Psychiatric Services
- Volume 54
- Number 1
- January 2003
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Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages35–37Introduction by the column editors: Although more than half of adults who have a serious and persistent mental illness live with their families (), less than 10 percent of families of outpatients with schizophrenia receive support or education (). Such ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.35Other Articles
Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages41–49OBJECTIVES: This study was a first step in explicitly attempting to open, at least partially, the "black box" of specialty managed mental health care by examining qualitative as well as quantitative aspects of managed outpatient mental health treatment. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.41Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages50–54Drawing on ongoing fieldwork in New York City, the authors distinguish two "genealogies," or developmental traditions, of supported housing. "Housing as housing" originated in the mental health field to champion normalized, less-structured alternatives to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.50Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages55–59OBJECTIVE: Surveys have shown that antipsychotic drug combinations are frequently prescribed, yet few clinical studies have examined this practice. Experts have generally recommended antipsychotic combinations, especially those combining an atypical and a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.55Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages60–66OBJECTIVE: This study examined points of entry into the mental health service system for children and adolescents as well as patterns of movement through five service sectors: specialty mental health services, education, general medicine, juvenile justice,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.60Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages67–71OBJECTIVE: The study examined changes in the use of shelters in New York City by mentally ill persons with a history of homelessness who received housing placements through the New York-New York (NY/NY) housing initiative between 1990 and 1999 and the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.67Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages72–77OBJECTIVES: The authors sought to determine the prevalence, patterns, and demographic correlates of multiple psychotropic pharmacotherapy in a statewide sample of low-income children and adolescents in community-based clinical care. METHODS: The Medicaid ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.72Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages78–83OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of two types of service programs in ameliorating homelessness among individuals with severe mental illness was compared. METHODS: Homeless persons with severe mental illness were recruited into the study on their entry into ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.78Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages84–91OBJECTIVE: This study sought to further examine the relationship between compensation-seeking status and reporting of symptoms among combat veterans who were evaluated for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). METHODS: Archival data were drawn for 320 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.84Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages92–96OBJECTIVE: This study examined differences in the prevalence of dementia among Medicare beneficiaries by race and gender as well as racial differences in the effects of dementia on the use and costs of health care services. METHODS: Data from a 5 percent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.92Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages97–102OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to describe the physical and behavioral health benefits of a representative community-based sample of at-risk drinkers potentially in need of behavioral health services. METHODS: A screening instrument for at-risk ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.97Brief Report
Publication date: 01 January 2003
Pages103–105The authors investigated whether mental health inpatients' perceptions of coercion were associated with later treatment adherence. Psychiatric inpatients receiving acute care at three sites were interviewed during their hospitalization and up to five ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.1.103