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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 54
  • Number 2
  • February 2003

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Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages183–187

OBJECTIVE: The authors synthesized evidence from a systematic review of the literature reporting substantiated performance differences between private for-profit and private nonprofit psychiatric inpatient care providers in the United States since 1980. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.183

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages188–194

OBJECTIVE: The authors reviewed studies of Medicaid spending on mental health and substance abuse services. METHODS: Studies were identified through a search of MEDLINE and bibliographies of known articles on mental health and substance abuse spending and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.188

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages195–200

OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the efficacy of a multifaceted intervention designed to contain the cost of prescribing selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to inpatients and outpatients served by a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center. METHODS:...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.195

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages201–207

OBJECTIVE: This study compared client characteristics, service use, and health care costs of two groups of veterans who were contacted by outreach workers: a group of veterans who were contacted while incarcerated at the Los Angeles jail and a group of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.201

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages208–213

OBJECTIVE: Depression among older home care patients is prevalent but undertreated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the ability of home health nurses to correctly identify depression among older patients and to describe nurse and patient ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.208

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages214–218

OBJECTIVE: This study of women Veterans Affairs (VA) health care patients screened for the prevalence of past-year smoking, hazardous and problem drinking, other drug abuse, and psychiatric disorders. METHODS: A survey was mailed to women veterans who had ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.214

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages219–225

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether supplementing traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression with clinical case management would reduce the rate of dropout from care and improve outcomes for ethnically diverse, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.219

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages226–235

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed 12-month service use patterns among people with psychotic disorders and sought to identify determinants of service use. METHODS: As part of a large two-phase Australian study of psychotic disorders, structured interviews ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.226

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages236–239

Health care reform has posed special challenges for departments of psychiatry in academic medical centers. This report describes one department's strategic responses to a marketplace with high penetration by managed care and provides examples of the kinds ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.236

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages240–245

OBJECTIVE: The needs and characteristics of patients who are referred for psychiatric emergency services vary by the source of referral. Such differences have wider implications for the functioning of the mental health care system as a whole. This study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.240

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages246–248

Treatment guidelines are frequently not followed. The authors examined the neuroleptic prescribing practices of psychiatrists responsible for 47 patients with schizophrenia who were being treated at health centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.246

Publication date: 01 February 2003

Pages249–251

This study investigated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder among bereaved survivors of a severe earthquake in Taiwan. A total of 120 survivors received a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.2.249

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