This Month's Highlights 

August 2007: This Month's Highlights

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1031 [Full Text] [PDF]

Taking Issue 

Larry Davidson

A Basic Criterion for Transformation

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1029 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Tami L. Mark, Katharine R. Levit, Jeffrey A. Buck, Rosanna M. Coffey, and Rita Vandivort-Warren

Mental Health Treatment Expenditure Trends, 1986–2003

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1041-1048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Diagnostic codes]

Lisa V. Rubenstein, Nadine R. Rayburn, Emmett B. Keeler, Daniel E. Ford, Kathryn M. Rost, and Cathy D. Sherbourne

Predicting Outcomes of Primary Care Patients With Major Depression: Development of a Depression Prognosis Index

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1049-1056 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patricia A. Areán, Amber M. Gum, Lingqi Tang, and Jürgen Unützer

Service Use and Outcomes Among Elderly Persons With Low Incomes Being Treated for Depression

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1057-1064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Evette J. Ludman, Gregory E. Simon, Louis C. Grothaus, Casey Luce, David K. Markley, and Judith Schaefer

A Pilot Study of Telephone Care Management and Structured Disease Self-Management Groups for Chronic Depression

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1065-1072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeff J. Guo, Paul E. Keck, Hong Li, and Nick C. Patel

Treatment Costs Related to Bipolar Disorder and Comorbid Conditions Among Medicaid Patients With Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1073-1078 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental table]

Zhehui Luo, John Goddeeris, Joseph C. Gardiner, and Robert C. Smith

Costs of an Intervention for Primary Care Patients With Medically Unexplained Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1079-1086 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nancy Wolff, Cynthia L. Blitz, and Jing Shi

Rates of Sexual Victimization in Prison for Inmates With and Without Mental Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1087-1094 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Methods: Weighting]

Michelle Naples, Laura S. Morris, and Henry J. Steadman

Factors in Disproportionate Representation Among Persons Recommended by Programs and Accepted by Courts for Jail Diversion

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1095-1101 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, Torleif Ruud, Andrew Garratt, and Trond Hatling

Patients' Experiences and Clinicians' Ratings of the Quality of Outpatient Teams in Psychiatric Care Units in Norway

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1102-1107 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jon D. Elhai and Julian D. Ford

Correlates of Mental Health Service Use Intensity in the National Comorbidity Survey and National Comorbidity Survey Replication

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1108-1115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Barbara Coulter Edwards and Vernon K. Smith

State Mental Health Policy: Insights and Opportunities: Medicaid Directors Identify Mental Health Issues

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1032-1034 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John F. McCarthy, Kara Zivin Bambauer, Karen Austin, Neil Jordan, and Marcia Valenstein

Datapoints: Treatment for New Episodes of Depression

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1035 [Full Text] [PDF]

Graham N. Meadows, Carol A. Harvey, Lynette Joubert, David Barton, and Gillinder Bedi

Best Practices: The Consultation-Liaison in Primary-Care Psychiatry Program: A Structured Approach to Long-Term Collaboration

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1036-1038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Mona Wasow and Sarah C. Moore

Personal Accounts: Then and Now

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1039-1040 [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Miriam C. Tepper

Psychosocial Rehabilitation: A Newcomer's Eye

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1116-1118 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Joseph A. Rogers, Michael J. Vergare, Richard C. Baron, and Mark S. Salzer

Barriers to Recovery and Recommendations for Change: The Pennsylvania Consensus Conference on Psychiatry's Role

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1119-1123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michelle Munson, Enola Proctor, Nancy Morrow-Howell, Nicole Fedoravicius, and Norma Ware

Case Managers Speak Out: Responding to Depression in Community Long-Term Care

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1124-1127 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Additional quotations]

Book Reviews 

Yad M. Jabbarpour

Recovery From Severe Mental Illnesses: Research Evidence and Implications for Practice, Volumes 1 and 2

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1128 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea B. Stone

Treating Somatization: A Cognitive-Behavioral Approach

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1128-1129 [Full Text] [PDF]

William W. Van Stone

Treating Health Anxiety and Fear of Death: A Practitioner's Guide

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1129-1130 [Full Text] [PDF]

David Gitlin

Handbook of Medicine in Psychiatry

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1130 [Full Text] [PDF]

Victoria A. Shea

Bipolar Depression: A Comprehensive Guide

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1130-1131 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew P. Levin

Integrative Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: Effective, Symptom-Focused Techniques, Simplified for Private Practice

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1131-1132 [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul Noroian

Brain Science and Psychological Disorders: Therapy, Psychotropic Drugs, and the Brain

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1132-1133 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey Geller

Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1133 [Full Text] [PDF]

News & Notes 

VA to Bring Mental Health Programs to Primary Care Settings

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 1134-1135 [Full Text] [PDF]

Corrections 

Correction

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