In this study of young male schizophrenic patients who reported they were not taking antipsychotic medication at follow-up, those treated with placebos in contrast to those treated with chlorpromazine while hospitalized showed significantly greater long term clinical improvement, less pathology at follow-up, fewer rehospitalizations and better…

The present investigation attempted to assess the psychological aftereffects of mastectomy in women. An edited version of the Berscheid, Walster, and Bohrnstedt Body Image Questionnaire (1972) and a focused interview were administered to three groups of female surgical patients both pre- and postoperatively. Significant differences were found…

This study describes behavioral response--both its theoretical specification and its estimation--which relates health service utilization and expenditures to a number of variables: demographic, psychological, economic, medical, and policy-related. By incorporating these behavioral relations into a recently developed microsimulation model, national…

This program was organized in response to the rapidly increasing demands placed upon the emergency departments of general hospitals, and in recognition of the fact that the crucial ingredient in emergency department services is physician capability. The training program was implemented for hospital department physicians and other interested…

Information about the Palm Beach County Health Department Migrant Project for 1972 is presented in this annual progress report. Information on services provided by the Project as prescribed by the Migrant Health Branch is included. Major topics include program objectives, relationships and contributions, staff orientation and training, a general…

Understanding outcome in schizophrenia is important for choosing among the competing concepts of this disorder and for evaluation of treatment methods. Nevertheless, there is much disagreement and confusion about the nature of outcome in schizophrenia. This report describes features of diagnosis and outcome that contribute to this confusion and…

A post doctoral fellowship to study the language handicapped child is briefly discussed. The report concludes a year of study during which the author attempts to develop a foundation to bring education and medicine together to meet the challenge of the language handicapped child. The major areas of study - reading, linguistics, and psychology as…

Six papers on special education and rehabilitation are presented. In discussing games people play with programs for the educable mentally handicapped, C. E. Meyers focuses on problems of appropriate reconceptualizing programs for slow learners, resulting from court orders to cease and desist certain practices. Harry A. Grace examines management…

Research was reviewed on the current status of phenylketonuria, an hereditary amino acid metabolic disorder that can cause severe mental retardation, physical complications, and emotional difficulties if not detected and treated early in childhood. A majority of the research cited was published in the 1960's. Topics covered were: discovery of…

Nine papers dealing with educational, psychological, and medical aspects of the management of children with learning disabilities focus upon the medically-related aspects and information which would be useful to a multidisciplinary team in coordinating differential diagnostic efforts and instituting remediation programs. Discussions of the…

The Nursing Home Research Study is concerned with the quantitative measurement of nursing service in nursing homes. The purpose of the project was to provide data needed to establish a basis for proposing minimal staffing patterns for nursing homes. In an adaptation of the methodology used in a study conducted by the Milwaukee, Wisconsin Health…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 7-9. SUBJECT MATTER: First aid and survival education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into five sections: bandaging skills, control of bleeding, conditions caused by extremes in temperatures, foreign substances in body openings, and other common emergencies. The publication format of four columns…

This bibliography lists and annotates books and articles published since 1960, which are concerned with the problems of rural health care and manpower. The bibliography is divided into three sections containing: (1) a subject listing of the books and articles, including such areas as manpower supply and distribution, need and demand for health…

The Postgraduate Medical Institute of the Massachusetts Medical Society had as its goal in this instance to use an interdisciplinary team of consultants to sensitize hospital medical staffs to the unique health care problems of the poor. A consultation model was set up and implemented in three selected hospitals located in depressed areas. The…

The specific purpose of this Directory is to create a single reference listing of all the approved family practice training programs for physicians, detailing the unique characteristics of each program. The Directory lists, by alphabetical order of States, all approved family practice residency programs in the United States through June 30, 1972.…