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Volume 38, Issue 10

October 1987

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October 1987

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Rep. Ron Wyden

Page:1037
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1037

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October 1987

Prospective Payment and Hospital Psychiatry

Ole J. Thienhaus, and
Sandra E. Simon

Pages:1041–1043
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1041

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Our study, conducted on a geropsychiatric hospital unit, showed that the average length of hospital stay decreased after the introduction of DRGs, while the number of patients discharged to more restrictive facilities showed a marginal in crease. Whether ...

October 1987

Limited Confidentiality and the Pedophile

Robert J. Kelly

Pages:1046–1048
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1046

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There are other ethical and legal dilemmas inherent in balancing a pedophile's right to limited confidentiality with society's right to protect its children. For example, we need to further consider the implications of a therapist's duty to disclose ...

October 1987

Avoiding Negligent Release: A Risk-Management Strategy

Norman G. Poythress

Pages:1051–1052
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1051

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October 1987

Patients' Rights: The Action Moves to State Courts

Robert D. Miller,
Stephen Rachlin, and
Paul S. Appelbaum

Page:1052
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1052

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The article entitled "Patients' Rights: The Action Moves to State Courts" by Robert D. Miller, M.D., Ph.D., Stephen Rachlin, M.D., and Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D., in the April issue (pages 343-344) inadvertently cited Youngberg v. Romeo instead of Mills V. ...

October 1987

An Update on Software

Zebulon Taintor

Pages:1059–1060
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1059

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October 1987

Aging Parents as Caregivers of Mentally Ill Adult Children: An Emerging Social Problem

Harriet P. Lefley

Pages:1063–1070
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1063

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More than one-third of long-term mentally ill adults live with their families, most with aging parents, a situation that accentuates the need for residential alternatives to home care for deinstitutionalized patients who will out-live their caregivers. ...

October 1987

Changes in Health Care Costs and Utilization Associated With Mental Health Treatment

Harold D. Holder, and
James O. Blose

Pages:1070–1075
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1070

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Health insurance claims of families covered by Aetna's Federal Employees Health Benefit Program from 1980 through 1983 were analyzed to determine if any changes in total health care utilization and costs were associated with the initiation of mental ...

October 1987

Psychiatric Residency Training and the Changing Economic Scene

Joel Yager

Pages:1076–1081
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1076

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Efforts to contain the cost of medical care are having a profound impact on psychiatric residency training programs, which must cope with diminishing levels of funding from both federal and private sources. The programs are also being buffeted by other ...

October 1987

Patient Access to Medical Records in a Forensic Center: A Controlled Study

Robert D. Miller,
Barbara Morrow,
Michael Kaye, and
Gary J. Maier

Pages:1081–1085
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1081

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Several psychiatric facilities have opened their records partially or completely to patients. The authors report the results of a two-part study in which 20 patients on a minimum-security unit of a forensic center were allowed to read their records and ...

October 1987

A Survey of Mental Disability Among State Prison Inmates

Henry J. Steadman,
Stanley Fabisiak,
Joel Dvoskin, and
Edward J. Holohean

Pages:1086–1090
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1086

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To obtain a comprehensive picture of the levels of mental disability in the general state prison population in New York State, the authors gathered data on a random sample of inmates using a survey instrument adapted from the state's level-of-care surveys ...

October 1987

A Method for Comparing Two Systems of Acute 24-Hour Psychiatric Care

Maurice Rappaport,
Howard Goldman,
Patricia Thornton,
Bruce Stegner,
Sally Moltzen,
Karyl Hall,
Howard Gurevitz, and
C. Clifford Attkisson

Pages:1091–1095
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1091

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A quasi-experimental method was developed to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a public system of 24-hour acute psychiatric care in Santa Clara County, California, before and after a new treatment setting was introduced. The original system relied on a ...

October 1987

Using Family Consultation as Psychiatric Aftercare for Schizophrenic Patients

David Spiegel, and
Terry Wissler

Pages:1096–1099
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1096

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The families of 14 schizophrenic patients who were recently discharged from a Veterans Administration hospital received periodic consultation in their homes from members of a clinical team. The visiting clinicians educated the families and the patients ...

October 1987

Attitudes of Black Adults Toward Community Mental Health Centers

Lawrence E. Gary

Pages:1100–1105
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1100

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The attitudes of 4l1 black adults toward community mental health centers (CMHCs) and their relationship to seven demographic and sociocultural characteristics were assessed. Fewer than 20 percent of subjects had negative attitudes toward CMHCs, about 34 ...

October 1987

A Research Development Workshop to Stimulate Outcome Research in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry

David B. Larson,
Larry C. Kessler,
Barbara J. Burns,
Harold Alan Pincus,
Jeffrey L. Houpt,
Susan Fiester, and
Larry Chaitkin

Pages:1106–1109
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1106

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With shrinking federal resources, innovative approaches involving both professional organizations and federal program staff are needed to stimulate research in new or undeveloped clinical areas. National Institute of Mental Health staff and members of the ...

October 1987

A Model Program to Teach Parenting Skills to Schizophrenic Mothers

Merilyne C. Waldo,
Margaret Roath,
Winifred Levine, and
Robert Freedman

Pages:1110–1112
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1110

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October 1987

Characteristics of High Users of Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Services

Robert W. Surber,
Edna L. Winkler,
Mariann Monteleone,
Barbara E. Havassy,
Stephen M. Goldllnger, and
John T. Hopkin

Pages:1112–1114
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1112

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October 1987

Assessing Mental Illness in SRO Shelter Residents

Marilyn A. Davies,
Mark R. Munetz,
S. Charles Schulz, and
Evelyn J. Bromet

Pages:1114–1116
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1114

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October 1987

Concurrent Review

James N. Rascati,
Jackie Rugg,
Jerry Niewenhous,
Judy Cartoceti, and
Catherine Linton

Pages:1116–1117
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1116

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October 1987

Letter to the Editor

Sandy D. Melnick, and
Lloyd L. Lyter

Page:1117
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1117

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October 1987

Expressed Emotion

Julian Leff, and
Christine Vaughn

Pages:1117-a–1118
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1117-a

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October 1987

Letter to the Editor

Joel Kanter,
H. Richard Lamb, and
Cynthia Loeper

Pages:1118–1119
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1118

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October 1987

Hans Huessy

Page:1119
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1119

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October 1987

Letter to the Editor

Carol R. Hartman,
Ann Wolbert Burgess, and
Arlene McCormack

Pages:1119-a–1119
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1119-a

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October 1987

Adolescent Suicide

Michael S. Levy

Pages:1119-b–1119
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1119-b

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October 1987

Inpatient Psychiatry: Diagnosis and Treatment, 2nd edition—edited by Lloyd I. Sederer, M.D.; Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1986, 399 pages, $43.50

Andrew Aronson

Page:1120
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1120

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October 1987

Stress and Coping in Time of War: Generalizations From the Israeli Experience—edited by Norman A. Milgram; Brunner/Mazel, New York, 1986, 382 pages, $40

Louis A. Cancellaro

Pages:1120-a–1121
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1120-a

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October 1987

Melancholia and Depression: From Hippocratic Times to Modern Times—by Stanley W. Jackson, M.D.; Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986, 439 pages, $35

Marc A. Frader

Pages:1121–1122
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1121

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October 1987

Families of the Mentally Ill: Meeting the Challenges—edited by Agnes B. Hatfield, Ph.D.; New Directions for Mental Health Services, no. 34, Summer 1987

Page:1122
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1122

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October 1987

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chemical Dependency—National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, Maryland, 1987, 78 pages, paperbound. Single copies available free from the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information, P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, Maryland 20852

Pages:1122-a–1122
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1122-a

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October 1987

American Psychiatric Asociation Directory of Asian-American Psychiatrists—APA Committee of Asian-American Psychiatrists; 1986, 65 pages, paperbound. Available free from Linda Roll, Office of Minority/National Affairs, APA, 1400 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005

Pages:1122-b–1122
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October 1987

Pages:1125–1127
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.38.10.1125

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