Psychiatric Services
- Volume 53
- Number 5
- May 2002
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Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages545–547Introduction 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.53.5.545Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages555–557Introduction 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.53.5.555Other Articles
Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages565–573Research 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.53.5.565Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages574–579OBJECTIVE: 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.53.5.574Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages580–584For 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.53.5.580Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages585–590OBJECTIVE: 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.53.5.585Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages591–594OBJECTIVE: 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.53.5.591Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages595–601OBJECTIVES: 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.53.5.595Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages602–608OBJECTIVE: 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.53.5.602Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages609–613OBJECTIVES: 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.53.5.609Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages614–619OBJECTIVE: 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.53.5.614Brief Report
Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages620–621The 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.53.5.620Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages622–624Studies 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.53.5.622Publication date: 01 May 2002
Pages624–626Most 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 ...
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