Psychiatric Services
- Volume 55
- Number 1
- January 2004
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Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages29–34OBJECTIVE: Depression can have a serious impact on a person's ability to work. The purpose of this study was to describe depressed persons who work and depressed persons who do not work and to identify factors related to depressed persons' working. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.29Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages35–41OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of multiple-family group treatment on distress and psychosocial resources among family caregivers of persons with schizophrenia. METHODS: A total of 97 consumers with schizophrenia or ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.35Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages42–48OBJECTIVE: This study examined the clinical problems and treatment outcomes of homeless people with severe mental illness and a history of incarceration. METHODS: Between May 1994 and June 1998, a total of 5,774 people entered assertive community ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.42Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages49–53OBJECTIVE: A significant portion of police work involves contact with persons who have mental illness. This study examined how knowledge that a person has a mental illness influences police officers' perceptions, attitudes, and responses. METHODS: A total ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.49Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages54–58OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to identify variables associated with employment status among persons with bipolar disorder, including cognitive functioning, severity of symptoms, demographic variables, and variables related to course of illness. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.54Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages59–66OBJECTIVE: Second-generation antipsychotics may enhance the rehabilitation of individuals with schizophrenia. The authors hypothesized that clients receiving second-generation antipsychotics would use vocational rehabilitation services more effectively ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.59Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages67–70OBJECTIVE: This study examined the outcomes of all patients who were discharged from an Italian psychiatric hospital into community residences three to four years after discharge. METHODS: The total population of Antonini Mental Hospital near Milan on ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.67Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages71–76OBJECTIVES: To address the growing burden of mental illness in Latin America, a better understanding of mental health service use and barriers to care is needed. Although many Latin American countries have nationalized health care systems that could ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.71Brief Report
Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages77–79This study examined whether assessment data from administration of the extended version of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS-E) to state hospital patients within 72 hours of their admission could be used to predict length of hospital stay. BPRS-E ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.77Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages79–82This study explored the demographic and service use correlates of insurance status among 539 persons with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders by using the administrative data set of a statewide behavioral health care system. Lack of health insurance was ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.1.79Publication date: 01 January 2004
Pages82–85Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with high rates of medical service use and with self-reported poor health. Male veterans admitted to a rehabilitation unit for PTSD (N=55) or alcohol dependence (N=38) were evaluated for comorbid ...
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