Psychiatric Services
- Volume 54
- Number 5
- May 2003
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Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages633–635Introduction by the column editors: A wide variety of family psychoeducational approaches for persons with serious and persistent mental illness have been developed and used by mental health professionals since the introduction of such approaches in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.633Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages665–667Introduction by the column editor: The problem of noncompliance is one that affects all areas of medicine. Some opinion holds that it may be worse for psychiatric disorders, particularly the psychoses, and that the side effects of the older or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.665Other Articles
Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages669–676The authors examine current challenges confronting psychiatry in caring for homeless people with psychiatric disorders. After reviewing how psychiatry has historically addressed homelessness and mental illness, the authors discuss the roles that the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.669Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages677–681OBJECTIVE: This study compared the effectiveness of using a review team and the usual self-reporting method in detecting different types of medication errors in a state psychiatric hospital. METHODS: Medication errors were defined by using widely accepted ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.677Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages682–687Deficits in the quality of treatment of depression in the primary care sector have been documented in multiple studies. Several clinical models for improving primary care treatment of depression have been shown to be cost-effective in recent years but ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.682Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages688–692OBJECTIVE: Little is currently known about the pastoral counseling work of pastors of African-American churches. The authors interviewed the pastors of nearly all African-American churches in a metropolitan area about their pastoral counseling work and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.688Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages693–697OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to provide national estimates of the impact of common pain conditions such as back pain, chronic headache, self-reported arthritis, and unspecified chronic pain on the use of health services and quality of care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.693Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages698–704OBJECTIVE: This study examined the incremental cost-effectiveness of a collaborative care intervention for depression compared with consult-liaison care. METHODS: A total of 354 patients in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care clinic who met ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.698Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages705–711OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the extent of administrative burden on outpatient substance abuse treatment organizations and its implications for efficiency and productivity. METHODS: Using data from the 1995 and 2000 waves of the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.705Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages712–718OBJECTIVE: Budgetary constraints often limit practicing psychiatrists from conducting more thorough diagnostic evaluations. This study examined physicians' diagnosing and prescribing practices in the context of feedback from nurse-administered, structured ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.712Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages719–723OBJECTIVES: Rates of medication adherence over a one-year period were assessed among outpatients with schizophrenia who initiated therapy with conventional or atypical antipsychotic agents. METHODS: Data were drawn from paid medical and pharmacy claims ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.719Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages724–729OBJECTIVES: Little is known about how antidepressants are being used, but rising antidepressant expenditures and the accompanying impulse to control costs make this a critical issue to be addressed. The authors studied patterns of antidepressant use in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.724Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages730–735OBJECTIVE: Deinstitutionalization policy in the Netherlands has given rise to two new living arrangements for elderly long-term psychiatric patients. Both involve accommodation in mainstream residential homes for elderly persons, either concentrated in a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.730Brief Report
Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages736–739Under the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) mandate, states are required to screen Medicaid-insured children for mental health and substance use disorders. This national study found that states vary considerably in their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.736Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages739–742Psychotropic medication expenditures for community-dwelling elderly persons in the United States were examined with the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). According to the MEPS, an estimated $1.07 billion was spent on psychotropic agents, and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.5.739Publication date: 01 May 2003
Pages742–744This study evaluated costs associated with risperidone and olanzapine treatment for schizophrenia. Data were collected from the Department of Veterans Affairs computerized database nine months before and nine months after patients began continuous ...
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