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Volume 43, Issue 8

August 1992

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August 1992

Psychiatric Lessons From the Persian Gulf War

Robert E. Hales

Page:769
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.769

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August 1992

Diagnostic Issues for Conversion Disorder

Ronald L. Martin

Pages:771–773
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.771

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Classification systems are inherently imperfect. At best they represent a useful approximation of "nature." Yet reliable and valid diagnostic categories facilitate communication and clinical decision making and foster research. The work group welcomes ...

August 1992

Managed Care for Patients Who Are Treatment Resistant

Lori Hood, and
Steven S. Sharfstein

Pages:774–775
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.774

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August 1992

Parallel Treatment: Therapy With One Clinician and Medication With Another

Kevin V. Kelly

Pages:778–780
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.778

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August 1992

An Estimation of the Impact of OBRA-87 on Nursing Home Care in the United States

Mary Avellone Eichmann,
Brian P. Griffin,
John S. Lyons,
Sanford Finkel, and
David B. Larson

Pages:781–789
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.781

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The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-87) established criteria for Medicare-or Medicaid-certified nursing homes to use in admitting or retaining mentally ill patients. In effect, the law created five dispositional categories for residents or ...

August 1992

Classification of Amok in DSM-IV

Albert C. Gaw, and
Ruth L. Bernstein

Pages:789–793
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.789

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Culture-bound syndromes have been described worldwide in many individuals and, for certain syndromes, in epidemic proportion, yet these disorders have been classified as rare and exotic conditions warranting minimal attention. Development of the fourth ...

August 1992

Clinical Factors Associated With Better Quality of Life in a Seriously Mentally Ill Population

Greer Sullivan,
Kenneth B. Wells, and
Barbara Leake

Pages:794–798
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.794

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improving the quality of life of persons with chronic mental illness is becoming an important treatment goal. in this study, 101 former acute care psychiatric inpatients with serious mental illness who were living in Mississippi communities were ...

August 1992

Case Management, Quality of Life, and Satisfaction With Services of Long-Term Psychiatric Patients

Peter Huxley, and
Richard Warner

Pages:799–802
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.799

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Two scales developed in Great Britain, the QOL Profile and the General Satisfaction Questionnaire, were used to examine the relationship between type of case management services and quality of life and satisfaction with treatment of 68 long-term ...

August 1992

Patient Outcome After Transfer Within a Psychiatric Hospital

Susan V. Eisen, and
Mollie C. Grob

Pages:803–806
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.803

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Patients' satisfaction with the process and outcome of transfer between units of a private psychiatric hospital and the immediate impact of the transfer were examined through chart reviews (59 patients) and interviews (29 of the 59 patients). Results ...

August 1992

Treatment-Resistant Chronic Mental Illness: Is It Asperger's Syndrome?

Ruth M. Ryan

Pages:807–811
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.807

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in some cases of treatment-resistant chronic mental illness, it may be useful to reconsider the primary diagnosis. Patients with Asperger's syndrome, a rare pervasive developmental disorder, have characteristics such as eccentricities, emotional lability, ...

August 1992

Letters to the Editor

Page:811
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.811

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On page 744 and on the contents page of the July issue, Dr. Pinheiro's first name was incorrect; it should have been Marcio V. Pinheiro, M.D. The editors regret the error.

August 1992

Classification and Characteristics of Army Stress Casualties During Operation Desert Storm

David R. McDuff, and
Jeannette L. Johnson

Pages:812–815
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.812

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During the Persian Gulf War, the U.S. Army provided mental health care to soldiers using a model that emphasized the identification and management of factors associated with combat stress. Nonpathological labels, such as combat stress reaction, a non-...

August 1992

Clinical Presentation of PTSD in World War II Combat Veterans

Robert Hierholzer,
Jan Munson,
Carol Peabody, and
John Rosenberg

Pages:816–820
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.816

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Clinicians have increasingly recognized posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Vietnam veterans, but the disorder may be easily over looked among World War II combat veterans. The authors review recent studies of PTSD in older veterans and describe ...

August 1992

Cultural Influences in Psychotherapy With Refugee Survivors of Torture and Trauma

Patrick Morris, and
Derrick Silove

Pages:820–824
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.820

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A selective review of the literature describing treatment of refugee survivors of torture and trauma revealed that approaches to psychotherapy used in treating South American patients differed from those used in treating Indochinese patients. South ...

August 1992

Social Issues in the Management of Released Hostages

David R. McDuff

Pages:825–828
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.825

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Mental health clinicians have assumed a more important role in the release of individuals held hostage by international terrorists. The author uses his experiences during three hostage releases in the late 1980s-the Achille Lauro incident, the hijacking ...

August 1992

Effectiveness of a Stress Recovery Unit During the Persian Gulf War

Lorraine B. Johnson,
David W. Clime,
J. Michael Marcum, and
Jane L. Intress

Pages:829–831
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.829

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The unit was the first level of treatment for most subjects. It was located close to their units, enabling visits by unit members. Considering the large amount of symptomatology on admission, the average length of stay (four days) was relatively short, ...

August 1992

Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms Among Soldiers Exposed to Combat in the Persian Gulf

Lawrence A. Labbate, and
Michael P. Snow

Pages:831–833
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.831

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This study surveyed a relatively small sample. No attempt was made to perform diagnostic interviews on to evaluate the full spectrum of symptoms associated with posttraumatic stress disorder. However, the results suggest that personal injury may be highly ...

August 1992

State Hospital Patients' Views About Operation Desert Storm

Jeffrey L. Geller,
Carla White,
William Fisher,
Paul Sorgi, and
Anne Marie Jarvey

Pages:833–835
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.833

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We found that patients in a state hospital were reasonably informed about Operation Desert Storm. Patients who had better orientation and patients who had spent less time in the hospital demonstrated a higher degree of knowledge, compared with longer-stay,...

August 1992

A Replication Study of Staff Injuries in a State Hospital

Ronald H. Hanson, and
Jonathan A. Balk

Pages:836–837
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.836

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August 1992

Incidence of PTSD Among Staff Victims of Patient Violence

Michael F. Caldwell

Pages:838–839
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.838

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This study clearly demonstrated that traumatically stressful events occurred fairly frequently among clinical and nonclinical staff. The clinical staff reported a very high rate of PTSD-related symptoms. No evidence was found that clinicians were immune ...

August 1992

Dissociative Comorbity in 100 Chemically Dependent Patients

Cohn A. Ross,
Jeff Kronson,
Stuart Koensgen,
Ken Barkman,
Patti Clark, and
Gary Rockman

Pages:840–842
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.840

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August 1992

A Collaborative Nurse-Physician Practice Model for Helping Persons With Serious Mental Illness

Nadine Nehls,
Lori Blahnik,
Kim Nestler, and
Dorothy Richardson

Pages:842–844
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.842

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The medical services unit has filled a significant gap in the services provided to persons with serious mental illness at the Mental Health Center of Dane County in Madison, Wisconsin. The efficacy of the program has not been formally evaluated. However, ...

August 1992

Disability Status and Length of Stay at a VA Medical Center

Raymond Pary,
Danielle M. Turns,
Judith J. Stephenson,
Carmelita Tobias, and
Steven Lippmann

Pages:844–845
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.844

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In this study, patients who benefited financially from extended admissions had a significantly greater proportion of hospital stays exceeding 20 days. The system of monetary rewards for veterans with service connected partial disabilities appears to ...

August 1992

Community Psychiatry: The Principles—edited by Douglas H. Bennett, M.D., and Hugh L. Freeman, D.M.; New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1991, 669 pages, $119

John A. Talbott

Pages:846–847
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.846

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August 1992

Fundamentals of Monitoring Psychoactive Drug Therapy—by C. Lindsay DeVane, Pharm.D.; Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1990, 288 pages, $31

Leo E. Hollister

Page:847
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.847

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August 1992

Electroconvulsive Therapy—edited by Charles H. Kellner, M.D.; volume 14, number 4 of Psychiatric Clinics of North America, December 1991; Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, 242 pages, $32 hardcover

Rudra Prakash

Pages:847-a–848
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.847-a

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August 1992

Preventing AIDS in Drug Users and Their Sexual Partners—by James L. Sorensen, Ph.D., Laurie A. Wermuth, Ph.D., David R. Gibson, Ph.D., Kyung-Hee Choi, Ph.D., Joseph R. Guydish, Ph.D., and Steven L. Batki, M.D.; New York, Guilford Press, 1991, 220 pages, $25

Constantine Ioannou

Page:848
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.848

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August 1992

The Concept of Schizophrenia: Historical Perspectives—edited by John G. Howells, M.D.; Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1991, 211 pages, $30

Manuel F. Casanova

Pages:848-a–849
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.848-a

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August 1992

Psychiatry in the Nursing Home: Assessment, Evaluation, and Intervention—by D. Peter Birkett, M.D.; Binghampton, New York, $29.95 hardcover, $17.95 paper-bound

David G. Folks

Page:849
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.8.849

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August 1992

Pages:851–853
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August 1992

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