar and unipolar depression. The safety and efficacy of antidepressants for the treatment of unipolar depression were studied, and the data were applied to the treatment of bipolar ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.580

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages585–590

OBJECTIVE: The authors compared a combination of clomipramine and psychodynamic psychotherapy with clomipramine alone in a randomized controlled trial among patients with major depression. METHODS: Seventy-four patients between the ages of 20 and 65 years ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.585

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages591–594

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify benefit limits, diagnostic exclusions, and service exclusions of private behavioral health care plans that can influence the delivery of care to children. METHODS: A total of 128 commercial, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.591

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages595–601

OBJECTIVES: The authors examined whether continuing outpatient mental health care, the orientation of the treatment program (12-step, cognitive-behavioral, or eclectic), and involvement in self-help groups were linked to substance abuse patients' ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.595

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages602–608

OBJECTIVE: This stage I therapy development study evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a brief motivational intervention for outpatients with severe and persistent mental illness and drug use problems and examined preliminary indicators of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.602

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages609–613

OBJECTIVES: The goals of this study were to establish the frequency of palliative and aggressive treatment measures among patients with and without dementia during the last six months of life, to identify relationships between the severity of dementia and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.609

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages614–619

OBJECTIVE: The authors studied enrollees in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) (Title XXI) to characterize risk factors for psychosocial dysfunction among children of the working poor. METHODS: Medical and psychosocial variables were ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.614

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages620–621

The authors sought to establish the financial cost of involuntary court-ordered evaluations and potential strategies for reducing these costs. Medical charges from the time of admission to the time of the court hearing were calculated for 998 patients who ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.620

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages622–624

Studies have shown that it is difficult for psychiatrists to accurately predict which patients will be violent while hospitalized. The authors compared the predictions of 14 psychiatrists and nine psychiatric nurses who independently evaluated 308 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.622

Publication date: 01 May 2002

Pages624–626

Most people who receive mental health assessments do not follow up on needed treatment. The authors examined factors that predicted return for at least one treatment visit among 113 children who presented for treatment at a rural community mental health ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.624

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