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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 54
  • Number 3
  • March 2003

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Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages302–304

Introduction by the column editors: People with mental illness have consistently identified employment as a strong unmet need, yet only one in five people with schizophrenia has been able to work in full-time competitive employment and less than 50 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.302

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages311–316

Introduction by the column editor: We humans "know" from information mediated through our "natural senses." All outside signals come to us through some medium—sound waves, pressure and touch, light waves, radio and television waves, and so forth. McLuhan'...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.311

Other Articles

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages327–332

Recently the National Institutes of Health has been emphasizing research that takes findings generated by clinical research and translates them into treatments for patients who are seen in day-to-day nonresearch settings. This translational process ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.327

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages333–339

Many behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for which there is strong empirical support are rarely used in clinical practice in the treatment of substance dependence. In an effort to facilitate greater emphasis on issues such as utility, practicality, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.333

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Other Articles

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages340–345

OBJECTIVE: The authors analyzed data from 615 depressed primary care patients to determine their willingness to pay for depression treatment. METHODS: A sample of 615 adult patients from four primary care clinics participated in a randomized controlled ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.54.3.340

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages346–350

OBJECTIVE: Protecting and safeguarding persons with impaired decisional capacity are among the critical functions of a psychiatric hospital. The objective of this study was to investigate the elements of these functions as they relate to sexual behavior ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.346

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages351–355

OBJECTIVE: Admissions to psychiatric emergency services have frequently been cited as a gauge of how well a mental health system manages behavioral disorders. However, few measurements of the longitudinal association between psychiatric emergencies and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.351

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages356–362

OBJECTIVE: This study examined factors related to psychiatric hospital readmission among children and adolescents who were wards of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. METHODS: The authors analyzed service reports and clinical ratings ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.356

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages363–369

OBJECTIVES: This study provided population estimates of mental syndromes and substance use problems and examined whether the co-occurrence of mental health and substance use problems was associated with the use of substance abuse treatment services. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.363

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages370–376

OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to identify case managers' perspectives on the critical ingredients, therapeutic mechanisms of action, and gaps in implementation of the critical ingredients of assertive community treatment. METHODS: Seventy-three assertive ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.370

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages377–382

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the utility of screening adjudicated juvenile offenders for mental health symptoms at intake to the State of Washington Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration. The authors assessed the ability of a screening measure, the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.377

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages383–388

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the use of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) aftercare services among patients with serious mental disorders who were discharged from the military after a first admission to a Department of Defense (DoD) hospital. METHODS: ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.383

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages389–393

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the views of patients and staff involved in incidents of aggression to help understand emotions experienced, perceptions of causes, and recommendations for ways of reducing the frequency of aggression. METHODS: A total of 29 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.389

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages394–396

Seventy percent of persons who suffer from psychiatric illness do not receive treatment. Cost-effective, automated treatment can be delivered through the Internet but can be complicated by the lack of professional supervision. This open study piloted a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.394

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages396–398

Psychoeducational materials can be disseminated at minimal expense through the use of distance technologies, offering an opportunity for prevention. The objective of this project was to develop and evaluate a psychoeducational computer program designed to ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.396

Publication date: 01 March 2003

Pages399–401

The authors investigated whether mental health inpatients' perceptions of coercion were associated with postdischarge treatment adherence. Patients eligible for New York's outpatient commitment program were interviewed and their perceptions of coercion ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.3.399

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