Goal attainment scaling: A general method for evaluating comprehensive community mental health programs.

abstract：:To study the effectiveness of group discussion in mitigating the rising hostility between police and residents of the urban ghetto, two 15-member groups of police and ghetto residents held weekly discussions, led and observed by university researchers, for 12 weeks. Attitude scales administered at the beginning and en...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lipsitt PD,Steinbruner M

更新日期：1969-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramedical personnel offer a ready reservoir of partially trained personnel who can assist in combating the ever-increasing problem of emotional disorders. A multi-disciplinary program of continuing education for these allied professionals is outlined. Four courses, Personality Development, Emotional and Mental Disor...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kriegman G,Harris MD,Rosinski EF

更新日期：1968-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on the recovery domains beside clinical recovery of people with severe mental illness in need of supported accommodations is limited. The aim of this study was (1) to investigate which recovery interventions exist for this group of people and (2) to explore the scientific evidence. We conducted a scoping revi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bitter N,Roeg D,van Nieuwenhuizen C,van Weeghel J

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strong therapeutic alliance has been shown to improve mental health treatment outcomes in adults, but this topic has not been fully explored with youth. Adolescents, particularly justice-involved youth, stand to benefit greatly from an improved treatment experience. One quality which can improve treatment is mental ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Brown JR,Holloway ED,Akakpo TF,Aalsma MC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent legislation in California mandated the development of an outcome measure suitable for measuring changes in quality of life associated with treatment in the public mental health system. The measure, known as the California Adult Performance Outcome Survey (CAPOS), relies on clinician and client reports of object...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cuffel BJ,Snowden L,Green RS,McConnell W,Mandella V,Styc K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A program in the state of Maryland which introduces psychiatric residents to community psychiatry is described. Since 1958, 80 senior psychiatric residents worked one day a week for a year as psychiatric consultants to Maryland county health departments. The program embodies the principle of inductive education, intro...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kern HM Jr,Jacobson WE

更新日期：1969-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretaries in community mental health centers have functions that transcend their job descriptions. Their performance of these functions contributes to the success or failure of their centers' therapeutic programs. The Mental Health Training Institute of North Carolina initiated two separate pilot training progra...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Nyman GW,Watson D,Schmidt D,James SE

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A context-specific quantity-frequency (CSQF) questionnaire has been developed to accurately measure alcohol consumption using probing questions on drinking context. The study aimed to describe the drinking context associated with different drinking intensities in a community of southern Thailand using the CSQF. A cros...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vichitkunakorn P,Conigrave KM,Geater AF,Assanangkornchai S

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As it is increasingly evident that distressing voices can be linked to traumatic events across diagnoses, there is a need for new transdiagnostic interventions for persons with voice hearing related distress. Twenty-five interviews with voice hearers and mental health professionals explored the trans-diagnostic suitab...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Schnackenberg J,Fleming M,Walker H,Martin CR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empowerment denotes a sense of personal competence which is considered an essential requisite of fair outcome in schizophrenia. The current study assessed empowerment along with other relevant variables in patients with schizophrenia and a comparison group. Hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis identified i...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Jana AK,Ram D,Praharaj SK

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current and coincident biomedical advances make this an opportune time to encourage research with subjects who have fluctuating cognitive impairments due to disorders like schizophrenia. Effecting research with a heterogeneous population who may have impaired decision-making capacity that diminishes their autonomy, wh...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Backlar P

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeless population has complex needs. Peers with experience of homelessness offer unique perspectives in supporting those experiencing homelessness. Peer support fostered and developed by professional organisations, termed intentional peer support (IPS), formalises this process. This review aims to assess the eff...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Barker SL,Maguire N

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of individual variables (COVID-19 anxiety, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, optimistic bias and personal identity) as predictors of quality of life (QoL) during the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic is explored. Impact of group related variables (identification to family, religious group and...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kharshiing KD,Kashyap D,Gupta K,Khursheed M,Shahnawaz MG,Khan NH,Uniyal R,Rehman U

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary evidence suggests that mental health consumers can successfully serve as peer companions, case management aides, case managers, job coaches, and drop-in center staff. However, few empirical investigations have addressed the use of consumers to train mental health professionals. This project employed a rand...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cook JA,Jonikas JA,Razzano L

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence rates and characteristics of past-year mental health consultation for Ontario's adult (18 + years old) immigrant populations. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2012 was used to calculate the prevalence rates of past-year mental health consultation by service provider type. Charact...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Islam F,Khanlou N,Macpherson A,Tamim H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual dietetic consultations were trialled in a community-based first-episode psychosis program. Participants received eight individualised dietetic consultations, plus weekly shopping tours and cooking groups. The outcome measure was waist circumference (WC). In total, 30 patients commenced the program. An inten...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Teasdale S,Harris S,Rosenbaum S,Watkins A,Samaras K,Curtis J,Ward PB

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about whether, compared to terrorism survivors who relocated to another area, better long-term outcome occurs in terrorism survivors who remain in the community, which may offer social support and formal services as well as ongoing trauma reminders and adversities. A cross-sectional telephone survey of...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tucker P,Pfefferbaum B,Nitiéma P,Wendling TL,Brown S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the relationship between hopelessness on chronic disease in a national sample of African Americans (3570) and Caribbean Blacks (1438) Using the National Survey of American Life. A multivariate negative binomial regression examined whether chronic disease is associated with hopelessness, controlling...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Robinson MA,Kim I,Mowbray O,Washington T

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antipsychotic polypharmacy (APP) is a common strategy despite guidelines advising against this practice. This article seeks to quantify the prevalence and correlates of APP using Medicaid Analytic eXtract files from 2003 to 2004. Nineteen percent of Medicaid recipients who received an antipsychotic were treated with A...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cotes RO,Goldsmith DR,Kopelovich SL,Lally CA,Druss BG

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the direct and indirect effects of demographic predictors on level of resilience following a potentially traumatic event. We hypothesized that the direct effects of three variables (exposure to fire hazards, gender, and economic condition) on resilience following a fire disaster would be mediat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Eshel Y,Majdoob H,Goroshi M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A national survey of community mental health center psychiatrists was designed to assess the extent to which they experience professional burnout. 214 psychiatrists responded to the survey. The largest single group of respondents (23.4%) was attracted to community mental health primarily by normative values (e.g., "se...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Vaccaro JV,Clark GH Jr

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a domestic violence program in an urban Indian health center. The failure of office-based interventions and the importance of developing interventions that are sensitive to the needs of this population are discussed. Successful interventions including home visits and a domestic violence group tha...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Norton IM,Manson SM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United States is a country of immigrants. With the exception of Native-Americans, every other American is, or descends from, an immigrant. First and second generation immigrant children are the most rapidly growing segment of the American population, with the great majority of this population being of non-European...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Pumariega AJ,Rothe E,Pumariega JB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutual- and self-help groups for persons with severe mental illness have typically been most accessible to individuals who live independently. In an effort to make their organization more accessible to those who live in residential treatment facilities, Schizophrenics Anonymous (SA) ran introductory mutual-help meetin...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Salem DA,Gant L,Campbell R

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitional housing programs aim to improve living skills and housing stability for tenuously housed patients with mental illness. 113 consecutive Transitional Housing Team (THT) patients were matched to 139 controls on diagnosis, time of presentation, gender and prior psychiatric hospitalisation and compared using a...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Siskind D,Harris M,Kisely S,Siskind V,Brogan J,Pirkis J,Crompton D,Whiteford H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A description and analysis of the Range Mental Health Center's professional activities are presented. The results of this program analysis suggest that a public health, consultation-oriented mental health center can provide equitable and effective services to a large geographic area. Maintenance of ongoing consultativ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hunter WF,Ratcliffe AW

更新日期：1968-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Violence inflicted by individuals with mental illness towards healthcare workers has received significant media attention. Though such incidents are relatively infrequent, they inspire reactive responses and contribute to further stigmatization of the mentally ill. Prevention of violence is an important challenge for ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Weisman RL,Lamberti JS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic tic disorders (CTD) are characterized by motor and/or vocal tics. Existing data on the impact of tics in adulthood is limited by small, treatment-seeking samples or by data aggregated across adults and children. The current study explored the functional impact of tics in adults using a nationwide sample of 672...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Conelea CA,Woods DW,Zinner SH,Budman CL,Murphy TK,Scahill LD,Compton SN,Walkup JT

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a subpopulation of the seriously mentally ill who remain acute care recidivists, rarely becoming engaged in follow-up treatment. It has been argued that these individuals are system, rather than treatment resisters. The perceptions they have of their problems are often in conflict with staff evaluations, or w...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Santiago JM,Berren MR,Beigel A,Goldfinger SM,Hannah MT

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is an exploration of mental health consumers' perspectives on information, including scientific information, and on other inputs to decision-making. Four focus groups were held with severely mentally ill consumers at two sites in the summer of 2005. Consumers varied in age, race and diagnosis. Participant r...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tanenbaum SJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00