Psychiatric Services
- Volume 56
- Number 7
- July 2005
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Pharmacotherapy and Health Care Costs Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Newly Diagnosed Diabetes
Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages803–809OBJECTIVE: This study investigated how antipsychotic pharmacotherapy and health care costs change after diabetes mellitus is newly diagnosed among patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Administrative data from the Department of Veterans Affairs were ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.803Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages810–815OBJECTIVES: An actuarial model was developed in the MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study to predict violence in the community among patients who have recently been discharged from psychiatric facilities. This model, called the multiple iterative ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.810Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages816–822OBJECTIVE: Jails have a substantial legal obligation to provide health and mental health care for inmates; yet screening procedures across American jails are highly variable. Currently, no valid, practical, standardized tool is available. The study ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.816Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages823–828OBJECTIVES: This study determined the prevalence of 20 HIV-AIDS risk behaviors of four groups of juvenile detainees: those with major mental disorders alone, those with substance use disorders alone, those with comorbid mental and substance use disorders, ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.823Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages829–834OBJECTIVE: Mental health courts successfully divert defendants into treatment. However, few studies have examined whether this increased access to services positively affects client outcomes. This study compared changes in symptoms in a sample of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.829Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages835–839OBJECTIVE: Patterns of rediversion in two postbooking jail diversion programs in Florida were examined to better understand the extent to which diversion programs served repeating clients. Rediversion occurs when a former or current diversion program ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.835Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages840–846OBJECTIVE: This study assessed relationships between homelessness, mental disorder, and incarceration. METHODS: Using archival databases that included all 12,934 individuals who entered the San Francisco County Jail system during the first six months of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.840Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages847–852OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between criminal arrest and gender, substance use disorder, and use of community mental health services among patients with bipolar I disorder. METHODS: Los Angeles County's computerized management ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.847Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages853–857OBJECTIVE: This study examined rearrest and linkage to mental health services among 368 misdemeanants with severe and persistent mental illness who were served by the Clark County Mental Health Court (MHC). This court, established in April 2000, is based ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.853Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages858–862OBJECTIVE: Theories of perceived risk state that when people feel threatened, they will react more strongly than they would otherwise. This study tested the hypothesis that evaluations for involuntary psychiatric hospitalizations that were initiated by ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.858Brief Report
Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages863–866This study examined the outcomes of patients in a low-intensity, short-duration involuntary outpatient commitment program. After release from inpatient commitment, one group (N=150) entered an involuntary outpatient commitment program that lasted up to ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.7.863Publication date: 01 July 2005
Pages867–869To evaluate the effect of compulsory community treatment orders on subsequent time out of the hospital, the authors studied the admission dates of psychotic patients who had repeated hospitalizations in Quebec, Canada, and divided each admission according ...
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