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Volume 37, Issue 12

December 1986

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December 1986

Citizens: A New Ally for Research

Herbert Pardes

Page:1193
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1193

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December 1986

Remediable Behavioral Symptomatology in Alzheimer's Disease

Barry Reisberg,
Jeffrey Borenstein,
Emile Franssen,
Emma Shulman,
Gertrude Steinberg, and
Steven H. Ferris

Pages:1199–1201
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1199

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December 1986

Caring for Chronic and Disturbed Patients

Ian Alger

Pages:1202–1203
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1202

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December 1986

Consultation-Liaison Intervention in Somatization Disorder

G. Richard Smith,
Linda M. Miller, and
Roberta A. Monson

Pages:1207–1210
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1207

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Dr. Sharfstein's Introduction: This month's column increases the evidence of the cost-effectiveness of psychiatric interventions and expands the literature on cost-offset studies. Outpatient mental health services for patients with somatization disorder ...

December 1986

Appreciation to Reviewers

John A. Talbott

Pages:1215–1218
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1215

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December 1986

Addendum: Progress Toward Computerization

John A. Talbott

Page:1218
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1218

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December 1986

The Child as a Witness

Elissa P. Benedek, and
Diane H. Schetky

Pages:1225–1229
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1225

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The increasing participation of children in judicial proceedings raises two central issues: the competency of the child as a witness and the effects on the child of testifying about a traumatic experience. After discussing these issues, the authors ...

December 1986

Recent Trends in Cocaine Abuse in a VA Psychiatric Population

Kirk J. Brower,
Robert Hierholzer, and
Ebrahim Maddahian

Pages:1229–1234
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1229

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An anonymous questionnaire completed by 473 patients seeking psychiatric treatment at a metropolitan Veterans Administration medical center indicated that 23 percent were currently using cocaine and 46 percent had used the drug at least once in their ...

December 1986

A Longitudinal Account of Staff Adaptation to AIDS Patients on a Psychiatric Unit

Jess Amchin, and
H. Jonathan Polan

Pages:1235–1238
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1235

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As more patients with AIDS and AIDS-related syndromes are admitted to psychiatric units, staffs must meet new diagnostic and therapeutic challenges while adapting to the unique stresses of treating these patients. The authors discuss several case ...

December 1986

Patient Housing Options as Viewed by Parents of the Mentally Ill

Housing Committee, California Alliance for the Mentally Ill
Donna Castaneda, and
Robert Sommer

Pages:1238–1242
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1238

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The housing committee of the California Alliance for the Mentally Ill, an organization of parents of mentally ill adults, surveyed 350 members on the housing needs of their sons and daughters. The parents reported that their offspring bad a high degree of ...

December 1986

Continuous Treatment Teams in the Care of the Chronic Mentally Ill

E. Fuller Torrey

Pages:1243–1247
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1243

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Since deinstitutionalization began, the model of service delivery for the chronic mentally ill has been characterized first by the mere availability of services and then by continuity of care as coordinated through the case manager system. However, there ...

December 1986

A Survey of Psychiatrists' Practices Related to the Use of Tricydic Antidepressants

Solomon C. Goldberg,
David H. Tilley,
Robert O. Friedel,
Robert M. Hamer, and
Thomas A. Ban

Pages:1247–1251
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1247

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Four groups of psycbiatrists were surveyed about their clinical practices in relation to the use of tricyclic antidepressants to determine if there is any unanimity about procedures. The four groups were U.S. experts in the pharmacotherapy of depression, ...

December 1986

Age-Related Patterns of Alcoholism Among Veterans in Ambulatory Care

Kathryn Magruder-Habib,
Constance Corley Saltz, and
Patricia M. Barron

Pages:1251–1255
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1251

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In a survey of 342 outpatients in two urban Veterans Administration medical centers, 10.2 percent of the patients aged 65 and over and 8.4 percent of those aged 55 to 64 were found to be alcoholic on the Veterans Alcoholism Screening Test. The younger age ...

December 1986

Shifting Competency During Hospitalization: A Model for Informed Consent Decisions

Harold I. Schwartz, and
Karen Blank

Pages:1256–1260
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1256

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The demonstration of factual understanding hould be sought when determining a patient's ability to give informed consent, but a patient's failure to demonstrate understanding should not always be equated with an inability ability to competently consent to ...

December 1986

Follow-up of Participants in a Vocational Rehabilitation Program at a State Hospital

Margaret W. Pryer, and
M. K. Distefano

Pages:1261–1262
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1261

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December 1986

Using a Drug Audit Program to Reduce Polypharmacy in a State Psychiatric Hospital

Barbara G. Wells,
Tom C. Guthrie,
David H. Knott, and
Robert D. Fink

Pages:1262–1265
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1262

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Our study found that conformance with antianxiety, hypnotic, and overall criteria was significantly improved in the repeat audit. It should be erriphasized that the prescriber's responsibility is to deliver the best possible care, and that in some cases ...

December 1986

The Asylum as Refuge

Judith F. Bergmann

Page:1265
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1265

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December 1986

Alexander Gralnick

Pages:1265-a–1265
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1265-a

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December 1986

Stensvad Reexamined

Robert D. Miller,
James R. Whitman, and
Gary J. Maier

Page:1266
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1266

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December 1986

Nurses as Educators

Kayla F. Bernheim, and
Elizabeth A. Hodgdon

Pages:1266-a–1266
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1266-a

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December 1986

Kathryn Dillon, and
Jean Nix

Pages:1266-b–1267
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1266-b

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December 1986

Assessing Outcome

Paul Olberz

Page:1267
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1267

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December 1986

Jon G. Allen

Pages:1267-a–1267
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1267-a

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December 1986

Lithium in Schizophrenia

William H. Wilson

Pages:1267-b–1267
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1267-b

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December 1986

Psychiatry Update: American Psychiatric Association Annual Review, Volume 5—edited by Allen J. Frances, M.D., and Robert E. Hales, M.D.; American Psychiatric Press, Washington, D.C., 1986, 791 pages, $49.95 hardcover, $36.95 paperbound

Martin S. Kesselman

Pages:1268–1269
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1268

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December 1986

Taking Care: Supporting Older People and Their Families—by Nancy R. Hooyman and Wendy Lustbader; Free Press, New York, 1986, 322 pages, $25

Elaine Crovitz

Page:1269
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1269

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December 1986

Handbook of Eating Disorders: Physiology, Psychology, and Treatment of Obesity, Anorexia, and Bulimia—edited by Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., and John P. Foreyt, Ph.D.; Basic Books, New York, 1986, 529 pages, $35.50

Michael Rush

Pages:1269-a–1270
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1269-a

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December 1986

Making Contact: Uses of Language in Psychotherapy—by Leston Havens; Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986, 201 pages, $18.50

James L. Titchener

Pages:1270–1271
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1270

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December 1986

The Secret Trauma: Incest in the Lives of Girls and Women—by Diana E. H. Russell; Basic Books, New York, 1986, 426 pages, $24.95

Anne Alonso

Page:1271
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1271

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December 1986

Pages:1272–1274
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.12.1272

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