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New Ethical Challenges to Mental Health Services Research in the Era of Community-Based Care
Author(s): Eric Wright, Bernice Pescosolido, Robin Penslar
Publication Date: 1997
Research on the use and effectiveness of mental health services conducted across a wide variety of settings, under new and diverse state-based legal statutes, and requiring the linking of a variety of existing and proposed data sources raises a number of ethical considerations. These new conditions are reviewed in the context of federal regulations for the protection of human subjects and, in particular, informed consent. Illustrations, suggestio...
Public Conceptions of Mental Illness: Labels, Causes, Dangerousness, and Social Distance
Author(s): Bruce Link, Jo Phelan, Michaeline Bresnahan, Ann Stueve, Bernice Pescosolido
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: The authors used nationwide survey data to characterize current public conceptions related to recognition of mental illness and perceived causes, dangerousness, and desired social distance. METHODS: Data were derived from a vignette experiment included in the 1996 General Social Survey. Respondents (n = 1444) were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 vignette conditions. Four vignettes described psychiatric disorders meeting diagnostic cri...
The Public's View of the Competence Dangerousness, and Need for Legal Coercion of Persons with Mental Health Problems
Author(s): Bernice Pescosolido, John Monahan, Bruce Link, Ann Stueve, Saeko Kikuzawa
Publication Date: 1999
OBJECTIVES: The authors examined Americans' opinions about financial and treatment competence of people with mental health problems, potential for harm to self or others, and the use of legal means to force treatment. METHODS: The 1996 General Social Survey provided interview data with a nationally representative sample (n = 1444). Respondents were given a vignette based on diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, major depression, alcohol dependen...
Case Managers' Perspectives on Critical Ingredients of Assertive Community Treatment and on Its Implementation
Author(s): John McGrew, Bernice Pescosolido, Eric Wright
Publication Date: 2003
Objective: The authors sought to identify case managers’ perspectives on the critical ingredients, therapeutic mechanisms of action, and gaps in implementation of the critical ingredients of assertive community treatment. Methods: Seventy-three assertive community treatment teams that attended the 1997 National Assertive Community Treatment Conference rated the degree to which 16 clinical activities were beneficial to clients and rated the imp...