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Psychological Services Volume 1 Issue 1

Subject Areas: Applied Psychology;
Publisher: Educational Publishing Foundation - American Psychological Association
ISSN: 1541-1559
SJR: 48

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Pederson, Sanford L.

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.3
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Diagnostic Differences Among Women With Long-Term Serious Mental Illness

Mowbray, Carol T.; Oyserman, Daphna; Bybee, Deborah; Callahan, Jay; MacFarlane, Peter

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.5

Despite evidence that gender and race/ethnicity matter in the relation between functioning and diagnosis, studies often fail to separate results for women or to include sufficient non-Whites for analyses. The present study investigated personal characteristics, contextual factors, and current...
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Symptom Patterns and Service Use Among African American and Caucasian Veterans With Combat-Related PTSD

Frueh, B. Christopher; Elhai, Jon D.; Monnier, Jeannine; Hamner, Mark B.; Knapp, Rebecca G.

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.22

African American (N = 57) and Caucasian (N = 76) combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) at a Veterans Affairs (VA) outpatient PTSD treatment clinic were compared on variables related to clinical symptoms and VA service use. Groups were compared on relevant interview (e.g.,...
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Developing and Applying a Systematic Process for Evaluation of Clinical Outcome Assessment Instruments

Erbes, Christopher; Polusny, Melissa A.; Billig, John; Mylan, Marci; McGuire, Kathryn; Isenhart, Carl; Olson, Douglas

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.31

In recent years, there has been increasing demand within the mental health field for practitioners and administrators to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of psychological services delivered to the populations they serve. In response to these demands, there has been a proliferation of...
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Effectiveness of and Consumer Satisfaction With an Assertive Community Treatment Program for the Severely Mentally Ill: A 3-Year Follow-Up

Ben-Porath, Denise D.; Peterson, Gregory; Piskur, Carol

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.40

Assertive community treatment (ACT) programs have made substantial strides in reducing inpatient hospitalizations and in improving the lives of individuals with a severe mental illness. However, few studies have investigated their effectiveness outside of a 24-month treatment period. The present...
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Predicting the Differential Effectiveness of Relaxation Training With the Multimodal Structural Profile Inventory

Herman, Steven M.

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.48

Seventy-eight individuals were assessed with the Multimodal Structural Profile Inventory (Multimodal SPI; A. A. Lazarus, 1989) and subsequently treated with 4 different forms of relaxation training in a group format. Treatments were presented to the different clients in counterbalanced order....
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MMPI-2 Validity and Award of Service Connection for PTSD During the VA Compensation and Pension Evaluation

Arbisi, Paul A.; Murdoch, Maureen; Fortier, Larry; McNulty, John

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.56

From an initial pool of 699 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory–2s (MMPI-2s) obtained as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Compensation and Pension (C & P) examinations for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the authors selected individuals with raw scores above 7 on...
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Quantifying Symptomatic Change During Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization Using New Subscales for the Anchored Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale

Bailley, Steven E.; Lachar, David; Rhoades, Howard M.; Diefenbach, Gretchen J.; Espadas, Alex; Varner, Roy V.

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.68

Methods of measuring symptomatic change must demonstrate accuracy before they can be applied in mental health research. Accuracy for the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale—Anchored version (BPRS–A) was investigated in 2,194 adult patients at a short-term acute-care psychiatric facility. Changes in...
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A New Instrument to Screen for Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide in Incarcerated Offenders

Mills, Jeremy F.; Kroner, Daryl G.

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.83

Responding to depressed offenders and taking steps to prevent suicide are 2 important clinical functions of psychologists who work with offenders. In this article, the authors review the development, factor structure, and validity of a new instrument—the Depression, Hopelessness, and Suicide...
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Treatment and Changes in Aggressive Behavior Following Adolescents' Inpatient Hospitalization

Knox, Michele S.; Carey, Michael P.; Kim, Wun Jung; Marciniak, Tiffany

2004 Psychological Services

doi:10.1037/1541-1559.1.1.92

The purpose of the study was to describe aggressive behavior in inpatient adolescents and to identify individual characteristics and aspects of mental health treatment that are associated with changes in aggression over time. Type of treatment and treatment satisfaction were examined in relation...

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