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Psychiatric Services

  • Volume 63
  • Number 10
  • October 2012

Book Reviews

Taking Issue

This Month's Highlights

Columns

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages956–958

Punishment of juvenile murderers forces policy makers to weigh the developmental immaturity of adolescents against the heinousness of their crimes. The U.S. Supreme Court has progressively limited the severity of punishments that can be imposed on ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.631012

Articles

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages963–973

Stigma associated with mental illness has malignant effects on the lives of people with serious mental illnesses. Many strategies have been used to combat public stigma—the prejudice and discrimination endorsed by the general population. To identify the ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100529

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages974–981

Self-stigma is the harm that occurs when a person internalizes the prejudices embodied in public stigma. A review of current research on self-stigma reduction strategies identified two prominent approaches: interventions to alter the individual's ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100459

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages982–988

ObjectiveThis study by the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership Clinical Leaders Project sought to describe ongoing or soon-to-be-established national-level mental health quality measurement programs in 12 participating countries, in ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100382

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages989–996

ObjectiveThe study assessed the prevalence of suicidal ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempts as well as patterns of mental health service use among adolescents.MethodsData came from the National Comorbidity Survey–Adolescent Supplement, a ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200058

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages997–1003

ObjectiveThis study assessed rates of mental health care utilization among juvenile detainees upon community reentry and examined the impact of a mental health screening and referral program.MethodsA pre-post cohort design was used: 24 months before and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100550

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1004–1010

ObjectiveThis study examined racial disparities in mental health service use by problem type (internalizing versus externalizing) for youths in contact with the child welfare system.MethodsParticipants included 1,693 non-Hispanic white, African-American, ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100427

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1011–1018

ObjectivesThe study aimed to assess the occurrence of overlapping prescriptions for methylphenidate among children and adolescents with newly diagnosed attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to evaluate the extent to which physician-level and ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100473

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1019–1025

ObjectiveRecent evidence suggests that children are increasingly diagnosed as having bipolar disorder, yet no studies have quantified treatment costs for pediatric patients. The objectives of the study were to identify one-year health services utilization ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100516

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1026–1031

ObjectiveRapid economic growth and social change in China in recent years have been accompanied by increased rates of mental health problems among the country’s adolescents. This study examined rates of mental health service use and associated factors ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201200090

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1032–1038

ObjectiveA longitudinal analysis was used to explore the relationship between diagnosis of serious mental illness and subsequent new diagnoses of HIV.MethodsLogistic regression was used to predict HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2002–2004 among Medicaid ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100342

Open Forum

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1039–1041

Years after the heyday of the antipsychiatry movement, a broad array of Internet activists, investigative journalists, psychologists, and academic psychiatrists are questioning the validity of psychiatric categories and diagnostic practices and reliance ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100484

Brief Reports

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1042–1046

ObjectiveThis study described the epidemiology of serious mental illness in the adult household population.MethodsData from the 2007 National Health Interview Survey of 23,393 adult respondents were used. Serious mental illness was defined when ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100442

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1047–1050

Objective:This evaluation study elicited feedback from participants in a novel program intended to help posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clinical managers address organizational challenges in providing services and improving care.Methods:Program ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100446

Publication date: 01 October 2012

Pages1051–1054

ObjectiveThis study investigated the relationship between positive and negative religious coping and quality of life among outpatients with schizophrenia.MethodsInterviews were conducted with 63 adults in the southeastern United States. Religious coping ...

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201000208

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