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The National Survey of American Life: a study of racial, ethnic and cultural influences on mental disorders and mental health
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2004-11)
The objectives of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non-Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations ...
Adolescent inhalant use, abuse and dependence
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2009-07)
Aims To compare adolescent inhalant users without DSM-IV inhalant use disorders (IUDs) to youth with IUDs (i.e. abuse or dependence) across demographic, psychosocial and clinical measures. Design Cross-sectional survey ...
The basic elements of community mental health education
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Behavioral Publications, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1970-06)
An adequate plan for community mental health education should include consideration of five basic elements which are derived from an examination of the core concepts of community mental health. These five elements are ...
Obsessive–compulsive disorder with and without tics in a clinical sample of children and adolescents
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2002)
The purpose of this study was to discriminate subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in a clinical sample of children and adolescents. Sixty OCD patients were assessed in two outpatient psychiatric clinics; 15 ...
Further explorations in empowerment theory: An empirical analysis of psychological empowerment
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1992-12)
Group behavioral therapy for adolescents with tic-related and non-tic–related obsessive–compulsive disorder
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2003)
Prior research supports the distinction between tic-related and non-tic–related obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) based on phenomenologic, etiologic, and neurobehavioral data. The present study examines whether response ...
Simple phobia: Evidence for heterogeneity
(Elsevier, 1989-04)
Although simple phobia is a residual category in DSM-III, clinical experience suggests at least four subtypes of this group. To test the validity of the subtypes, the authors compared patients with one of four simple phobias ...
Self-help research and the public mental health system
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-10)
Acute onset and remission of obsessions and compulsions following medical illnesses and stress
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2000)
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is generally chronic. Episodic OCD with complete remission has been rarely reported. Two cases of brief, episodic obsessions and compulsions that appeared for the first time following ...
Battered Women's Coping Strategies and Psychological Distress: Differences by Immigration Status
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-06)
People are rarely passive, and battered women are no exception. This study investigated the types of coping strategies women of Japanese descent (both Japan-born and U.S.-born) chose and their perceived effectiveness in ...