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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 56
  • Number 2
  • February 2005

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Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages157–163

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine the degree to which Medicaid eligibility categories modify disparities between black and white youths in the prevalence of psychotropic medication. METHODS: Computerized claims for 189,486 youths aged two to 19 ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.157

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages164–171

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between use of psychiatric services and alcohol and drug treatment outcomes five years after such treatment. It was anticipated that receipt of psychiatric services would predict long-...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.164

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages172–178

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine the reasons for the most recent loss of housing and for continued homelessness as perceived by homeless persons with mental illness. METHODS: A total of 2,974 currently homeless participants in the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.172

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages179–185

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed involvement with the criminal justice system among new clients of community mental health centers and self-help agencies in order to determine the characteristics and service needs of this population. Such information has ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.179

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages186–192

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the characteristics of children and adolescents who were restrained during brief inpatient psychiatric treatment and identified whether restraint use was related to the characteristics of the youths or to the setting—time ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.186

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages193–197

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effectiveness of an intensive version of dialectical behavior therapy for patients in an outpatient setting who met criteria for borderline personality disorder and who were in crisis. METHODS: Over the two-year study ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.193

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages198–201

OBJECTIVES: This study examined outcomes during a one-year follow-up for persons who were discharged from a locked intermediate care facility in an urban area in California. The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which persons with ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.198

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages202–205

OBJECTIVE: Muslims are one of the most rapidly growing minority groups in the United States and have experienced increased stress since September 11, 2001. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the roles of imams, Islamic clergy, in meeting the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.202

Correction

Brief Report

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages206–208

This study surveyed attitudes toward mental health services and barriers to providing these services within the agencies of QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership, a network of faith-based organizations, and parish nurses who provided health care in a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.206

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages209–211

The objective of this study was to describe the rehabilitation goals of 165 consumers with serious mental illness who were living in the community and to assess the level of concordance between the consumers' perceived importance of their goals and the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.209

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages212–215

This study examined 184 African-American outpatients in a mental health clinic in the inner city to define the rate of occurrence of traumatic experience and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This population experienced a high rate of severe trauma. ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.212

Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages216–218

The purpose of this study was to identify the relationships between self-cutting, sexual abuse, and psychological variables in predicting infrequent condom use among 293 adolescents in intensive psychiatric treatment. Logistic regression analyses ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.216

Letters

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Publication date: 01 February 2005

Pages228–229https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.2.228

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