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The Role of Clinical Information Technology in Depression Care Management
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-01)
We examine the literature on the growing application of clinical information technology in managing depression care and highlight lessons learned from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s national program “Depression in Primary ...
Clinical Equivalence of Generic Clozapine
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-08)
Objective: To determine if mental health service utilization increases when patients are converted to generic clozapine.
Defining the Intellectual Profile of Asperger Syndrome: Comparison with High-Functioning Autism
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-06)
Asperger syndrome (AS) is a disorder of early childhood characterized by autistic social deficits, subtle communication impairment, and excessive isolated interests. There is no history of language delay or of mental ...
A Survey of Psychiatrists' Attitudes Toward Treatment Guidelines
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-04)
We developed a survey to look at psychiatrists' attitudes toward psychotropic prescribing guidelines, specifically the Texas Medication Algorithm Project (TMAP) algorithms. The 22-page survey was distributed to 24 psychiatrists ...
Brief Report: Brief Syntactic Analysis in Asperger Syndrome: A Preliminary Study
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-02)
Challenges of Implementing Depression Care Management in the Primary Care Setting
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006-01)
Empirical evidence shows that care management is an effective tool for improving depression treatment in primary care patients. However, several conceptual and practical issues have not been sufficiently addressed. This ...
Asperger Syndrome: Tests of Right Hemisphere Functioning and Interhemispheric Communication
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-08)
The primary aim of this investigation was to assess to what extent Rourke's (1989, 1995) nonverbal learning disabilities syndrome (NLD) model resembles the pattern of assets and deficits seen in people with Asperger syndrome ...
Depression in Persons with Autism: Implications for Research and Clinical Care
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-08)
Although several studies have investigated the occurrence of medical and neurological conditions in persons with autism, relatively few reports have focused on the phenomenology and treatment of psychiatric disorders in ...
Assessing Conformance to Medication Treatment Guidelines for Schizophrenia in a Community Mental Health Center (CMHC)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-12)
The feasibility of implementing current medication treatment guidelines in a community mental health clinic was examined in this cross-sectional and retrospective study. Specifically, two issues were addressed: 1) could ...
Challenges in Evaluating Psychosocial Interventions for Autistic Spectrum Disorders
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2005-12)
In 2002, the National Institutes of Health sponsored a meeting concerning methodological challenges of research in psychosocial interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorders. This paper provides a summary of the presentations ...