This Month's Highlights 

February 2008: This Month's Highlights

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Taking Issue 

Howard H. Goldman

Special Issue on Violence and Related Themes

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 135 [Full Text] [PDF]

Debate 

E. Fuller Torrey, Jonathan Stanley, John Monahan, Henry J. Steadman, and MacArthur Study Group

The MacArthur Violence Risk Assessment Study Revisited: Two Views Ten Years After Its Initial Publication

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 147-152 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Jeanne Y. Choe, Linda A. Teplin, and Karen M. Abram

Perpetration of Violence, Violent Victimization, and Severe Mental Illness: Balancing Public Health Concerns

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 153-164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Rob Whitley, Maxine Harris, and Robert E. Drake

Safety and Security in Small-Scale Recovery Housing for People With Severe Mental Illness: An Inner-City Case Study

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 165-169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Greg A. Greenberg and Robert A. Rosenheck

Jail Incarceration, Homelessness, and Mental Health: A National Study

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 170-177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven K. Erickson, Robert A. Rosenheck, Robert L. Trestman, Julian D. Ford, and Rani A. Desai

Risk of Incarceration Between Cohorts of Veterans With and Without Mental Illness Discharged From Inpatient Units

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 178-183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alec Buchanan

Risk of Violence by Psychiatric Patients: Beyond the "Actuarial Versus Clinical" Assessment Debate

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 184-190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Jim E. Banta, Mark G. Haviland, and Peter Przekop

Datapoints: Mapping Estimated County-Level Income and Binge Drinking Among California Men

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 138 [Full Text] [PDF]

William B. Jaffee, Elisa Trucco, Christian Teter, Sharon Levy, and Roger D. Weiss

Focus on Alcohol & Drug Abuse: Ensuring Validity in Urine Drug Testing

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 140-142 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental table]

Jay Neugeboren

Personal Accounts: More Magic Bullets?

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Open Forum 

Jeffrey W. Swanson

Preventing the Unpredicted: Managing Violence Risk in Mental Health Care

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 191-193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Janice LeBel

Regulatory Change: A Pathway to Eliminating Seclusion and Restraint or "Regulatory Scotoma"?

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 194-196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Steven S. Sharfstein

Commentary: Reducing Restraint and Seclusion: A View From the Trenches

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 197 [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Mark A. Ilgen, Kara Zivin, Ryan J. McCammon, and Marcia Valenstein

Mental Illness, Previous Suicidality, and Access to Guns in the United States

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 198-200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jennifer Skeem and Lynne Bibeau

How Does Violence Potential Relate to Crisis Intervention Team Responses to Emergencies?

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 201-204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Expanded Measures section]

Gary S. Cuddeback, Joseph P. Morrissey, and Karen J. Cusack

How Many Forensic Assertive Community Treatment Teams Do We Need?

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 205-208 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eline Veltkamp, Henk Nijman, Joost J. Stolker, Katja Frigge, Pieter Dries, and Len Bowers

Patients' Preferences for Seclusion or Forced Medication in Acute Psychiatric Emergency in the Netherlands

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 209-211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert Bernstein

Commentary: Commentary on the "Choice" Between Seclusion and Forced Medication

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 212 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Michael C. Harlow

Biological Influences on Criminal Behavior

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 213 [Full Text] [PDF]

Aimee Kaempf and Debra A. Pinals

Handbook of Forensic Mental Health With Victims and Offenders: Assessment, Treatment, and Research

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 213-214 [Full Text] [PDF]

Abraham Nussbaum

Crazy in America: The Hidden Tragedy of Our Criminally Mentally Ill

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 214 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jaak Rakfeldt

Inventing Human Rights: A History

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Mary T. Zdanowicz

Refusing the Right to Refuse: Coerced Treatment of Mentally Disordered Persons

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 215-216 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey S. Barkin

The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 216-217 [Full Text] [PDF]

Edward J. Khantzian

The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 217 [Full Text] [PDF]

Greg Seward

Patients With Substance Abuse Problems: Effective Identification, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 217-218 [Full Text] [PDF]

Kevin P. Hill

Helping the Addict You Love: The New Effective Program for Getting the Addict Into Treatment

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 218 [Full Text] [PDF]

News & Notes 

2008 NIH Funding Stagnant for Fifth Consecutive Year, SAMHSA Funding Remains Flat

Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 219-220 [Full Text] [PDF]

Three SAMHSA Overview Papers on Effective Approaches to Treating Co-occurring Disorders

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News Briefs

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