Psychiatric Services
- Volume 55
- Number 5
- May 2004
Taking Issue
Departments
Columns
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages485–487Introduction 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.485Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages513–515Introduction 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.513Other Articles
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages519–531OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.519Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages532–539OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.532Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages540–547OBJECTIVE: 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. ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.540Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages548–554OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.548Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages555–559OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.555Use of Claims Data to Examine the Impact of Length of Inpatient Psychiatric Stay on Readmission Rate
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages560–565OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.560Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages566–574OBJECTIVE: 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.566Brief Report
Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages575–576The 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.575Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages577–580This 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.577Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages581–583The 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.581Publication date: 01 May 2004
Pages583–586This 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 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.5.583