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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 53
  • Number 7
  • July 2002

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Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages799–801

Introduction by the column editors: Social impairments have long been recognized as a core feature of schizophrenia. Poor social, self-care, and vocational functioning are criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia in most diagnostic systems. Consequently, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.799

Other Articles

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages815–822

OBJECTIVE: After the September 11 terrorist attacks, many adults and children received counseling. The authors assessed the prevalence and correlates of counseling for experiences related to the disaster received by children aged four to 18 years living ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.815

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages823–829

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined whether assigning patients from three ethnic groups—blacks, Latinos, and Asians—to three psychiatric inpatient units that provided culturally appropriate treatment to those groups would affect rates of diagnosis of various ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.53.7.823

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages830–835

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined whether assigning patients from three ethnic groups—blacks, Latinos, and Asians—to three ethnically focused psychiatric inpatient units would affect treatment outcome. METHODS: Retrospective administrative data for 5,983 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.53.7.830

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages836–841

OBJECTIVE: The authors studied long-term patterns and predictors of use of mental health services by older surviving patients with substance use disorders in the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system. METHODS: In this prospective longitudinal study, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.836

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages842–847

OBJECTIVE: The authors discuss changes in body weight associated with various psychopharmaceuticals. METHODS: A large number of articles and books about drug-induced changes in body weight, selected on the basis of various literature searches and the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.842

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages848–854

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and self-reported nonpsychiatric medical conditions in a sample of 502 primary care patients with one or more anxiety disorders. METHODS: Primary care ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.848

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages855–860

OBJECTIVE: The authors compared the changes in health care utilization and costs between a group of patients with schizophrenia who started treatment with risperidone and a group that started treatment with olanzapine. METHODS: A retrospective analysis ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.855

Medical Illness and Severe Mental Illness: Articles and Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages861–867

OBJECTIVE: Previous research on the prevalence of medical disorders among adults with mental illness has been inconclusive. In general, studies have found higher rates among persons with mental illness, but these studies did not account for comorbid ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.861

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages868–873

OBJECTIVE: The authors estimated the treated period prevalence of HIV infection in the Medicaid population and the rate of HIV infection among persons with serious mental illness in that population. METHODS: This cross-sectional study used Medicaid claims ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.868

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages874–878

OBJECTIVE: Patients with psychiatric disorders, particularly those with severe mental illnesses, have high rates of undetected and untreated medical problems and substantially elevated mortality rates due to medical illness. The authors sought to develop ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.874

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages879–881

The purpose of this study was to determine whether individuals with serious mental illness could consistently report their use of medical services. Twenty-nine individuals with schizophrenia completed a test-retest protocol using a modified version of the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.879

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages882–884

The authors interviewed 43 women with schizophrenia who were 40 to 70 years of age about their health status, preventive health care, addictive behaviors, and comorbid medical conditions. Data were compared with those for age-matched samples from the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.882

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages884–887

The authors used data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 1992 to 1999 on 3,198 office visits to explore the extent to which psychiatrists provide clinical preventive medical services to patients with severe mental illness. Preventive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.884

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages888–890

Although the clinical and administrative rationales for the use of guidelines in the treatment of schizophrenia are convincing, meaningful implementation has been slow. Guideline characteristics themselves influence whether implementation occurs. The ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.888

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages891–893

This study examined one-year rehospitalization rates for patients who were discharged from Austin State Hospital between August 1, 1997, and July 31, 1998, while taking olanzapine, risperidone, or a conventional antipsychotic. Time to readmission was ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.891

Publication date: 01 July 2002

Pages894–896

Although many people with substance use problems are referred to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA), few studies have examined characteristics of persons who comply with such referrals. In particular, little is known about self-help ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.7.894

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