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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 55
  • Number 8
  • August 2004

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Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages869–872

OBJECTIVE: This study examined trends in the availability and use of mental health services in state adult correctional facilities. METHODS: Results from the 1988 Inventory of Mental Health Services in State Adult Correctional Facilities of the Center for ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.869

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages873–878

OBJECTIVE: Racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system have been widely reported, as have racial and ethnic disparities in diagnoses and certain aspects of clinical management. This study examined the association between race and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.873

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages879–885

The authors describe the history and current use of computerized systems for implementing treatment guidelines in general medicine as well as the development, testing, and early use of a computerized decision support system for depression treatment among "...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.879

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages886–891

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between compliance with an antipsychotic medication regimen and risk of hospitalization in a cohort of California Medicaid patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Compliance behavior ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.886

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages901–912

OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric hospital lengths of stay have decreased for children and adolescents, in part because of the presumption that aftercare services in the community are effective and accessible. This review critically examines the literature that ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.901

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages913–922

Because of the multifaceted, chronic, and relapsing nature of substance use disorders, case management has been adapted to work with persons who have these disorders. Deliberate implementation has been identified as a powerful determinant of successful ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.913

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages923–927

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to identify the processes by which teen refugees adapt and apply cultural capital in conditions of refuge in order to develop preventive interventions for refugee youths. METHODS: The study was a multisite ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.923

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages928–930

The costs associated with mental illness in Taiwan have been the subject of discussion and concern in Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance. The authors report the first estimates of these costs on the basis of national data for 52,432 patients ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.928

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages931–933

The authors characterized concurrent psychiatric diagnoses among patients with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder who were in routine care by using administrative data from a Department of Veterans Affairs facility. Of 813 patients who had a diagnosis of ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.931

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages934–936

The authors examined the feasibility of conjoint analysis for measuring the depression treatment preferences of low-income, low-literacy Latino primary care patients. Forty-two patients with depression (58 percent of those eligible for the study) ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.934

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages937–939

The authors used data from the 1997-2000 National Hospital Ambulatory Care Surveys to quantify and characterize visits to emergency departments for depression. Each year there were 580,000 visits associated with a primary diagnosis of depression. More ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.937

Publication date: 01 August 2004

Pages940–941

This study took place in Israel and examined the use of a local topical anesthetic cream to ameliorate the pain at the injection site caused by depot antipsychotic medications. Fifteen consecutive outpatients who had schizophrenia and who were under ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.940

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