Investigated assertive behavior among Black male patients (N=48) under White vs. Black interpersonal partner conditions. Responses to familiar and unfamiliar interpersonal stimuli in role play and in vivo were rated. Responses were more assertive in the unfamiliar-White prompter condition. (Author/JAC)

Research has shown that many psychiatric inpatients are alcoholics and that a significant number of these alcoholics are not being diagnosed or treated for their drinking problems. The incidence of heavy drinking among psychiatric outpatients and the extent to which psychotherapists are aware of their drinking behaviors were assessed. A…

This document describes the methodology followed in obtaining abstracts (see volumes 2 and 3) of more than 8,000 critical behaviors of nurses and attendants in delivering care in 50 psychiatric and mental health facilities throughout the country. The abstracts were derived from reports of actual observations by 1,785 mental health practitioners in…