To examine the neurobiological consequences of early institutionalization, the authors recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) from 3 groups of Romanian children--currently institutionalized, previously institutionalized but randomly assigned to foster care, and family-reared children--in response to pictures of happy, angry, fearful, and sad…

The purpose of this research was to understand how student art teachers perceive the contribution to their training of community service in various frameworks, such as a prison and a drug rehabilitation center. The research was conducted in 2006-2007 in the School of Art at Beit Berl College, Israel, in two stages. In the first stage, six…

Inmate misconduct creates problems for other inmates as well as correctional staff. Most empirical assessments of the correlates of inmate misconduct have been conducted at the individual level; however, a facility's level of misconduct may be of equal importance to prison management and state officials because these numbers can reflect order, or…

A study of the effects of emotional stimuli (words) on schizophrenics' adherence to strong meaning associations (regardless of context). (DP)

Investigated differences between 28 hospice and 28 hospital patients who died. Comparison found that hospice patients were younger, had more people living in the home, and had shorter disease history. Age, number of people living in the home, and primary cancer site significantly discriminated between hospice and hospital patients and predicted…

Reviews the literature regarding client motivation and client references. Offers recommendations for designing a program to increase motivation for psychotherapy in institutionalized adolescents, based on pretherapy and token economics. (JAC)

Discusses the benefit of creating access for impaired or immobile persons to ritualistic experiences. The practice of bringing the ritual experience to the individual unable to physically attend significant events is described. Case studies are included. (NRB)

An interview study of 2,271 mentally retarded residents in public and community residential facilities revealed that maladaptive behavior was more prevalent among residents of public residential facilities, but the frequency of maladaptive behavior and the responses, elicited from direct-care staff members, were similar in public and community…

A description and evaluation of the varying kinds of roles volunteers have developed and (could) play in patients' libraries. It discusses the ways in which others in the library and medical professions perceive volunteers and the mutual misconceptions that inhibit sound and uniform development of these services. (Author)

This article sets forth a model for institutional treatment of juvenile offenders that is community based, involves the delinquent in his own fate, increases his self respect, and allows him to experience positive human relations. Presented at University of Utah, March 1969. (Author)

Research supported in part by the Vocational Rehabilitation Administration. Reprints from: Alan H. Roberts, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Memorial Building, Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Tens of thousands of the nation's young people are placed in psychiatric and criminal justice programs annually. Within those settings, many confront an assortment of restraint and seclusionary measures. This paper discusses the population of young people exposed to such procedures and examines the implications within these settings and elsewhere.…

Reanalyzed data from 1983 prospective study of suicide in cohort of 4,800 psychiatric inpatients using logistic regression. Results were same as in previous study: too few of the subsequent suicides were identified and there were too many false positives to make procedure useful. Additional artificial logistic regression analyses helped but fell…

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST) (Carstensen, 1992, 1993) accounts for lifespan changes in human social networks and for the motivations which underlie those changes. SST is applied in this research with 256 prison inmates and non-inmates, ages 18-84, from Mississippi, Kansas, and New Mexico. Two research questions sought to identify (a)…

Group home caregivers of 24 institutionalized, male, high-functioning adolescents and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, were interviewed with the Interview Sexuality Autism. Most subjects were reported to express sexual interest and to display some kind of sexual behavior. Knowledge of socio-sexual skills existed, but practical use was…