Taking Issue 

Steven S. Sharfstein

The High Cost of Spending Less on Care

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1523 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Haiden A. Huskamp

How a Managed Behavioral Health Care Carve-Out Plan Affected Spending for Episodes of Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1559-1562 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Elizabeth Levy Merrick

Treatment of Major Depression Before and After Implementation of a Behavioral Health Carve-Out Plan

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1563-1567 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael O. Calloway and Joseph P. Morrissey

Overcoming Service Barriers for Homeless Persons With Serious Psychiatric Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1568-1572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michael Schoenbaum, Weiying Zhang, and Roland Sturm

Costs and Utilization of Substance Abuse Care in a Privately Insured Population Under Managed Care

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1573-1578 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alexander S. Young, Greer Sullivan, Dennis Murata, Roland Sturm, and Paul Koegel

Implementing Publicly Funded Risk Contracts With Community Mental Health Organizations

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1579-1584 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul S. Sherman and Carey S. Ryan

Intensity and Duration of Intensive Case Management Services

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1585-1589 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nancy Blieden, Susan Flinders, Kevin Hawkins, Michele Reid, Larry D. Alphs, and Cynthia L. Arfken

Health Status and Health Care Costs for Publicly Funded Patients With Schizophrenia Started on Clozapine

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1590-1593 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Caroline P. Carney, William R. Yates, Christopher J. Goerdt, and Bradley N. Doebbeling

Psychiatrists' and Internists' Knowledge and Attitudes About Delivery of Clinical Preventive Medical Services

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1594-1600 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

William E. Narrow, Darrel A. Regier, Sherryl H. Goodman, Donald S. Rae, Margaret T. Roper, Karen H. Bourdon, Christina Hoven, and Robert Moore

A Comparison of Federal Definitions of Severe Mental Illness Among Children and Adolescents in Four Communities

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1601-1608 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Arthur Lazarus

Economic Grand Rounds: Equitable Peer Review

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1535-1539 [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel A. Monti and Elisabeth J. S. Kunkel

Practical Geriatrics : Management of Chronic Pain Among Elderly Patients

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1537-1539 [Full Text] [PDF]

David L. Spiggle and Douglas H. Hughes

Emergency Psychiatry : Is Managed Care Managing Not to Care?

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1545-1546 [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward Whitney

Personal Accounts : Mania as Spiritual Emergency

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1547-1548 [Full Text] [PDF]

Pamela B. Peele, Sarah H. Scholle, Kelly J. Kelleher, and Judith R. Lave

Datapoints: Costs of Employee Behavioral Health Care by Diagnosis

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1549 [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Richard P. Marshall, Anthony F. Jorm, David A. Grayson, and Brian I. O'Toole

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Other Predictors of Health Care Consumption by Vietnam Veterans

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1609-1611 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Holly A. Swartz, John C. Markowitz, and Margaret C. Sewell

Psychosocial Characteristics of Pregnant and Non pregnant HIV-Seropositive Women

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1612-1614 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charles Maynard and Gary B. Cox

Psychiatric Hospitalization of Persons With Dual Diagnoses: Estimates From Two National Surveys

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1615-1617 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Unusual Case Report 

Anne DesNoyers Hurley

Two Cases of Suicide Attempt by Patients With Down's Syndrome

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1618-1619 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Alan A. Stone

More on Profit and Quality in Managed Care

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1620 [Full Text] [PDF]

Barry Blackwell

More on Profit and Quality in Managed Care

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1621 [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan V. Eisen

Use of the BASIS-32

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1621 [Full Text] [PDF]

Dean Klinkenberg, Dong Cho, and Bruce Vieweg

Use of the BASIS-32

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1621-1622 [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark Salzer

Consumer Satisfaction

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1622 [Full Text] [PDF]

William R. Holcomb and Jerry C. Parker

Consumer Satisfaction

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1622-1623 [Full Text] [PDF]

Cavin P. Leeman

Overoptimism About Drugs

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1623 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Nancy Glimm

The Talking Cure: The Science Behind Psychotherapy • Psychotherapy With "Impossible" Cases: The Efficient Treatment of Therapy Veterans • Psychological Mindedness: A Contemporary Understanding

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1624-1626 [Full Text] [PDF]

Nancy A. Bridges

The Vulnerable Therapist: Practicing Psychotherapy in an Age of Anxiety

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1626 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joan Berzoff

The Intimate Hour: Love and Sex in Psychotherapy

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1627-1628 [Full Text] [PDF]

John P. Bair

Supervision of Psychotherapy and Counselling: Making a Place to Think • More Than a Mirror: How Clients Influence Therapists' Lives

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1628-1629 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew Edmund Slaby

Assisted Suicide: A Decision-Making Guide for Health Professionals

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1629-1630 [Full Text] [PDF]

Carl C. Bell

Clinical Methods in Transcultural Psychiatry

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1630 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lyn M. Dietrich

Library Services in Mental Health Settings

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1631 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey S. Janofsky

Malpractice Risk Management in Psychiatry: A Comprehensive Guide

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1631-1632 [Full Text] [PDF]

Stuart L. Lustig

Traumatic Events and Mental Health

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1632 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sandra DeJong

Neurodevelopment and Adult Psychopathology

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1632-1633 [Full Text] [PDF]

Harold Carmel

Understanding Violence

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1633 [Full Text] [PDF]

News & Notes 

News & Notes

Psychiatr Serv 1998 49: 1634-1636 [Full Text] [PDF]