Psychiatric Services
- Volume 56
- Number 1
- January 2005
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Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages28–30Introduction by the column editor: In most scientific fields and medical specialties, competency-based training is old hat. Before doctoral candidates can earn their Ph.D., they must produce a research thesis that requires designing a study, recruiting ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.28Other Articles
Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages37–44OBJECTIVES: A variety of tools are being used as leverage to improve adherence to psychiatric treatment in the community. This study is the first to obtain data on the frequency with which these tools are used in the public mental health system. Patients' ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.37Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages45–49OBJECTIVE: Although representative payee arrangements are common among people with psychiatric disabilities, only a small body of research has investigated how consumers feel about representative payees' use of disability funds to attempt to improve ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.45Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages50–55OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated how improved community mental health services for youths affect public expenditures in other sectors, including inpatient hospitalization, the juvenile justice system, the child welfare system, and the special education ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.50Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages56–62OBJECTIVE: Concerns have been raised over observed increases in the number of children who are given a diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disorder. The goal of this study was to examine trends by age and calendar year in the diagnosis of two of these ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.56Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages63–69OBJECTIVES: This study examined the relationship of community-level stressors to behavioral and emotional problems among African-American and white children with special health care needs. METHODS: The authors interviewed 257 low-income caregivers of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.63Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages70–75OBJECTIVE: Although dementia is a progressive degenerative disease, treatable comorbid symptoms, such as pain, aggression, depression, and psychosis, occur among more than 60 percent of patients with dementia. Compared with age-matched controls, patients ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.70Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages76–79OBJECTIVES: This study explored whether nurses who were working during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis showed symptoms of distress. This study also examined whether nurses experienced stress from being conscripted to work in higher-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.76Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages80–84OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relative risk of arrest among recipients of mental health services in Washington, D.C., during the 23 months before and the 13 months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, with the purpose of identifying any ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.80Brief Report
Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages93–95Previous studies have examined peritraumatic distress, peritraumatic dissociation, and acute stress disorder as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The authors examined whether these three predictors were associated with PTSD symptoms when ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.93Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages96–98The concept of gender considers masculinity and femininity as a cultural construct that varies along a continuum. Subjectively perceived, gender may affect the experience of illness among persons with schizophrenia and may have an impact on treatment and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.96Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages99–101This study examined the needs of people with severe mental illness and HIV. Results were based on interviews and CD4 counts of 294 individuals who received services from the Los Angeles County or the New York City public mental health system. Common unmet ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.99Publication date: 01 January 2005
Pages102–104This study assessed the job satisfaction of nurses who work in private psychiatric hospitals. In 1998 and 1999 an anonymous employee satisfaction survey was completed by all 3,024 employees of 39 for-profit psychiatric hospitals owned by the same hospital ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.1.102Letters
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