Psychiatric Services
- Volume 62
- Number 1
- January 2011
Taking Issue
Monthly Features
Columns - Law & Psychiatry
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages6–8Previous efforts to change the U.S. medical malpractice system have involved such initiatives as time limits on filing claims, caps on noneconomic damages, and limiting attorneys' fees. This column briefly reviews such past efforts and describes several ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0006Columns - Public-Academic Partnerships
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages9–11Public mental health authorities have access to large administrative databases. Advances in information technology now make it possible to use secondary analyses of these data to inform policy and clinical interventions. New York City and State mental ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0009Columns - Best Practices
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages12–14There is public health interest in the identification and treatment of modifiable cardiometabolic risk factors among patients treated with antipsychotic medications. However, best-practice screening recommendations endorsed by multiple medical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0012Articles
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages15–21Objective: This purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and types of preexisting mental disorders among military personnel who received mental health services in an Iraqi war zone. Methods: The study examined psychiatric histories of 1,078 ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0015Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages22–27Objective: There are growing concerns about the mental health status of returning veterans from the recent conflicts in Iraq (Operation Iraq Freedom [OIF]) and Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom [OEF]) and about retention in mental health treatment of ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0022Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages28–34Objective: National Guard forces have deployed in large numbers to Iraq and Afghanistan since September 11, 2001. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess mental health symptoms, utilization of mental health services, and perceived barriers ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0028Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages35–38Objective: Most veterans who use Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care are not employed. This study evaluated the association between mental disorders and labor force status among VA health care users. Methods: Multinomial logistic regression ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0035Psychiatric Status and Work Performance of Veterans of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages39–46Objective: This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship between psychiatric diagnosis and impaired work functioning among American service members returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom-Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF-OIF). Methods: Participants ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0039Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages47–53Objective: A 2004 consensus statement by the American Psychiatric Association and other groups noted that metabolic side effects of second-generation antipsychotics require monitoring. To reduce risk, prescribers may consider factors differentially ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0047Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages54–60Objectives: Involvement of community mental health consumers in mental health decision making has been consistently associated with improvements in health outcomes. Electronic decision support systems (EDSSs) that support both consumer and provider ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0054Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages61–66Objective: Nursing home residents with serious mental illness need a high level of general medical and end-of-life services. This study tested whether persons with serious mental illness are as likely as other nursing home residents to make informed ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0061Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages67–72Objective: This study compared arrest rates on a broad range of offenses in a cohort of public mental health service recipients and in the general population. Methods: Administrative data from a state mental health agency were merged with data capturing ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0067Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages73–78Objective: Many inmates with serious mental illness leave prisons without health insurance, which reduces their access to health care and therefore places them at risk of relapse and rearrest. This study assessed the effectiveness of a discharge planning ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0073Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages79–86Objective: Recovery-oriented care for patients with schizophrenia involves consideration of cultural issues, such as religion and spirituality. However, there is evidence that psychiatrists rarely address such topics. This study examined acceptance of a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0079Brief Reports
Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages87–89Informed consent that is voluntary and made by an individual who is knowledgeable and competent is a foundational requirement for protecting human subjects from harm and exploitation that could result from research participation. In 1974 Miller and ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0087Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages90–92Objective: The authors developed and evaluated a tool for assessing competency in violence risk assessment and management. Methods: The Competency Assessment Instrument for Violence Risk (CAI-V) was based on the literature on violence risk assessment, which ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0090Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages93–96Objective: This study examined Medicaid enrollment for all individuals arrested in Florida in fiscal year (FY) 2006. Methods: Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrest data were used to identify all individuals arrested in Florida in FY 2006. Arrest data ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.62.1.pss6201_0093Publication date: 01 January 2011
Pages97–100Objective: Urinary incontinence is physically and psychologically disabling, and little information exists about this condition in psychiatric populations. This exploratory study examined the prevalence of urinary incontinence and factors associated with ...
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