Psychiatric Services
- Volume 54
- Number 4
- April 2003
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Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages501–507Advocates hope to influence the resource allocation decisions of legislators and other policy makers to capture more resources for mental health programs. Findings from social psychological research suggest factors that, if pursued, may improve advocacy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.501Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages508–516OBJECTIVES: The authors examined published economic evaluations of schizophrenia and antipsychotic therapies to determine the role of compliance with medication therapy in the economic cost of schizophrenia. METHODS: The authors reviewed studies published ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.508Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages517–522Drawing on their own consultative experience illustrated by case vignettes and with support from the professional literature, the authors discuss the perennial problematic issue of boundary violations and sexual misconduct, aiming at an audience of both ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.517Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages523–528OBJECTIVE: The authors assessed the prevalence of traumatic life events and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among women with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and co-occurring substance abuse or dependence. The association between PTSD and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.523Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages529–534OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the association of continuity of care with factors assumed to be under the control of health care administrators and environmental factors not under managerial control. METHODS: The authors used a facility-level ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.529Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages535–541OBJECTIVES: Research in the United States has indicated that matching clients from a minority group with clinicians from the same ethnic background increases use of community mental health services and reduces use of emergency services. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.535Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages542–548OBJECTIVE: This study examined changes in discharge disposition, mortality, and service use among three cohorts of highly vulnerable long-stay psychiatric patients in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) mental health system during the 1990s, a period ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.542Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages549–553OBJECTIVE: The authors studied patients' perceptions of the causes of aggression by patients and their recommendations for interventions to prevent assaultive behavior. METHODS: A total of 92 inpatient and outpatient veterans, the majority of whom had a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.549Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages554–561OBJECTIVES: The co-occurrence of severe mental illness and substance use disorder, or dual diagnosis, is prevalent and is associated with significant clinical and social problems. Most studies have treated persons with a dual diagnosis as a homogeneous ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.554Brief Report
Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages562–564This study examined use of mental health services by 947 high-risk youths in a publicly funded system of care to determine how single and comorbid diagnostic profiles (psychiatric and substance use disorders) were associated with use of a variety of types ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.562Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages565–567Weight gain has been associated with the use of antipsychotic medications, and research has linked obesity with reduced quality of life. This study sought to assess the impact of weight gain on persons with schizophrenia who are taking antipsychotic ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.565Publication date: 01 April 2003
Pages568–571Mental health studies frequently involve multifaceted psychosocial interventions. It may be difficult to isolate the active ingredients that make these interventions successful. This study examined the use of qualitative methods to better understand the ...
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