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Volume 34, Issue 12

December 1983

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December 1983

Is It Really as Simple as ABC?

Richard Rabkin

Page:1101
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1101

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December 1983

A Note of Appreciation

John A. Talbott

Pages:1105–1107
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1105

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December 1983

Information for Contributors

Pages:1109–1110
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1109

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December 1983

Which Psychodynamic Therapy for a Painfully Shy Patient?

Allen Frances, and
John C. Nemiah

Pages:1111–1117
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1111

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December 1983

Cognitive Therapy of Depression: Theory and Practice

Jesse H. Wright, and
Aaron T. Beck

Pages:1119–1127
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1119

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Cognitive therapy is based on the premise that cognition, the process of acquiring knowledge and forming beliefs, is a primary determinant of mood and behavior. After reviewing the basic theories of cognitive therapy, the authors discuss its application ...

December 1983

Issues Surrounding the Ownership of Private Psychiatric Hospitals. by Investor-Owned Hospital Chains

Alan I. Levenson

Pages:1127–1131
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1127

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Investor-owned multihospital chains now operate many of the nation's private psychiatric hospitals. This paper provides data showing the extent of the chains' involvement in these hospitals; it also provides specific information about those firms that own ...

December 1983

The Dexamethasone Suppression Test: Promises and Problems of Diagnostic Laboratory Tests in Psychiatry

Thomas R. Insel, and
Frederick K. Goodwin

Pages:1131–1138
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1131

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Diagnostic tests in medicine must satisfy certain validity and accuracy criteria to be clinically useful. In psychiatry, the validity of a diagnostic procedure might be tested independently against clinical diagnosis, treatment response, and family ...

December 1983

The Nature and Extent of Benzodiazepine Abuse: An Overview of Recent Literature

James Dietch

Pages:1139–1145
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1139

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The author provides an overview of the literature on benzodiazepine abuse to define and assess the nature and extent of abuse. Researchers generally use four criteria for recognizing benzodiazepine abuse: taking the drug after the medical or psychiatric ...

December 1983

Legal Coercion and Retention in Drug Abuse Treatment

James J. Collins, and
Margaret Allison

Pages:1145–1149
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1145

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The criminal justice system is increasingly referring offenders who have mental health problems to the community mental health system for treatment. The effects of such referrals on treatment outcome and on the mental health and criminal justice systems ...

December 1983

The Impact of Psychopharmacology Education on Prescribing Practices

Bruce Alexander,
Henry A. Nasrallah,
Frederick J. Dunner,
Paul J. Perry, and
Barry I. Liskow

Pages:1150–1153
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1150

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The authors describe a pharmacology education program on the psychiatry service of a Veterans Administration medical center. The program, directed by a clinical pharmacist, includes weekly lectures to medical students and weekly psychopharmacology review ...

December 1983

Intellectual Assessment of Young Adult Chronic Patients

Barbara Feitel, and
Mary Sano

Pages:1153–1155
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1153

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At Rockland Psychiatric Center 60 newly admitted (and readmitted) young adult chronic patients were given tests of intellectual functioning and academic achievement three weeks after admission. The majority of these patients (83 percent) had belownormal ...

December 1983

Hyponatremia Disguised as an Acute Manic Episode

Patricia A. Santy, and
Michael B. Schwartz

Pages:1156–1157
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1156

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December 1983

Submission of Material From APA Annual Meeting

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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1157

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December 1983

Psychoeducational Courses for a Nonpatient Clientele at a Mental Health Center

William W. Womack,
Roland D. Maiuro,
Joan Russo, and
Peter Paul Vitaliano

Pages:1158–1160
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1158

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The current data suggest that psychoeducational course offerings can significantly broaden a community mental health center's clientele and service impact. The phenomenon would appear to be partially attributable to the different demand characteristics ...

December 1983

"Transfer Trauma" as a Legal Argument Against Closing a State Mental Hospital

Scott H. Nelson,
Jonathan Vipond,
Kathleen Reese, and
Kathryn McKenna

Pages:1160–1162
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1160

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December 1983

Deinstitutionalization and Women: Where the Buck Stops

Shari L. Thurer

Pages:1162–1163
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1162

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December 1983

Robert Eilers

Pages:1163–1164
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1163

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December 1983

Youth of the '60s

Maxine Harris, and
Helen C. Bergman

Page:1164
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1164

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December 1983

Mental Health Administration: Principles and Practice—by Walter E. Barton, M.D., and Gail M. Barton, M.D., M.P.H., Human Sciences Press, New York, 1983, two volumes, 845 pages, $90 for the set

Stephen L. White

Pages:1165–1166
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1165

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December 1983

Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy—by Maurice H. Greenhill, M.D., and Alexander Gralnick, M.D.; Free Press, New York, 1983, 186 pages, $29.95

Joseph N. DiGiacomo

Pages:1166–1167
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1166

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December 1983

Treating the Long-Term Mentally III—by H. Richard Lamb, M.D.; Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 1982, 246 pages, $17.95

David Adler

Page:1167
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.34.12.1167

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December 1983

Maintaining and Improving Psychiatric Insurance Coverage: An Annotated Bibliography—by Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D., Sam Muszynski, and Antoinette Gattozzi; American Psychiatric Press, Washington, D.C., 1983, $9.50, paperbound

Pages:1167-a–1167
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December 1983

Pages:1171–1173
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December 1983

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December 1983

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