Psychiatric Services
- Volume 53
- Number 8
- August 2002
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Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages945–948The authors provide an overview of the ACCESS program (Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports), which evaluated the integration of service systems and its impact on outcomes for homeless persons with severe mental illness. The ACCESS ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.945Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages949–957OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the first of the two core questions around which the ACCESS (Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports) evaluation was designed: Does implementation of system-change strategies lead to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.949Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages958–966OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the second of the two core questions around which the ACCESS (Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports) evaluation was designed: Does better integration of service systems improve the treatment outcomes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.958Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages967–969The authors summarize the main findings of the ACCESS (Access to Community Care and Effective Services) program and offer lessons for policy makers. Data from studies at the site level and the client level, which were presented in the two previous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.967Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Cuban Children and Adolescents After Release From a Refugee Camp
Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages970–976OBJECTIVE: The authors compared self-reported symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a cohort of Cuban children and adolescents with assessments of internalizing and externalizing behaviors by the children's teachers. METHODS: Eighty-seven ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.970Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages977–983OBJECTIVE: The authors compared data from psychiatrists and psychologists in California to determine whether long-standing differences in clinical practice remain after the introduction of managed care and other changes in mental service delivery. METHODS:...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.977Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages984–987Integrating science-based practices into clinical care has become an increasingly important theme in the substance abuse field. The authors describe various factors that have traditionally kept researchers and practitioners from collaborating with one ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.984Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages988–994OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine whether persons with psychiatric disabilities who filed employment discrimination complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) were referred to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.988Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages995–1000OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the possible need for a payee among Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) inpatients with substance use disorders who receive public support payments. METHODS: A total of 290 veterans hospitalized in VA psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.995Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages1001–1009OBJECTIVE: The study examined how growing up with alcoholic parents and having adverse childhood experiences are related to the risk of alcoholism and depression in adulthood. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, 9,346 adults who visited a primary ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.1001Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages1010–1017OBJECTIVE: The authors studied the psychometric properties and utility of the Problem Severity Summary (PSS), a 13-item instrument that assesses symptom severity and functioning among adults with severe and persistent mental illness. METHODS: Case ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.1010Open Forum
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Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages1023–1024In response to rising pharmacy costs in the Iowa Department of Corrections prison system, a retrospective analysis of psychiatric drug use and expenditures was performed for fiscal years 1990 through 2000. Population-adjusted changes in use and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.1023Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages1025–1027The authors compared statewide mortality rates for people with severe mental illness who were served in public mental health systems of care in Vermont and Oklahoma. In both states, mortality rates for younger service recipients, but not for older ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.8.1025Publication date: 01 August 2002
Pages1028–1030A total of 267 patients who were receiving care for psychiatric and substance use disorders at a university medical center completed a self-report instrument assessing their previous receipt of clinical preventive services. High rates of mammography and ...
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