Found subjects of varying levels of neuropsychological impairment, administered revised Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-R), obtained significantly lower Full Scale, Verbal, and Performance Intelligence Quotients (IQs) than did subjects administered original, full version WAIS. Indicated significant main effects for level of impairment for…

Examining Afro-Americans in Vietnam in three novels reveals three components of their war experience: (1) a positive opportunity to prove fighting skills; (2) disillusionment when treated discriminatorily by white commanding officers; and (3) a cultural-historical search to make sense of their involvement in the war. (LHW)

Estimated age-adjusted Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised intelligence quotient (IQ) scores using linear regression techniques and continuous norming of two samples of psychiatric inpatients (total N=150) in Veteran's Administration hospital. Results support use of estimation procedure in clinical and research settings desiring brief but…

This teacher's guide helps teachers plan a class program for Veterans Day. The guide contains the following components (many with activities): "History of Veterans Day"; "Veterans Day National Ceremony"; "Suggested Veterans Day Programs"; "America's Wars (Statistics)"; "Fly Your Flag Regularly and…

A follow-up questionnaire was mailed to 144 narcotic addict veterans approximately six months after termination from treatment at a multimodality drug program. It was found that 75 percent continued to use drugs, and 38 percent became readdicted. (Author)

Through a parlay of COIN and BREAD, a VA program prepares veterans with little or no civilian employment experience to seek and find such employment. (Author)

This is a survey study of black veterans' attitudes toward white authorities, the "law and order controversy, racial separatism, violence, and black identification. Results of the survey are held to suggest that alienation will move a substantial proportion of these veterans into the black radical movement. (KG)

It confounded the critics, produced a new breed of students, and led to basic changes in the conduct of higher education. (Editor)

Postwar films, while continuing to depict the stereotype of the disabled veteran as victim or madman, have gone beyond merely dealing with the visible signs of disability to a more sensitive treatment of the trauma of injury, the rehabilitation process, and the relationship between the disabled and society. (Author/MJL)

Examined frequency of verbal attention-seeking responses (VASRs) as an indication of level of social confidence. Veteran drug addicts received communication skills and assertiveness training. Comparison of VASRs indicated communication training was effective in improving social confidence. (RC)

Concludes that a systematically organized program of group counseling and tutoring did not produce significant changes in the attitudes, reading ability, and grade point averages of academically deficient students who had returned to college after military service. (FL)

Analyzes ethical dilemmas in war-related literature as a vehicle for ethics instruction. Describes key books focusing on such issues as whether all is fair in war, racism, sexism, military training, intelligence operations, conflicting ethical systems, whether anything is worth killing for, and the situation of returned veterans. (30 citations)…

An overview of the 68 optometric residencies offered at 35 health care facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs looks at the resident selection system, accrediting and position funding, and growth in residency positions since 1975. A new primary care education program open to a number of health care disciplines is highlighted. (MSE)

A longitudinal study of women survivors of childhood sexual abuse documents the presence of the same posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms experienced by Vietnam veterans. In both cases, traumatic violence was the antecedent, but abuse survivors differed by context, age, length of trauma, and isolation. (JPS)

Describes investigation attempting to identify sources of positive evaluations Israeli veterans with disabilities receive. Assesses how attribution of responsibility for disability influences relationship between disability framework and attitudes toward persons with disabilities. Results indicate veterans who were responsible for disabilities…