Psychiatric Services
- Volume 56
- Number 5
- May 2005
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Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages537–542Even when interventions are shown to be both clinically effective and cost-effective within a system of care, they are rarely sustained beyond the period of external funding. The reason may be that these interventions are often developed and introduced in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.537Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages544–550OBJECTIVES: Research among adults has yielded three sets of conclusions about the stigma of mental illness. First, people with mental illness are stigmatized more severely than those with physical health conditions; those who abuse alcohol are viewed more ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.544Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages551–556OBJECTIVES: Structural stigma and discrimination occur when an institution like a newspaper, rather than an individual, promulgates stigmatizing messages about mental illness. This study examined current trends in the news media on reporting topics of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.551Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages557–563OBJECTIVE: This article discusses examples of structural stigma that results from state governments' enactment of laws that diminish the opportunities of people with mental illness. METHODS: To examine current trends in structural stigma, the authors ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.557Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages564–569OBJECTIVE: Nonadherence to prescribed medications is a significant problem in the treatment of mood disorders. Previously proposed adherence models have not been sufficiently accurate in identifying patients who do not adhere to treatment. This study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.564Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages570–575The World Psychiatric Association Programme to Reduce Stigma and Discrimination Because of Schizophrenia, which was launched in 1996, has established projects to fight stigma in 20 countries, using social-marketing techniques to enhance their ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.570Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages576–584OBJECTIVE: This study examined preferences regarding medical advance care planning among persons with serious mental illness, specifically, experience, beliefs, values, and concerns about health care proxies and end-of-life issues. METHODS: A structured ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.576Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages585–591OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to ascertain preferences for end-of-life care among persons with serious mental illness. METHODS: The participants were 150 community-residing adults with serious mental illness. The Health Care Preferences ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.585Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages592–598OBJECTIVE: This paper provides the first systematic examination of the content and clinical utility of psychiatric advance directives, which are documents that specify treatment preferences in advance of periods of compromised decision making. METHODS: ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.592Brief Report
Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages599–601The aims of this study were to assess self-stigma among Taiwanese outpatients with depressive disorders and to examine the factors related to self-stigma. Using the Self-Stigma Assessment Scale, the authors evaluated 247 outpatients with depressive ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.599Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages602–604This study examined some of the factors associated with a positive response to cognitive remediation. Forty-eight adult participants completed 26 hours of cognitive skills training at an outpatient psychiatric clinic. Results showed significant ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.5.602Publication date: 01 May 2005
Pages605–607As part of the 19th annual Rosalynn Carter Symposium on Mental Health Policy, held in 2003, an anonymous online survey of symposium participants was conducted to gain insight into participants' perceptions of the impact on their organizations of the ...
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