Claims Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals can provide rich and varied work experiences for psychologists. These settings have eased the way for counseling psychologists into behavioral medicine, neuropsychology, and health psychology, as well as maintaining role of vocational assessment. Notes VA psychology positions are geared toward…

Difficulties experienced by colleges with the regulations and policies of the Veterans Administration regarding the eligibility of veterans for educational benefits are discussed. Especially problematic are the "standards of progress" and "seat time" regulations. A study undertaken to examine the problem has not produced any…

The components of Wisconsin's 1991 Assembly Bill 680 that considers homelessness are discussed in this document. The Bill itself addresses: (1) surplus state lands; (2) transitional housing grants; (3) prevention of homelessness; (4) establishing a low-income housing income and franchise tax credit; (5) veterans lacking a permanent address; (6)…

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was officially recognized as a disorder by the American Psychiatric Association in January 1980, and the Veterans Administration (VA) started processing veterans' claims for the disorder in October 1980. To investigate allegations that the Buffalo VA Regional Office was disapproving a high percentage of claims…

Notes government study conclusion that Vietnam veterans with supportive marital relationships are more likely to successfully adjust to delayed stresses of combat. Presents a conceptual model of the role of spouse support in Vietnam veterans' adjustment to posttraumatic stress syndrome. Discusses implications of the model for therapeutic…

Presents a model of outpatient interdisciplinary geriatric care provided at a veteran's hospital. Compares characteristics of patients served in this program with those in community-based geriatrics outpatient clinics described in the literature. (Author/ABB)

Describes problems associated with Vietnam veterans and their families, including Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Veterans may establish enmeshed relationships with their children, leading to problems with adolescent individualization. Presents a five-stage treatment method including Intake, Ventilation, Bridging, Education, and Taking Therapy…

The Veterans Administration (VA) established the Readjustment Counseling Program in 1980 to assist Vietnam era veterans who had not made a successful psychosocial adjustment to civilian life. The program was intended to make services available at vet centers for veterans reluctant to seek counseling from regular VA health care facilities. At the…

This report illustrates a range of options for Congressional action in nine principal areas of public policy related to infertility: (1) collecting data on reproductive health; (2) preventing infertility; (3) information to inform and protect consumers; (4) providing access to infertility services; (5) reproductive health of veterans; (6) transfer…

The substantial majority of the more than 2 million employees of the executive branch of the federal government are employed under a common set of personnel laws contained in title 5 of the United States Code. To a degree unprecedented in their history, these laws and the voluminous rules and regulations which flow from them are accused of being…

Florida's District 12 Veterans Administration (VA) wanted to deliver medical case-management services to veterans not receiving home-based services due to the geographic restrictions of the VA's Hospital-Based Home Care Program. The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) desired to demonstrate the effectiveness of nurse…

This history of the GI Bill of Rights, enacted in 1944, describes how its provisions affected 16 million veterans. The legislative history of the Bill reflects how support and criticism grew from the various political views in Congress and the nation during and immediately after World War II. Through the GI Bill, 7.8 million veterans received…