This Month's Highlights 

January 2006: This Month's Highlights

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 11 [Full Text] [PDF]

Taking Issue 

Howard H. Goldman

Psychiatric Services in 2006 and in the Future

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 7 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Jürgen Unützer, Michael Schoenbaum, Benjamin G. Druss, and Wayne J. Katon

Transforming Mental Health Care at the Interface With General Medicine: Report for the Presidents Commission

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 37-47 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa S. Meredith, Peter Mendel, Marjorie Pearson, Shin-Yi Wu, Geoffrey Joyce, Julie B. Straus, Gery Ryan, Emmett Keeler, and Jürgen Unützer

Implementation and Maintenance of Quality Improvement for Treating Depression in Primary Care

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 48-55 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Figure]

Martha Sajatovic, Mark S. Bauer, Amy M. Kilbourne, Julia E. Vertrees, and William Williford

Self-Reported Medication Treatment Adherence Among Veterans With Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 56-62 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cindy Parks Thomas, Peter Conrad, Rosemary Casler, and Elizabeth Goodman

Trends in the Use of Psychotropic Medications Among Adolescents, 1994 to 2001

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 63-69 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcia Valenstein, John F. McCarthy, Rosalinda V. Ignacio, Gregory W. Dalack, Thomas Stavenger, and Frederic C. Blow

Patient- and Facility-Level Factors Associated With Diffusion of a New Antipsychotic in the VA Health System

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 70-76 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yona Lunsky, Elspeth Bradley, Janet Durbin, Chris Koegl, Maaike Canrinus, and Paula Goering

The Clinical Profile and Service Needs of Hospitalized Adults With Mental Retardation and a Psychiatric Diagnosis

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 77-83 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Li-Tzy Wu and Chris L. Ringwalt

Use of Alcohol Treatment and Mental Health Services Among Adolescents With Alcohol Use Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 84-92 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan E. Stockdale, Ruth Klap, Thomas R. Belin, Lily Zhang, and Kenneth B. Wells

Longitudinal Patterns of Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Health Need and Care in a National Sample of U.S. Adults

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 93-99 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa R. Cohen and Denise A. Hien

Treatment Outcomes for Women With Substance Abuse and PTSD Who Have Experienced Complex Trauma

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 100-106 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Quyen Q. Tiet, John W. Finney, and Rudolf H. Moos

Recent Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse, and Suicide Attempts Among Male Veterans Seeking Psychiatric Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 107-113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yvonne Forsell

The Pathway to Meeting Need for Mental Health Services in Sweden

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 114-119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Paul S. Appelbaum

Law & Psychiatry: Twenty-Five Years of Law and Psychiatry

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 18-20 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Correction]

Vijayalakshmy Patrick, Steven J. Schleifer, Jeffry R. Nurenberg, and Kenneth J. Gill

Best Practices: An Initiative to Curtail the Use of Antipsychotic Polypharmacy in a State Psychiatric Hospital

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 21-23 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert F. Forman

Innovations: Alcohol & Drug Abuse: Narcotics on the Net: The Availability of Web Sites Selling Controlled Substances

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 24-26 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey A. Buck and Tami L. Mark

Datapoints: State-Administered Spending on Mental Health Services by Type of Service

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 29 [Full Text] [PDF]

Martin Drell

Innovations: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry: "Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity": A Transition Program for Children Discharged From an Inpatient Unit

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 31-33 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Glenn W. Currier, Adam J. Trenton, and Patrick G. Walsh

Innovations: Emergency Psychiatry: Relative Accuracy of Breath and Serum Alcohol Readings in the Psychiatric Emergency Service

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 34-36 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Sandra G. Resnick and Robert A. Rosenheck

Recovery and Positive Psychology: Parallel Themes and Potential Synergies

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 120-122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Amy M. Kilbourne and Harold Alan Pincus

Brief Reports: Patterns of Psychotropic Medication Use by Race Among Veterans With Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 123-126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen M. Stahl and Meghan M. Grady

High-Cost Use of Second-Generation Antipsychotics Under California's Medicaid Program

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 127-129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gary J. Young, David C. Mohr, Mark Meterko, Marjorie Nealon Seibert, and Geraldine McGlynn

Psychiatrists' Self-Reported Adherence to Evidence-Based Prescribing Practices in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 130-132 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julie B. Mallinger, Susan G. Fisher, Theodore Brown, and J. Steven Lamberti

Racial Disparities in the Use of Second-Generation Antipsychotics for the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 133-136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Reports 

Deborah Christie-Smith and Connie Gartner

Highlights of the 2005 Institute on Psychiatric Services

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 12-17 [Full Text] [PDF]

Frontline Reports 

Lori Zeman and Cynthia L. Arfken

Decreasing Unnecessary Care in a Psychiatric Emergency Service

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 137-138 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jud A. Staller

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners in Rural Pediatric Telepsychiatry

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 138 [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Jeffrey A. Lieberman and John K. Hsiao

Interpreting the Results of the CATIE Study

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 139 [Full Text] [PDF]

Daniel J. Luchins

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 139-140 [Full Text] [PDF]

John A. Pandiani and Steven M. Banks

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 140-141 [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan M. Essock

Enhancing Generalizability: Stepping Up to the Plate

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 141 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joel Braslow, Naihua Duan, and Ken Wells

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 141-142 [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerald Melnick, Stanley Sacks, and Steven Banks

Use of the COVR in Violence Risk Assessment

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 142 [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul J. McCusker

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 142-143 [Full Text] [PDF]

John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman, and Pamela Clark Robbins

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 143 [Full Text] [PDF]

Maju Mathews, Biju Basil, and Manu Mathews

Better Outcomes for Schizophrenia in Non-Western Countries

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 143-144 [Full Text] [PDF]

Lawrence Appleby, Daniel J. Luchins, and Sally Freels

Homeless Admissions and Immigration in a State Mental Hospital

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 144 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Jeffrey Geller

Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue • Until Tonight: A Memoir • Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession With Perfection • Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers • In the Shadow of Fame: A Memoir by the Daughter of Erik H. Erikson

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 145-147 [Full Text] [PDF]

Barbara Haskins

Mental Health Care of Deaf People: A Culturally Affirmative Approach

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 147 [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Christopher

Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 148 [Full Text] [PDF]

Burton C. Einspruch

Ironies of Imprisonment

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 148-149 [Full Text] [PDF]

Renee Sorrentino

Playing Sick? Untangling the Web of Munchausen Syndrome, Munchausen by Proxy, Malingering, and Factitious Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 149 [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy Fong

What's Wrong With Addiction?

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 149-150 [Full Text] [PDF]

Victoria R. Winbush

One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 150-151 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jorge R. Petit

A New Look at Community-Based Respite Programs: Utilization, Satisfaction, and Development

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 151 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joshua Miller

Racism: Essential Readings

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News & Notes 

Psychiatr Serv 2006 57: 154-155 [Full Text] [PDF]