Psychiatric Services
- Volume 56
- Number 4
- April 2005
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Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages420–426OBJECTIVE: Data from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) were used to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), a single-item mental health status measure, as an outcome measure for large mental health care ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.420Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages427–433OBJECTIVE: Continuity of care is widely viewed as a key quality indicator for outpatient mental health care. However, few studies have been conducted of the relationship between continuity of care and client outcomes. This study examined the relationship ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.427Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages434–438OBJECTIVE: In the Swedish psychiatric care system, systematic follow-up of clinical work with patients is becoming a part of regular service, and a number of care providers are using the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) to measure outcomes. This ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.434Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages439–443OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) when routinely used in clinical work by focusing on the relations between the GAF, other axes in the DSM system, and some demographic variables ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.439Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages444–451The purpose of this article is to describe a procedure to assist in selecting outcome measures for inpatients treated at a state psychiatric hospital. The procedure combines evidence-based criteria from the literature, instruments shown to be sensitive to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.444Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages452–457OBJECTIVE: This study was undertaken to improve understanding of the admission decision process by distinguishing between the clinically indicated level of care and actual level-of-care decisions in emergency psychiatry. METHODS: Clinicians in emergency ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.452Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages458–462OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine patterns of use of general medical services among persons with a severe and persistent mental illness enrolled in Medicaid from 1996 to 1998. METHODS: A total of 669 persons with a severe and persistent ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.458Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages463–467OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of collaboration between an internist and psychiatrists on the processes and cost of care among psychiatric inpatients. METHODS: A randomized controlled study was performed on the psychiatric inpatient units of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.463Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages468–474OBJECTIVE: Individuals with depression commonly experience pain with unclear pathology. This study examined depression and comorbid pain and associated outcomes over six years in a nationally representative cohort of older Americans. METHODS: The Health ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.468Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages475–480OBJECTIVE: This study tested the hypothesis that patients with comorbid bipolar and substance use disorders use health services to a greater extent than patients with either bipolar or substance use disorder alone. METHODS: A retrospective chart review ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.475Open Forum
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Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages484–486Psychiatric assessment among individuals with a diagnosis of both mental retardation and mental illness presents a clinical challenge. This retrospective study compared two rating scales—the Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC) and the Global Assessment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.484Publication date: 01 April 2005
Pages487–489The effects on adherence and depressive symptoms of a community pharmacy-based coaching program, including a take-home videotape, were evaluated in a randomized controlled trial in the Netherlands. A total of 147 depressed primary care patients who had a ...
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