Taking Issue 

Laurie Ahern and Laura Van Tosh

The Irreversible Damage Caused by Surreptitious Prescribing

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 383 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Howard H. Goldman

Special Section on the GAF: Editor's Introduction: "Do You Walk to School, or Do You Carry Your Lunch?"

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 419 [Full Text] [PDF]

Greg A. Greenberg and Robert A. Rosenheck

Special Section on the GAF: Using the GAF as a National Mental Health Outcome Measure in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 420-426 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Greg A. Greenberg and Robert A. Rosenheck

Special Section on the GAF: Continuity of Care and Clinical Outcomes in a National Health System

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 427-433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Per Söderberg, Stefan Tungström, and Bengt Åke Armelius

Special Section on the GAF: Reliability of Global Assessment of Functioning Ratings Made by Clinical Psychiatric Staff

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 434-438 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Stefan Tungström, Per Söderberg, and Bengt-Åke Armelius

Special Section on the GAF: Relationship Between the Global Assessment of Functioning and Other DSM Axes in Routine Clinical Work

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 439-443 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gary M. Burlingame, Todd W. Dunn, Steven Chen, August Lehman, Reid Axman, Dallas Earnshaw, and Frank M. Rees

Special Section on the GAF: Selection of Outcome Assessment Instruments for Inpatients With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 444-451 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cornelis L. Mulder, Gerrit T. Koopmans, and John S. Lyons

Special Section on the GAF: Determinants of Indicated Versus Actual Level of Care in Psychiatric Emergency Services

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 452-457 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pamela J. Salsberry, Esther Chipps, and Carol Kennedy

Use of General Medical Services Among Medicaid Patients With Severe and Persistent Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 458-462 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Alan S. Rubin, Benjamin Littenberg, Robert Ross, Susan Wehry, and Marilee Jones

Effects on Processes and Costs of Care Associated With the Addition of an Internist to an Inpatient Psychiatry Team

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 463-467 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nicholas P. Emptage, Roland Sturm, and Rebecca L. Robinson

Depression and Comorbid Pain as Predictors of Disability, Employment, Insurance Status, and Health Care Costs

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 468-474 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcia L. Verduin, Rickey E. Carter, Kathleen T. Brady, Hugh Myrick, and Mary Ann Timmerman

Health Service Use Among Persons With Comorbid Bipolar and Substance Use Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 475-480 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Katherine M. Harris, Sharon Larson, and Mark J. Edlund

Datapoints: Use of Prescription Psychiatric Drugs and Religious Service Attendance

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 396 [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul S. Appelbaum

Law & Psychiatry: Dangerous Severe Personality Disorders: England's Experiment in Using Psychiatry for Public Protection

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 397-399 [Full Text] [PDF]

Yong-zhen Weng, Ying-qiang Xiang, and Robert Paul Liberman

Rehab Rounds: Psychiatric Rehabilitation in a Chinese Psychiatric Hospital

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 401-403 [Full Text] [PDF]

Joshua E. Wilk, Joyce C. West, William E. Narrow, Donald S. Rae, and Darrel A. Regier

Economic Grand Rounds: Access to Psychiatrists in the Public Sector and in Managed Health Plans

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 408-410 [Full Text] [PDF]

Dallas Earnshaw, Frank Rees, Todd W. Dunn, Gary M. Burlingame, and Steven Chen

State Mental Health Policy: Implementing a Multisource Outcome Assessment Protocol in a State Psychiatric Hospital: A Case Study

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 411-413 [Full Text] [PDF]

Gary J. Maier

Personal Accounts: Bringing Grandma Home

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 416-417 [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Peter Whitty and Pat Devitt

Surreptitious Prescribing in Psychiatric Practice

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 481-483 [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Karen J. Shedlack, John Hennen, Christine Magee, and Daniel M. Cheron

Brief Reports: A Comparison of the Aberrant Behavior Checklist and the GAF Among Adults With Mental Retardation and Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 484-486 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oscar Hugo Brook, Hein van Hout, Wim Stalman, Hugo Nieuwenhuyse, Bram Bakker, Eibert Heerdink, and Marten de Haan

A Pharmacy-Based Coaching Program to Improve Adherence to Antidepressant Treatment Among Primary Care Patients

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 487-489 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters 

Imran S. Khawaja, Muhammad W. Azeem, and Ayesha Ebrahim

Weight Loss and Anorexia With Quetiapine

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 490 [Full Text] [PDF]

Linda Andre

ECT Then and Now

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 490-491 [Full Text] [PDF]

Rok Tavcar, Mojca Z. Dernovsek, and Virginija Novak Grubic

Use of Coercive Measures in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in Slovenia

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 491-492 [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Pedro Ruiz, Suzanne Vogel-Scibilia, Roger Peele, Alison M. Heru, and Harriet P. Lefley

Family First: Your Step-by-Step Plan for Creating a Phenomenal Family

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 493-495 [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey L. Geller

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 495-496 [Full Text] [PDF]

Emily Coleman

Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 496 [Full Text] [PDF]

Renee Sorrentino

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Litigation: Guidelines for Forensic Assessment, 2nd edition

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 496-497 [Full Text] [PDF]

Curtis N. Adams, Jr.

Community Mental Health Teams: A Guide to Current Practices

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 497-498 [Full Text] [PDF]

Norman A. Clemens

Integrating Psychotherapy and Pharmacotherapy: Dissolving the Mind-Brain Barrier

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 498 [Full Text] [PDF]

Judith Faberman

Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 499 [Full Text] [PDF]

Layton McCurdy

The Concepts of Psychiatry: A Pluralistic Approach to the Mind and Mental Illness

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 499-500 [Full Text] [PDF]

Manuel Mota-Castillo

The Edison Gene: ADHD and the Gift of the Hunter Child

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 500 [Full Text] [PDF]

News & Notes 

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 502-503 [Full Text] [PDF]

Departments 

April 2005: This Month's Highlights

Psychiatr Serv 2005 56: 395 [Full Text] [PDF]