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  • Volume 55
  • Number 5
  • May 2004
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Taking Issue

Ethics in Managed Care

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Departments

May 2004: This Month's Highlights

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Columns

Best Practices: Real-World Use of Evidence-Based Treatments in Community Behavioral Health Care

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages485–487

Introduction by the column editor: It is one thing to tout "best practices" and another thing to actually employ them. The author of this month's column provides us with a "fly on the wall" view of the experience of one community mental health center in ...

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Psychopharmacology: Atypical Antipsychotic Dosing: The Effect of Smoking and Caffeine

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Datapoints: Patients' Early Discontinuation of Antidepressant Prescriptions

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Practical Psychotherapy: Gifts From Physicians to Patients: An Ethical Dilemma

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Alcohol & Drug Abuse: Population Thinking as an Adjunct to the Clinical Trial Perspective

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Rehab Rounds: Supplementing Supported Employment With Workplace Skills Training

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages513–515

Introduction by the column editors: Supported employment, as designed for persons with serious and persistent mental illness, has been termed individual placement and support. In two randomized controlled trials (,), clients who received individual ...

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Other Articles

Current Concepts in Pharmacotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages519–531

OBJECTIVE: This article describes current approaches to the pharmacologic treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and reviews the classes of pharmacologic agents used in the treatment of PTSD. Pharmacotherapy for PTSD that is comorbid with other ...

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The Partners in Care Approach to Ethics Outcomes in Quality Improvement Programs for Depression

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages532–539

OBJECTIVE: Patient centeredness and equity are major quality goals, but little is known about how these goals are affected by efforts to improve the quality of care. The authors describe an approach to addressing these goals in a randomized trial of ...

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Editor's Choice

An Exploratory Analysis of Correlates of Recovery

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages540–547

OBJECTIVE: The concept of recovery has received increasing emphasis in the delivery of services to persons with schizophrenia. This study was an initial effort to develop an empirically based model of factors associated with a recovery orientation. ...

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Treatment Costs for Youths Receiving Multisystemic Therapy or Hospitalization After a Psychiatric Crisis

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages548–554

OBJECTIVE: The authors conducted a cost analysis for multisystemic therapy, an evidence-based treatment that is used as an intensive community-based alternative to the hospitalization of youths presenting with psychiatric emergencies. METHODS: Data from a ...

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Practitioner Relationships and Quality of Care for Low-Income Persons With Serious Mental Illness

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages555–559

OBJECTIVE: Though central to experiences of mental health care for persons with serious mental illness, relationships with practitioners have been underemphasized in recent quality-of-care research. This qualitative study described concepts of good care ...

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Use of Claims Data to Examine the Impact of Length of Inpatient Psychiatric Stay on Readmission Rate

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages560–565

OBJECTIVE: This study analyzed the impact of length of stay for inpatient treatment of psychiatric disorders on readmission rates. METHODS: Hospitalization data were obtained from the MarketScan data set collected by Medstat. The instrumental variable ...

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One-Year Housing Arrangements Among Homeless Adults With Serious Mental Illness in the ACCESS Program

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages566–574

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the various living arrangements among formerly homeless adults with mental illness 12 months after they entered case management. METHODS: The study surveyed 5,325 clients who received intensive case management services in ...

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Brief Report

Brief Reports: The Impact of Fear of HIPAA Violation on Patient Care

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages575–576

The deadline for compliance with the privacy rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was April 14, 2003. Understandably, many psychiatrists and other mental health providers have been focusing on compliance. This ...

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Implications of Educating the Public on Mental Illness, Violence, and Stigma

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages577–580

This study examined how two types of public education programs influenced how the public perceived persons with mental illness, their potential for violence, and the stigma of mental illness. A total of 161 participants were randomly assigned to one of ...

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Reduction of Episodes of Seclusion and Restraint in a Psychiatric Emergency Service

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages581–583

The authors developed a comprehensive plan focusing on the early identification and management of problematic behaviors in an effort to reduce seclusion and restraint in a psychiatric emergency service and to increase adherence to hospital standards for ...

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Need for and Use of Mental Health Services Among Parents of Children in the Head Start Program

Publication date: 01 May 2004

Pages583–586

This study examined the prevalence of psychosocial difficulties and use of mental health services among 290 parents of children in the Head Start program. Data on demographic characteristics, child behavior problems, parents' difficulties, home ...

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Letters

Patients and Families and DSM Revision Process

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Patients and Families and DSM Revision Process

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Training in Transcultural Psychiatry to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Training in Transcultural Psychiatry to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities

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Disability Compensation for PTSD and Use of VA Mental Health Care

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Book Reviews: Sadness, Depression, and Hypomania: Five First-Person Accounts

The Unholy Darkness: An Autobiography • Sightlines: The View of a Valley Through the Voice of Depression • How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention • The Thief of Happiness: The Story of an Extraordinary Psychotherapy • Detour: My Bipolar Road Trip in 4-D

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Book Reviews

Taking Psychology and Law Into the Twenty-First Century • Forensic Psychology: From Classroom to Courtroom

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Clinician's Guide to Cultural Psychiatry

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Integrated Treatment for Mood and Substance Use Disorders

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Negotiating Managed Care: A Manual for Clinicians

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Correctional Mental Health Handbook

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Reel Psychiatry: Movie Portrayals of Psychiatric Conditions

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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Exploring Consciousness

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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News & Notes

Publication date: 01 May 2004

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