This Month's Highlights
August 2008: This Month's Highlights
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 835
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Taking Issue
Benjamin G. Druss
An Orphan Comes of Age
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 833
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Articles
Daniel W. Bradford, Mimi M. Kim, Loretta E. Braxton, Christine E. Marx, Marian Butterfield, and Eric B. Elbogen
Access to Medical Care Among Persons With Psychotic and Major Affective Disorders
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 847-852
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Ipsit V. Vahia, Shilpa Diwan, Azziza O. Bankole, Michelle Kehn, Mohammed Nurhussein, Paul Ramirez, and Carl I. Cohen
Adequacy of Medical Treatment Among Older Persons With Schizophrenia
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 853-859
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Ray Block, Mel Slomp, Sandy Patterson, Philip Jacobs, Arto E. Ohinmaa, Rita Yim, and Carolyn S. Dewa
The Impact of Integrating Mental and General Health Services on Mental Health's Share of Total Health Care Spending in Alberta
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 860-863
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Oyvind Andresen Bjertnaes, Andrew Garratt, and Torleif Ruud
Family Physicians' Experiences With Community Mental Health Centers: A Multilevel Analysis
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 864-870
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Dana Ransom, Timothy Glenn Heckman, Timothy Anderson, John Garske, Kenneth Holroyd, and Tania Basta
Telephone-Delivered, Interpersonal Psychotherapy for HIV-Infected Rural Persons With Depression: A Pilot Trial
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 871-877
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Jennifer Brennan Braden, Lily Zhang, Frederick J. Zimmerman, and Mark D. Sullivan
Employment Outcomes of Persons With a Mental Disorder and Comorbid Chronic Pain
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 878-885
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Tina Marshall, Charles A. Rapp, Deborah R. Becker, and Gary R. Bond
Key Factors for Implementing Supported Employment
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 886-892
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Katherine M. Keyes, Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, Philip Alberti, William E. Narrow, Bridget F. Grant, and Deborah S. Hasin
Service Utilization Differences for Axis I Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders Between White and Black Adults
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 893-901
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Ellen P. Fischer, Jean C. McSweeney, Jeffrey M. Pyne, D. Keith Williams, Albert Joe Naylor, Frederic C. Blow, and Richard R. Owen
Influence of Family Involvement and Substance Use on Sustained Utilization of Services for Schizophrenia
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 902-908
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Cindy Parks Thomas, Sharon Reif, Sayeda Haq, Stanley S. Wallack, Alexander Hoyt, and Grant A. Ritter
Use of Buprenorphine for Addiction Treatment: Perspectives of Addiction Specialists and General Psychiatrists
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 909-916
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Columns
John Young, Kristi Plotner, John D. Damon, and Terry L. Hight
State Mental Health Policy: Overview and Goals of the Mississippi Youth Programs Around the Clock (MYPAC)
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 836-838
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Isabelle Peytremann-Bridevaux and H. Chevrou-Severac
Economic Grand Rounds: Financial Burden of Medical Care and Risk of Forgoing Care Among Europeans With Depressive Symptoms
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 840-842
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Susan W. Smith
Personal Accounts: Rodolph H. Turcotte, M.D.: Another Perspective
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 845-846
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Brief Reports
Benjamin G. Druss, Steven C. Marcus, Jeannie Campbell, Brian Cuffel, James Harnett, Chuck Ingoglia, and Barbara Mauer
Medical Services for Clients in Community Mental Health Centers: Results From a National Survey
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 917-920
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Amy L. Drapalski, Jaime Milford, Richard W. Goldberg, Clayton H. Brown, and Lisa B. Dixon
Perceived Barriers to Medical Care and Mental Health Care Among Veterans With Serious Mental Illness
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 921-924
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Mary Jo V. Pugh, John E. Zeber, Laurel A. Copeland, Jeff V. Tabares, and Joyce A. Cramer
Psychiatric Disease Burden Profiles Among Veterans With Epilepsy: The Association With Health Services Utilization
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 925-928
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Glen L. Xiong, Richard A. Bermudes, Serina N. Torres, and Robert E. Hales
Use of Cancer-Screening Services Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness in Sacramento County
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 929-932
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Frontline Reports
William B. Jordan and Peter A. Selwyn
HIV Prevention in the Clubhouse
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 933
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Shirley M. Glynn, Lisa B. Dixon, Amy Cohen, and Aaron Murray-Swank
The Family Member Provider Outreach Program
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 934
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Letters
E. Fuller Torrey
A Question of Disclosure
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 935
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Howard H. Goldman
A Question of Disclosure: Reply
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 935
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Kenneth Duckworth and Michael J. Fitzpatrick
A Question of Disclosure: Reply
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 935-936
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Colin Hemmings, Lisa Underwood, and Nick Bouras
ACT for People With Intellectual Disabilities and Mental Health Problems
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 936-937
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Book Reviews
Steven S. Sharfstein
Medicaid Politics and Policy 1965–2007
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 938
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Marie Hobart
Physical Illness and Schizophrenia: A Review of the Evidence
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 938-939
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Marie Hobart
Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 939
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Jeffrey Geller
Improving Medication Adherence: How to Talk With Patients About Their Medications
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 940
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Joy Stankowski
Meaning in Suffering: Caring Practices in the Health Professions
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 940-941
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SuEllen Hamkins
Maps of Narrative Practice
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 941-942
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Allen Y. Masry
Last Call: Alcoholism and Recovery
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 942
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Lisa R. Fortuna
Understanding and Assessing Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Measures, Methods, and Youth Context
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 942
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Maxine Harris
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 943
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News & Notes
Congress Votes to Phase out Medicare's Discriminatory Higher Coinsurance Rate for Mental Health Care
Psychiatr Serv 2008 59: 944
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