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Psychiatric Services

Volume 56, Issue 4

April 2005
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Taking Issue
April 2005
The Irreversible Damage Caused by Surreptitious Prescribing
  • Laurie Ahern, associate director, Mental Disability Rights International in Washington, D.C., and
  • Laura Van Tosh, director of Consumer Affairs at Western State Hospital, Tacoma, Washington.
  • Page:383
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.383

Departments
April 2005
April 2005: This Month's Highlights
  • Page:395
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.395

Columns
April 2005
Datapoints: Use of Prescription Psychiatric Drugs and Religious Service Attendance
  • Page:396
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.396

April 2005
Law & Psychiatry: Dangerous Severe Personality Disorders: England's Experiment in Using Psychiatry for Public Protection
  • Pages:397–399
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.397

April 2005
Rehab Rounds: Psychiatric Rehabilitation in a Chinese Psychiatric Hospital
  • Pages:401–403
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.401

April 2005
Economic Grand Rounds: Access to Psychiatrists in the Public Sector and in Managed Health Plans
  • Pages:408–410
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.408

April 2005
State Mental Health Policy: Implementing a Multisource Outcome Assessment Protocol in a State Psychiatric Hospital: A Case Study
  • Pages:411–413
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.411

April 2005
Personal Accounts: Bringing Grandma Home
  • Pages:416–417
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.416

Other Articles
April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Editor's Introduction: "Do You Walk to School, or Do You Carry Your Lunch?"
  • Page:419
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.419

April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Using the GAF as a National Mental Health Outcome Measure in the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Pages:420–426
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.420

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Continuity of Care and Clinical Outcomes in a National Health System
  • Pages:427–433
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.427

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Reliability of Global Assessment of Functioning Ratings Made by Clinical Psychiatric Staff
  • Pages:434–438
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.434

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Relationship Between the Global Assessment of Functioning and Other DSM Axes in Routine Clinical Work
  • Pages:439–443
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.439

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Selection of Outcome Assessment Instruments for Inpatients With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
  • Pages:444–451
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.444

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Special Section on the GAF: Determinants of Indicated Versus Actual Level of Care in Psychiatric Emergency Services
  • Pages:452–457
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.452

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Use of General Medical Services Among Medicaid Patients With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
  • Pages:458–462
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.458

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Effects on Processes and Costs of Care Associated With the Addition of an Internist to an Inpatient Psychiatry Team
  • Pages:463–467
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.463

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Depression and Comorbid Pain as Predictors of Disability, Employment, Insurance Status, and Health Care Costs
  • Pages:468–474
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.468

Preview Abstract
April 2005
Health Service Use Among Persons With Comorbid Bipolar and Substance Use Disorders
  • Pages:475–480
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.475

Preview Abstract
Open Forum
April 2005
Surreptitious Prescribing in Psychiatric Practice
  • Pages:481–483
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.481

Brief Report
April 2005
Brief Reports: A Comparison of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the GAF Among Adults With Mental Retardation and Mental Illness
  • Pages:484–486
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.484

Preview Abstract
April 2005
A Pharmacy-Based Coaching Program to Improve Adherence to Antidepressant Treatment Among Primary Care Patients
  • Pages:487–489
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.487

Preview Abstract
Letters
April 2005
Weight Loss and Anorexia With Quetiapine
  • Page:490
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.490

April 2005
ECT Then and Now
  • Pages:490-a–491
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.490-a

April 2005
Use of Coercive Measures in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in Slovenia
  • Pages:491–492
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.491

Book Reviews
April 2005
Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family
  • Pages:493–495
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.493

April 2005
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders
  • Pages:495–496
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.495

April 2005
Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies
  • Page:496
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.496

April 2005
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Litigation: Guidelines for Forensic Assessment, 2nd edition
  • Pages:496-a–497
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.496-a

April 2005
Community Mental Health Teams: A Guide to Current Practices
  • Pages:497–498
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.497

April 2005
Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy: Dissolving the Mind-Brain Barrier
  • Page:498
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.498

April 2005
Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions
  • Page:499
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.499

April 2005
The Concepts of Psychiatry: A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness
  • Pages:499-a–500
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.499-a

April 2005
The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child
  • Page:500
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.500

News & Notes
April 2005
  • Pages:502–503
  • Published Online:1 April 2005

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.502