This Month's Highlights 

February 2007: This Month's Highlights

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 165 [Full Text] [PDF]

Taking Issue 

Peter Weiden

Splitting and Pill Splitting

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 163 [Full Text] [PDF]

Articles 

Dennis McCarty, Bret E. Fuller, Cynthia Arfken, Michael Miller, Edward V. Nunes, Eldon Edmundson, Marc Copersino, Anthony Floyd, Robert Forman, Reesa Laws, Kathy M. Magruder, Mark Oyama, Kristi Prather, Jody Sindelar, and William W. Wendt

Direct Care Workers in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network: Characteristics, Opinions, and Beliefs

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 181-190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Henrick Harwood

Don't Forget the Workforce

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 191 [Full Text] [PDF]

Li-Tzy Wu, Daniel J. Pilowsky, William E. Schlenger, and Deborah Hasin

Alcohol Use Disorders and the Use of Treatment Services Among College-Age Young Adults

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 192-200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ellen M. Weissman and Cornelia Dellenbaugh

Impact of Splitting Risperidone Tablets on Medication Adherence and on Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Schizophrenia

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 201-206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

John D. Piette, Michele Heisler, Dara Ganoczy, John F. McCarthy, and Marcia Valenstein

Differential Medication Adherence Among Patients With Schizophrenia and Comorbid Diabetes and Hypertension

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 207-212 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental figures]

Viviane Kovess-Masfety, Jordi Alonso, Traolach S. Brugha, Matthias C. Angermeyer, Josep Maria Haro, Christine Sevilla-Dedieu, and the ESEMeD/MHEDEA 2000 Investigators

Differences in Lifetime Use of Services for Mental Health Problems in Six European Countries

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 213-220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sami Pirkola, Britta Sohlman, Hannele Heilä, and Kristian Wahlbeck

Reductions in Postdischarge Suicide After Deinstitutionalization and Decentralization: A Nationwide Register Study in Finland

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 221-226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Paul P. Christopher, Mary Ellen Foti, Kristen Roy-Bujnowski, and Paul S. Appelbaum

Consent Form Readability and Educational Levels of Potential Participants in Mental Health Research

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 227-232 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Suzanne M. Archie, Joel O. Goldberg, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Janet Landeen, Linda McColl, and Jean McNiven

Psychotic Disorders, Eating Habits, and Physical Activity: Who Is Ready for Lifestyle Changes?

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 233-239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Deborah J. Corring and Joanne V. Cook

Use of Qualitative Methods to Explore the Quality-of-Life Construct From a Consumer Perspective

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 240-244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental appendix]

Stanley D. Rosenberg, Weili Lu, Kim T. Mueser, Mary Kay Jankowski, and Francine Cournos

Correlates of Adverse Childhood Events Among Adults With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 245-253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jehannine C. Austin and William G. Honer

The Genomic Era and Serious Mental Illness: A Potential Application for Psychiatric Genetic Counseling

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 254-261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Columns 

Anne Fjell, Gerd Ragna Bloch Thorsen, Svein Friis, Jan Olav Johannessen, Tor K. Larsen, Kari Lie, Hanne-Grethe Lyse, Ingrid Melle, Erik Simonsen, Nina Aarhus Smeby, Anne Lise Øxnevad, William R. McFarlane, Per Vaglum, and Thomas McGlashan

Innovations: Psychoeducation: Multifamily Group Treatment in a Program for Patients With First-Episode Psychosis: Experiences From the TIPS Project

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 171-173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brian Miller

Innovations: Psychotherapy: What Creates and Sustains Commitment to the Practice of Psychotherapy?

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 174-176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jeffrey L. Geller

Personal Accounts: Invisible on Judgment Day

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 177-178 [Full Text] [PDF]

Open Forum 

Jeannette Pols and Hans Kroon

The Importance of Holiday Trips for People With Chronic Mental Health Problems

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 262-265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brief Reports 

Stephen W. Tracy, Jodie A. Trafton, Kenneth R. Weingardt, Eangelica G. Aton, and Keith Humphreys

How Are Substance Use Disorders Addressed in VA Psychiatric and Primary Care Settings? Results of a National Survey

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 266-269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Carlos T. Jackson, Nancy H. Covell, Robert E. Drake, and Susan M. Essock

Relationship Between Diabetes and Mortality Among Persons With Co-occurring Psychotic and Substance Use Disorders

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 270-272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews 

Lorie Gearhart

Clinical Handbook of Eating Disorders: An Integrated Approach

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 273-274 [Full Text] [PDF]

Leah Dickstein

Clinical Manual of Women's Mental Health

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 274 [Full Text] [PDF]

Pedro Ruiz

Strategies for Building Multicultural Competence in Mental Health and Educational Settings

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 275 [Full Text] [PDF]

Stephen H. Feinstein

Medicines Out of Control? Antidepressants and the Conspiracy of Goodwill

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 275-276 [Full Text] [PDF]

Sally L. Satel

9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 276-277 [Full Text] [PDF]

Timothy B. Sullivan

Cognitive Therapy of Schizophrenia

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 277-278 [Full Text] [PDF]

John Weagraff

The Ethical Brain

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 278-279 [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew E. Slaby

Hardwired Behavior: What Neuroscience Reveals About Morality

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 279-280 [Full Text] [PDF]

Susan D. Pasco

Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 280 [Full Text] [PDF]

Remembrance 

Constance Gartner and Howard H. Goldman

Theodore W. Lorei, M.S.W.: Friend of Psychiatric Services

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 281 [Full Text] [PDF] [Guidelines]

News & Notes 

States Renew Efforts to Expand Insurance Coverage for Low-Income Children and Parents, New Survey Finds

Psychiatr Serv 2007 58: 282 [Full Text] [PDF]