Psychiatric Services
- Volume 54
- Number 11
- November 2003
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Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1457–1459Introduction by the column editors: Day treatment centers, day hospitals, and partial hospitals have been pillars of community mental health programs for persons with serious and persistent mental illness. More than 30 years ago, controlled studies ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1457Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1461–1463Introduction by the column editor: An essential ingredient in the matrix of factors required to achieve best practices is a sound, evidenced-based decision support system that ensures fair—and replicable—assignment of a patient to the appropriate level of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1461Other Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1484–1490A number of studies have demonstrated comparable benefits of psychosocial interventions and pharmacologic treatments in subgroups of patients with mood disorders. The two treatment modalities are often combined in clinical practice. However, concerns ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1484Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1491–1498Psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation are integrated, seamless approaches aimed at restoring persons with major mental disorders to their best possible level of functioning and quality of life. Driven by a thorough assessment, treatment and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1491Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1499–1507The importance of combining psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions for optimum outcome in the treatment of schizophrenia is now well recognized. However, less research is available on ways in which the two types of treatment may affect each other. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1499Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1508–1512This article documents a unique organizational, legal, and financial partnership between a state, a university, a Medicaid managed health care plan, and a county to provide integrated mental health, substance abuse, and primary and specialty health care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1508Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1513–1518OBJECTIVE: Although the importance of family caregivers' involvement in their children's mental health treatment is increasingly recognized, factors that influence caregivers' participation are not clearly understood. This study examined the views of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1513Pervasive Developmental Disorders Among Children and Adolescents Attending Psychiatric Day Treatment
Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1519–1525OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) among children admitted to a state hospital day treatment service and to characterize the psychiatric disturbance of patients with PDD. METHODS: A total of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1519APA Achievement Awards
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Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1539–1541This study assessed concerns about and perceptions of electronic psychiatric records in a university psychiatric adult outpatient clinic. Forty-one patients who refused to have their psychiatric records transferred to the electronic record system were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1539Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1541–1544Studies have indicated that, among persons with serious mental illness, women may be less likely to participate in clinical research studies than men. This study examined refusal rates by gender in four recent studies that included persons with a range of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.11.1541Publication date: 01 November 2003
Pages1544–1546This study examined how youth-reported satisfaction with specialty mental health services was associated with youths' symptom and functioning change. Change in clinical functioning was assessed prospectively on the basis of parent, youth, and interviewer ...
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