Psychiatric Services
- Volume 55
- Number 11
- November 2004
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Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1217–1219Introduction by the column editors: In the past decade, we have witnessed a profusion of information aimed at improving the quality of care of persons with schizophrenia. Practice guidelines, algorithms, treatment manuals, and compendia of evidence-based ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1217Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1227–1229Introduction by the column editor: The two Best Practices columns published here this month present very different approaches for allocating the benefit for psychiatric medications. From Missouri we see a quality assurance strategy driven by the state's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1227Other Articles
Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1237–1249OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric outreach services that provide mental health assessment and treatment to older adults in their homes or communities are widely promoted as improving access and outcomes for older adults. However, a systematic review of the efficacy ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1237Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1250–1257OBJECTIVES: This study examined Medicaid claims forms to determine the prevalence, severity, and co-occurrence of physical illness within a representative sample of persons with serious mental illness (N=147). METHODS: Representativeness of health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1250Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1258–1264OBJECTIVES: Most patients in drug treatment smoke cigarettes. This study established the prevalence and types of nicotine dependence services offered in methadone and other opioid treatment clinics in the United States. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1258Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1265–1270OBJECTIVE: Despite high rates of tobacco use among psychiatric patients, such patients are one of the least studied groups of smokers, and little is known about their access to cessation treatment. This study examined delivery of tobacco cessation ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1265Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1271–1275Continuous engagement in treatment and recovery services is one of the most important aspects of addressing acute episodes of severe behavioral health problems and the ongoing disabilities associated with them. Traditionally, fragmentation in systems of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1271Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1276–1284OBJECTIVES: This study tested the effectiveness of a mutual support multiple-family-group intervention for schizophrenia in terms of improvements in patients' psychosocial functioning, use of mental health services, and rehospitalization compared with a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1276Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1285–1293OBJECTIVE: Persons with severe mental illness are overrepresented in jails and prisons in the United States. A national survey was conducted to identify assertive community treatment programs that have been modified to prevent arrest and incarceration of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1285Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1294–1298OBJECTIVE: Community forensic mental health teams are a new service within the widening range of specialized community mental health services. The characteristics of these novel services are poorly defined. Two commonly described service models in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1294Correction
Brief Report
Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1299–1301For this study, 200 women and men with a major mood disorder or schizophrenia were interviewed about their sexual and reproductive behaviors. The responses of the women and men were compared with those of persons from a national health survey who were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1299Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1302–1304This report presents the preliminary results of a longitudinal study of acute psychiatric hospitalization in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for fiscal years 1994 to 2000. The study was a secondary analysis of data obtained through the Commonwealth's ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1302Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1305–1307The evaluation of a patient's potential for aggressive behavior is an important component of care on psychiatric units. In this study, the aggressive behavior of 111 new psychiatric inpatients in Taiwan was recorded by nursing staff using the Overt ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1305Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1308–1310This study examined outcomes of 310 female and 315 male homeless veterans who were admitted to a Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient program for dual diagnoses of a substance use disorder and another mental illness. Participants were surveyed to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1308Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1311–1312This study assessed the effect of an intervention designed to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint on reported episodes of patient-related violence on an acute inpatient psychiatric service. Results showed a significant decrease in the total number ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1311The Effects of the September 11 World Trade Center Attack on a Man With a Preexisting Mental Illness
Publication date: 01 November 2004
Pages1313–1314Research has demonstrated an association between direct exposure to traumatic events and the exacerbation of mental illness. This report describes the case of a man who had a preexisting mental illness with psychotic symptoms and no history of psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1313Letters
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