Psychiatric Services
- Volume 54
- Number 8
- August 2003
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Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1079–1089Introduction by the column editor: Interactions between the pharmaceutical industry and clinicians have important consequences for patient care. So a "best practices" look at this topic is welcomed. The authors of this month's column have initiated a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1079Other Articles
Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1105–1110OBJECTIVES: The authors sought to gain further perspective on discrimination experienced by persons with mental illness by comparing self-reports of discrimination due to mental illness to self-reports of discrimination due to other group characteristics, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1105Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1111–1118OBJECTIVE: Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronic and often disabling disorder that affects 2 to 3 percent of the U.S. population. Optimal treatment involves a combination of pharmacologic and cognitive-behavioral therapies. Advances in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1111Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1119–1123OBJECTIVE: The author reviews and evaluates a variety of interventions that were considered to have contributed to the successful reduction of reliance on the use of seclusion and restraint in a public psychiatric hospital for adult patients with severe ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1119Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1124–1128OBJECTIVE: This study measured state public policy makers' ratings of the importance of several key schizophrenia treatment outcomes and compared them with the ratings of primary stakeholders in schizophrenia treatment. METHODS: Three groups of policy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1124Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1129–1135OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationships of measures of cognitive functioning and psychiatric symptoms with work outcomes and use of vocational services for clients with schizophrenia in a supported employment program. METHODS: Thirty clients who ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1129Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1136–1141OBJECTIVE: The study examined different types of third-party money management arrangements for persons with psychiatric disabilities and consumers' perceptions of their finances in the context of these arrangements. METHODS: Clinical and demographic data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1136Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1142–1148OBJECTIVE: Gambling is common among South East Asian refugees, but no known studies have evaluated the prevalence of pathological gambling in these populations. The purpose of this study was to assess rates of gambling participation and gambling problems ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1142Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1149–1154OBJECTIVE: The research presented here was a pilot study to identify clinical factors associated with high use (as opposed to lower use) of inpatient psychiatric services by persons with borderline personality disorder. METHODS: The initial sample was a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1149Brief Report
Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1155–1157This study assessed the efficacy of a weight control program for patients taking atypical antipsychotics. Thirty-one patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder participated in a 12-week weight control program that incorporated nutrition, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1155Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1158–1160People with chronic mental disorders may be at risk of reduced access to medical treatment and poor quality of medical care. The authors examined receipt of and barriers to medical treatment among patients at a community mental health center. Fifty-nine ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.54.8.1158Publication date: 01 August 2003
Pages1161–1163This study tested the hypothesis that users of mental health self-help services would be more satisfied with professional mental health services than clients who did not use self-help services. A survey was administered to 311 clients of professional ...
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