Examined data from discussion group intervention in 30 nursing homes, involving 185 residents. Analysis of characteristics of participants in relation to modifications in selected attitudes and behaviors over the intervention period revealed only one significant relationship between attitudinal or behavioral modifications and demographic or other…

Caregivers of family members with dementia of the Alzheimer's type were surveyed for their experiences with early symptoms, obtaining a diagnosis, home care, and institutionalization. At each stage in the process of providing care there are new and different stresses that can be ameliorated by appropriate professional assistance. (Author)

Tests the hypothesis that patients who were contacted more often by their relatives would stay a shorter time in the hospital. Results support the hypothesis. (Author)

Concludes that socioeconomic factors and racial discrimination account for some of the variation in institutionalization for blacks and whites. Available data are inconclusive as to whether blacks are over represented in mental hospitals because they suffer from greater mental impairment than whites. (Author/AM)

After the statistical report found in Volume II, 1917, Report of the Commissioner of Education, containing statistics for the year 1915-16, had been prepared, the Bureau of Education adopted the plan of collecting statistics biennially instead of annually, as had been done in preceding years. This bulletin contains statistics of Industrial Schools…

Mentally retarded citizens have been denied their human and civil rights, not only by the public, but by professionals--including social workers. The author claims that most programs for the mentally retarded are, at best, dehumanizing. Professionals have an ethical obligation to refuse to refer children to such programs. (Author)

Review of major cases involving the right to education and the rights of children within institutions. (ST)

Thirty institutionalized mildly retarded adolescent Ss and 30 matched MA elementary school nonretarded Ss were presented 18 items for five free-recall trials in a study of basic determinants of clustering behavior (the recall of sequences of related items following their random presentation). (Author/DB)

Compared relative effectiveness of two group methods of communicating information relevant to the social, vocational and educational adjustment of institutionalized male juvenile delinquents. Both treatment conditions prompted more positive attitudes, behavior change, and less recidivism among participants than did the control condition. (Author)

Described is a program initiated by the social work staff of a hospital mental retardation unit which involved locating and screening citizen advocates to serve as friend, big brother, social worker, and legal counselor to retarded patients. (GW)

In a search for an adequate but efficient substitute, the authors have instituted three evaluations of the relationships between potential WAIS-substitutes and the WAIS itself. The present report describes the first of these researches-- a study of the relationships between the four group ability tests and the WAIS in a mental hospital setting.…