Psychiatric Services
- Volume 53
- Number 9
- September 2002
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Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1067–1069Introduction by the column editor: The period around the onset of the first psychotic episode and the first years after the start of treatment provide pivotal opportunities to affect the course of schizophrenia. Early intervention in schizophrenia is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1067Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1083–1085Introduction by the column editor: In this issue Psychiatric Services introduces a new quarterly column that will highlight and explore the role of multimedia in the development and application of psychiatric services to a spectrum of populations in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1083Other Articles
Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1089–1095OBJECTIVE: Thirty-four states have enacte mental health parity laws that require a health plan, insurer, or employer to provide coverage for mental illness equal to that for physical illness. This study analyzed definitions of mental illness used in state ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1089Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1096–1102OBJECTIVE: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood psychiatric condition for which evidence-based treatments have been established. This study describes use of complementary and alternative medicine among children with ADHD ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1096Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1103–1111OBJECTIVE: Conventional wisdom among pediatricians has been that children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who receive their diagnosis and are managed in the primary care setting have fewer comorbid psychiatric disorders and milder ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1103Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1112–1117OBJECTIVES: Epidemiological research suggests that homelessness is a risk factor for elevated levels of psychiatric comorbidity and other health risks. This study examined the prevalence of disordered gambling and its association with treatment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1112Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1118–1124OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine differences in the cost-effectiveness of two vocational programs: individual placement and support (IPS), in which employment specialists within a mental health center help patients obtain competitive jobs and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1118Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1125–1131OBJECTIVE: Korean Americans' access to mental health services may be limited because of differences in their views of mental illness compared with Westerners, unfamiliarity with treatment methods, and cultural associations of social stigma with mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1125Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1132–1137OBJECTIVE: Women with depression whose diagnosis is made in community mental health clinics attend relatively few treatment sessions. A pilot project was undertaken to test the feasibility of providing psychotherapy for depressed women in a supermarket, a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1132Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1138–1144OBJECTIVE: The author reviewed studies of treatments for parasuicide in order to assist health services planners, administrators, and clinicians develop and improve interventions for parasuicide and decrease its prevalence. METHODS: Parasuicide, which is ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1138Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1145–1152OBJECTIVE: Self-help agencies are funded as adjuncts of, referral sources for, or alternatives to community mental health agencies. Little is known about how these two types of organization in geographic proximity interact, whom they attract as ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1145Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1153–1158OBJECTIVE: Using a measure from the Veterans Administration (VA) mental health report card, the authors examined stability of report card rankings under different risk adjustment models. The study determined the impact of adding one variable to a standard ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1153Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1159–1165OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify risk factors associated with the prescription and use of benzodiazepines in nursing homes and to assess the prevalence and determinants of demand for benzodiazepines among nursing home residents. METHODS: Data were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1159Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1166–1170OBJECTIVE: Persons with psychiatric illnesses are about twice as likely as the general population to smoke tobacco. They also tend to smoke more heavily than other smokers. This critical review of the literature identified 24 empirical studies of outcomes ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1166Brief Report
Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1171–1172The authors used statewide data from 2000 on 80,869 examination initiations to determine characteristics of emergency involuntary psychiatric examinations in Florida and the individuals subject to them. Information about the evidence indicated on the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1171Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1173–1176This study identified characteristics ofpatients who missed their intake appointments at a university psychiatric outpatient clinic for persons with serious mental illness after referral from a state agency. Of the 313 patients whose charts were reviewed, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.53.9.1173Publication date: 01 September 2002
Pages1176–1178This study sought to determine predictors of rehospitalization among veterans in an inpatient substance abuse treatment program, many of whom had psychiatric disorders. A random sample of 600 veterans was interviewed at program entry about some factors ...
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