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Volume 50, Issue 3

March 1999

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March 1999

Sexual Predators and the Abuse of Psychiatry

Gary J. Maier, M.D., psychiatrist, forensic program, Mendota Mental Health Institute, Madison, Wisconsin, and clinical assistant professor of psychiatry, University of Wisconsin

Page:295
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.295

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March 1999

Practical Geriatics: Issues Affecting the Lives of Older Persons With Developmental Disabilities

Kim S. Griswold, M.D., M.P.H., and
Marion Zucker Goldstein, M.D.

Pages:315–317
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.315

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March 1999

Emergency Psychiatry: The Depersonalization of Health Care

Joseph J. Zealberg, M.D.

Pages:327–328
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.327

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March 1999

Rehab Rounds: Improving Pharmacotherapy in a Psychiatric Hospital

Robert E. Moebius, M.D.,
Barbara B. Jones, Pharm.D., and
Robert Paul Liberman, M.D.

Pages:335–338
Published Online:1 March 1999

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.335

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Introduction by the column editors: Rehabilitation of persons with severe mental disorders is of necessity a biobehavioral endeavor, with control and stabilization of symptoms the foundation for helping individuals achieve their personal goals through ...

Article

March 1999

Are Sex Offenders Treatable? A Research Overview

Linda S. Grossman, Ph.D.,
Brian Martis, M.D., and
Christopher G. Fichtner, M.D.

Pages:349–361
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.349

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OBJECTIVE: Recent legislation in several states providing for civil commitment and preventive detention of sexually violent persons has stirred legal, clinical, and public policy controversies. The mandate for psychiatric evaluation and treatment has an ...

March 1999

Issues in the Psychiatric Treatment of African Americans

F. M. Baker, M.D., M.P.H., and
Carl C. Bell, M.D.

Pages:362–368
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.362

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African Americans constitute about 12 percent of the United States population. Sixty percent of African Americans live in urban areas, and 25 percent have incomes below the poverty level. Issues in the psychiatric assessment and evaluation of African-...

March 1999

Special Series on the Psychiatric Needs of Nonwhite Populations

Carl C. Bell, M.D.

Page:363
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.363

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March 1999

Helping Parental Caregivers and Mental Health Consumers Cope With Parental Aging and Loss

Harriet P. Lefley, Ph.D., and
Agnes B. Hatfield, Ph.D.

Pages:369–375
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.369

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As persons with severe and persistent mental illness age, large numbers continue to live with their elderly parents or receive substantial social and economic support from them. Prospective studies suggest that when caregivers die, individuals with mental ...

March 1999

Personality and Clinical Predictors of Recurrence of Depression

Carlos Berlanga, M.D.,
Gerardo Heinze, M.D.,
Marina Torres, M.D.,
Rogelio Apiquián, M.D., and
Alejandro Caballero, M.D.

Pages:376–380
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.376

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OBJECTIVE: To help clinicians more accurately predict outcomes of treatment for depression, variables associated with recurrence of depression in the year after treatment were examined in a group of patients who completed treatment for an index episode of ...

March 1999

Assaults by Patients on Psychiatric Residents: A Survey and Training Recommendations

Thomas L. Schwartz, M.D., and
Tricia L. Park, M.S.

Pages:381–383
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.381

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OBJECTIVE: A survey was conducted to determine the frequency and severity of assaults on psychiatric residents and the level of training they receive in the management of violent patients.METHODS: In early 1997 a survey was randomly distributed to 2,553 ...

March 1999

A Survey of Assaultive Behavior in Veterans Health Administration Facilities

Laurent S. Lehmann, M.D.,
Richard A. McCormick, Ph.D., and
Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H.

Pages:384–389
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.384

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OBJECTIVE: To more clearly define the scope and impact of violence in health care facilities, national data on assaults in VA medical centers and freestanding clinics were examined. METHODS: A survey was distributed to all VA medical centers and ...

March 1999

Repeated Assaults by Patients in VA Hospital and Clinic Settings

Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D.,
Kristen Lawton Barry, Ph.D.,
Laurel A. Copeland, M.P.H.,
Richard A. McCormick, Ph.D.,
Laurent S. Lehmann, M.D., and
Esther Ullman, M.S.W.

Pages:390–394
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.390

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OBJECTIVE: The study aim was to determine the prevalence of repeated assaults on staff and other patients and characteristics of patients who commit repeated assaults in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. METHODS: ...

March 1999

An Ethnographic Study of the Meaning of Continuity of Care in Mental Health Services

Norma C. Ware, Ph.D.,
Toni Tugenberg, M.Ed., L.C.S.W.,
Barbara Dickey, Ph.D., and
Colleen A. McHorney, Ph.D.

Pages:395–400
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.395

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OBJECTIVE: As a step toward developing a standardized measure of continuity of care for mental health services research, the study sought to identify the interpersonal processes of giving and receiving day-to-day services through which individual ...

March 1999

Comparison of Outcomes of Acute Care in Short-Term Residential Treatment and Psychiatric Hospital Settings

William B. Hawthorne, Ph.D.,
Elizabeth E. Green, Ph.D.,
James B. Lohr, M.D.,
Richard Hough, Ph.D., and
Peggy G. Smith, Ph.D.

Pages:401–406
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.401

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OBJECTIVE: The study compared the demographic and diagnostic characteristics of clients and the outcomes of treatment in five short-term acute residential treatment programs and two acute hospital-based psychiatric programs. METHODS: A total of 368 ...

Brief Report

March 1999

Anxiety Disorders Among African-American and White Primary Medical Care Patients

Charlotte Brown, Ph.D.,
M. Katherine Shear, M.D.,
Herbert C. Schulberg, Ph.D., and
Michael J. Madonia, M.S.W.

Pages:407–409
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.407

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The prevalence of current anxiety disorders and associated clinical patterns was examined in a sample of 125 African American and 120 white primary medical care patients between ages 18 and 64. Patients who indicated they had at least one mood or anxiety ...

March 1999

Characteristics of Nonresponders to a Patient Satisfaction Survey at Discharge From Psychiatric Hospitals

Hiroto Ito, Ph.D.,
Noritoshi Shingai, M.D.,
Syun Yamazumi, M.D.,
Yutaka Sawa, M.D., and
Sakai Iwasaki, M.D.

Pages:410–412
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.410

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The study compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients treated in the 31 psychiatric hospitals in Japan who did and did not return a satisfaction survey at discharge. Of the 471 patients discharged in a one-month period, 364 agreed to ...

March 1999

Quality-of-Life Changes Among Patients With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Partial Hospitalization Program

Alexander Bystritsky, M.D.,
Sanjaya Saxena, M.D.,
Karron Maidment, R.N.,
Tanya Vapnik, Ph.D., R.N.,
Gerald Tarlow, Ph.D., and
Richard Rosen, M.D.

Pages:412–414
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.412

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Thirty treatment-resistant patients with a primary DSM-IV diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder were assessed at admission to and discharge from a partial hospitalization program to determine whether improvement in symptoms of the disorder was ...

Open Forum

March 1999

Physician Service Networks and the Future for Psychiatrists

Robert K. Schreter, M.D.

Pages:415–416
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.415

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Physicians are responding to payers' demand for one-stop shopping and providers' desire for increased autonomy by creating physician service networks. These provider-owned and -operated delivery systems offer psychiatrists a model for creating their own ...

Letter

March 1999

Tailoring the Chart

Sandy D. Melnick, M.D.

Page:417
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.417

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March 1999

Tailoring the Chart

Pauline E. Ginsberg, Ph.D.

Pages:417a–418
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.417a

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March 1999

Tailoring the chart

James Dwyer, Ph.D.

Page:418
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.418

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Safer Security Pages

Melissa Eshelman, M.D., and
Michael Resnick, M.D.

Pages:418a–418
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.418a

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Clarifying the Scope of Occupational Therapy

Karen L. Rebeiro, M.Sc.O.T.

Pages:418b–419
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.418b

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Clarifying the Scope of Occupational Therapy

Jeanne Bair, M.B.A., F.A.O.T.A.

Pages:419–420
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.419

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Clarifying the Scope of Occupational Therapy

Joanne Valiant Cook, Ph.D., O.T.(C.)

Page:420
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.420

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Clarifying the Scope of Occupational Therapy

Alex Kopelowicz, M.D.,
Charles J. Wallace, Ph.D., and
Roberto Zarate, Ph.D.

Pages:420a–421
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.420a

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March 1999

Zolpidem for Insomnia Related to PTSD

Michael E. Dieperink, ,M.D., Ph.D., and
Lisa Drogemuller, R.Ph.

Page:421
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.421

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Book Review: The Decline of Gay and Lesbian Culture?

March 1999

The Rise and Fall of Gay Culture Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation Gay and Lesbian Professionals in the Closet: Who's In, Who's Out, and Why Our Families, Our Values: Snapshots of Queer Kinship

Stephanie A. Bryson, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.

Pages:422–424
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.422

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Book Review

March 1999

Race and Excellence: My Dialogue With Chester Pierce

Irving Allen, M.D.

Pages:424–425
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.424

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March 1999

Assessing Competence to Consent to Treatment: A Guide for Physicians and Other Health Professionals

Robert Sadoff, M.D.,

Pages:425–426
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.425

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March 1999

Treatment of Offenders With Mental Disorders

Jeffrey Stovall, M.D.

Page:426
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.426

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March 1999

Forensic Evaluation of Juveniles

Richard Barnum, M.D.

Page:427
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.427

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March 1999

What Every Patient, Family, Friend, and Caregiver Needs to Know About Psychiatry

Jean K. Bouricius, M.S.

Pages:427a–428
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.427a

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March 1999

Culture and Psychopathology: A Guide to Clinical Assessment

Nadir Ismayilov, M.D., Ph.D.

Pages:428–429
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.428

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March 1999

Community as Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings

C. Deborah Cross, M.D.

Page:429
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.429

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News & Notes

March 1999

Pages:435–437
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.50.3.435

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