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Volume 36, Issue 12

December 1985

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December 1985

Treatment Research and the NIMH Re-Reorganization

Morris B. Parloff

Page:1259
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1259

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December 1985

Woman With Panic Disorder is Reluctant to Seek, Participate in Treatment

Allen Frances,
M. Katherine Shear, and
Mary Hanrahan

Pages:1260–1261
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1260

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December 1985

Factors Influencing Length of Hospital Stay

Juan E. Mezzich, and
Gerald A. Coffman

Pages:1262–1270
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1262

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Dr. Sharfstein's Introduction: What determines length of stay for psychiatric patients? This is a subject of intense concern in an era of prospective payment and diagnosis-related groups (DRGs). This month's column reports a survey of a broad panel of ...

December 1985

NIMH Reorganization Focuses on Specific Disorders, Basic Science, and Research Training

Shervert H. Frazier

Pages:1265–1270
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1265

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December 1985

A Note of Appreciation

John A. Talbott

Pages:1267–1270
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1267

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December 1985

Geriatric Psychiatry Knowledge Test, Form 2

Pages:1271–1275
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1271

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December 1985

Gold Achievement Award Carries $10,000 Cash Prize

Page:1275
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1275

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December 1985

The Therapeutic Milieu: Changing Themes and Theories

Thomas G. Gutheil

Pages:1279–1285
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1279

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Since its development close to 40 years ago in England, the therapeutic milieu, or therapeutic community, has undergone significant alteration and corruption by the emphasis on community care, increased use of pharmacotherapy, quick staff turnover, and ...

December 1985

Where Can Therapeutic Community Ideals Be Realized? An Examination of Three Treatment Environments

Morris D. Bell, and
Edward R. Ryan

Pages:1286–1291
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1286

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Staff views about the actual and ideal treatment environment of three therapeutic milieus with psychoanalytic, biological, and rehabilitative orientations were assessed using the Community Oriented Programs Environment Scale (COPES), real and ideal forms. ...

December 1985

Impact of an Alternatives Program on Client Utilization of Services in a County Mental Health System

Daniel D. Jordan

Pages:1291–1296
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1291

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To evaluate the effectiveness of a county alternatives-to-hospitalization program in reducing patients' use of inpatient services, the author compared use of services by 357 clients before and after their admission to the alternatives program. Program ...

December 1985

The Day Hospital as Entry Point to a Network of Long-Term Services: A Program Evaluation

Jane S. Ferber,
Marilyn Oswald,
Myrna Rubin,
Jane Ungemack, and
Murray Schane

Pages:1297–1301
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1297

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One hundred twenty-six admissions to a time-limited day hospital program were studied to obtain evaluative and descriptive information about the program and its patients. Patients most likely to complete the program were older, lived with their families, ...

December 1985

Crisis-Oriented Residential Treatment as an Alternative to Hospitalization

Gilbert K. Weisman

Pages:1302–1305
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1302

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The La Posada program, a shortterm alternative to hospitalization for acutely disturbed chronic patients, combines crisis intervention techniques with techniques developed in halfway houses to enhance independent functioning and counteract regressive, ...

December 1985

Multiple Admissions to an Urban Psychiatric Center: A Comparative Study

Mary D. Carpenter,
Joan C. Mulligan,
Ira A. Bader, and
Arthur E. Meinzer

Pages:1305–1308
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1305

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Based on data from medical records of an urban psychiatric center, 113 patients previously identified as having multiple admissions—three or more admissions in 365 days—were compared with 113 patients without multiple admissions who were matched for age, ...

December 1985

Homophobia Among Physicians and Nurses: An Empirical Study

Carolyn J. Douglas,
Concetta M. Kalman, and
Thomas P. Kalman

Pages:1309–1311
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1309

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In a large urban teaching hospital treating many patients with AIDS, 37 medical house officers and 91 registered nurses completed a questionnaire designed to measure attitudes about homosexuality. Mean scores for both physicians and nurses fell in the low-...

December 1985

Assauks and Injuries Among Staff With and Without Training in Aggression Control Techniques

Joseph A. Infantino, and
Sen-Yoni Musingo

Pages:1312–1314
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1312

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A study in a Florida state hospital examined the impact of staff training in aggression control on the incidence of patient assaults on staff and of assault-related injuries. The subjects were 96 unit staff and shift supervisors. Of the 31 staff members ...

December 1985

Year-Round Placement Service for Psychiatrists

Page:1314
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1314

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December 1985

Hospital-Sponsored Chemical Dependency Self-Help Groups

Gregory B. Collins,
Joseph W. Janesz,
Jan Byerly-Thrope, and
Judy Manzeo

Pages:1315–1317
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1315

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December 1985

A Family Group Program in a State Psychiatric Hospital

Thomas J. H. Craig,
Peggy A. Hussey,
Patricia J. Parsons, and
Samuel C. Seamans

Pages:1317–1318
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1317

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Our experience points to the merit of developing a family support group in a large state psychiatric hospital. The group enhances individual family treatment and can be coordinated with similar groups in the community. The responses to the questionnaire, ...

December 1985

Public Psychiatry

Roger Christenfeld

Page:1319
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1319

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December 1985

John A. Talbott

Pages:1319-a–1320
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1319-a

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December 1985

Prosecuting Patients

Thomas G. Gutheil

Pages:1320–1321
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1320

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December 1985

Mark J. Mills,
Lillian Phelan, and
Jane A. Ryan

Pages:1321–1322
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1321

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December 1985

Improving the System

Gregory B. Leong, and
Hans R. Huessy

Page:1322
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1322

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December 1985

Mirror Images—Linda Gray Sexton; Doubleday, New York, 1985, 311 pages, $15.95

Lucy LaFarge

Pages:1323–1324
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1323

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December 1985

Mozart—by Wolfgang Hildesheimer. Translated from the German by Marion Faber (originally published by Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt, 1977); Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1982, 408 pages, $22.50. (Also Vintage Books, New York, 1983, 408 pages, $8.95, paperbound.)

Varda P. Backus

Pages:1324–1325
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1324

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December 1985

Reflections on Gender and Science—by Evelyn Fox Keller; Yale University Press, New Haven, 1985, 195 pages, $17.95

Karen Hopenwasser

Pages:1325–1326
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1325

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December 1985

Becoming William James— by Howard M. Feinstein, M.D., Ph.D.; Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 1984, 377 pages, $24.95

George Sim Johnston

Page:1326
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1326

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December 1985

Helene Deutsch: A Psychoanalyst's Life—by Paul Roazen, Ph.D.; Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1985, 365 pages, $19.95

Anne Alonso

Pages:1326-a–1327
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1326-a

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December 1985

Darwin, Marx, and Freud: Their Influence on Moral Theory—edited by Arthur L. Caplan and Bruce Jennings; Plenum, New York, 1984, 230 pages, $25

Ellen Handler Spitz

Pages:1327–1328
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https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1327

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December 1985

Pages:1329–1331
Published Online:1 April 2006

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.36.12.1329

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