Psychiatric Services
- Volume 55
- Number 8
- August 2004
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Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages869–872OBJECTIVE: 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.55.8.869Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages873–878OBJECTIVE: 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.55.8.873Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages879–885The 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.55.8.879Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages886–891OBJECTIVE: 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.55.8.886Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages892–900OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes is an important comorbid medical condition associated with schizophrenia. The objective of this study was to compare glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels of patients who had type 2 diabetes and schizophrenia with those of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.892Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages901–912OBJECTIVE: 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.55.8.901Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages913–922Because 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.55.8.913Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages923–927OBJECTIVES: 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.55.8.923Brief Report
Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages928–930The 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.55.8.928Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages931–933The 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.55.8.931Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages934–936The 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.55.8.934Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages937–939The 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.55.8.937Publication date: 01 August 2004
Pages940–941This 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 ...
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