Psychiatric Services
- Volume 56
- Number 11
- November 2005
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Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1367–1373OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a natural disaster, Hurricane Floyd, on the use of mental health services in a Medicaid population in North Carolina. METHODS: Difference-in-differences techniques were used to determine month-...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1367Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1374–1378OBJECTIVE: This study examined probable posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and probable depression, degree of psychological distress, and rates of mental health treatment in a sample of Pentagon staff two years after the terrorist attack of September 11,...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1374Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1379–1386OBJECTIVE: A variety of alternatives to acute psychiatric hospital care have been developed over the past several decades. including San Diego's short-term acute residential treatment (START) program, now comprising a certified and accredited network of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1379Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1387–1393OBJECTIVE: This study followed consumers after admission to an assertive community treatment program to determine when the first hospital admission was more likely to occur, which variables predicted community tenure, and, more specifically, whether the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1387Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1394–1401OBJECTIVE: Little is known about how psychiatric disorders affect health care costs in Medicaid programs. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders and costs of care for members of a Medicaid health maintenance organization (HMO) who had psychiatric ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1394Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1402–1408OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the impact of Colorado's Medicaid mental health managed care program on patterns of antipsychotic medication treatment among persons with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. These patterns were compared with patterns of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1402Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1409–1415OBJECTIVE: Mental health services appear increasingly incapable of satisfying the demand for care, which may cause some segments of the population to be less effectively reached. This study investigated the rates of use of mental health services in the ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1409Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1416–1422OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects associated with moving patients from hospital to community-based settings, to compare persons who left the hospital with those who remained in the hospital, and to address the question of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1416Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1423–1428OBJECTIVE: Employment rates and work functioning are poor among patients with schizophrenia and are related to cognitive dysfunction. This study examined the relationship between work functioning and cognition, other clinical and demographic variables, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1423Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1429–1435OBJECTIVE: This study explored the likelihood of and identified the factors related to securing and sustaining jobs for people with psychiatric disabilities in New York State who received vocational services through an outcomes-based reimbursement ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1429Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1436–1440This case report describes the transformation of a sheltered workshop program to a program that provides evidence-based supported employment services in partnership with five community treatment teams. Over a 15-year period, a Canadian nonprofit agency ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1436Open Forum
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Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1444–1447Supported employment has been documented in the United States as an evidence-based practice that helps people with severe mental illness obtain and maintain employment. The evidence is strongest for the programs that follow the individual placement and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1444Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1448–1450The purpose of this study was to assess the current status of relapse prevention in schizophrenia. Fifty hospital psychiatrists in Germany were interviewed about 100 currently treated inpatients. The patients were also interviewed about their knowledge of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1448Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1451–1454This study evaluated an effective outreach treatment program in the Netherlands for chronic, high-risk crack abusers on its adherence to the assertive community treatment model. Fidelity was tested on 25 criteria of the Dartmouth Assertive Community ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.11.1451Publication date: 01 November 2005
Pages1455–1457The war in the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995 destroyed the mainly hospital-based mental health care system in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This report summarizes the situation before and after the war and describes efforts to rebuild and reform ...
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