The Efron and Efron Scale of Attitudes toward the Mentally Retarded was administered to 41 institutional attendants to identify factors correlating with demographic data to generate suggestions for reducing the resistance of staff personnel to developmentally-oriented residential programs. (KW)

Factor analyses of ratings received by 617 patients in a state hospital for the mentally retarded, concerning 26 problem behaviors, indicated that five factors describe the behaviors. (Author)

When the Holloway Prison is completed, it will be the largest establishment in the penal service for women. Its education center has been designed to incorporate "all of the best aspects of new adult education centers and technical colleges in the free community." (Editor/RB)

The results of this study showed no significant differences in the size estimation levels of acute and chronic schizophrenic and nonschizophrenic psychiatric patients. Also, there were no significant differences when these groups were subdivided on the basis of both premorbid adjustment and paranoid status. (Author/CG)

An investigation of the causal factors for institutionalizing mentally handicapped persons. (JM)

The rumination behavior of an institutionalized six-year-old severely retarded child was greatly reduced when overcorrection techniques were implemented. The overcorrection program utilized both restitution and positive practice in the form of an aversive taste solution. (Author/SW)