Two regression equations using chronological age and either IQ or the Fisher and Zeaman K score were developed to predict Developmental Record ratings of institutionalized mentally retarded children over a two-year interval (N=200), a four-year interval (N-165), and an eight-year interval (N=95). The equation using IQ yielded more accurate…

The mother of a brain-damaged retarded young woman describes how the daughter's eventual placement in a residential program proved to be the best solution for her family. (CL)

Data demonstrate that the majority of persons in residential facilities for people with mental retardation participate in daytime programing. State institution residents were less likely to have daytime programs than residents of community-based living arrangements. Resident and facility characteristics relating to probability of participation and…

Used a national probability sample to compare the suicide rate among adolescents in adult jails, juvenile detention facilities, and the general population. Results showed the rate for adolescents in adult jails was more than 3.5 times larger than in the general population, while suicides in juvenile facilities were lower. (JAC)

A longitudinal study of five handicapped hospitalized infants revealed that restriction in objects available for play was associated with a delay in play skill acquisition, lack of appropriate consistent interactive experiences with caretakers may have contributed to delayed development, and infants unable to initiate social contact had limited…

A personal Effectiveness Group of 30 mental patients was established to study a programed model and procedures for the treatment of psychiatric inpatients. (Author)

Discusses the need to educate the community to its responsibility toward the mentally ill. (GB)

Changes in both self esteem and accuracy of self concept were observed for psychiatric patients. Experimentals and controls did not differ in mean change in self esteem, but experimentals did increase in self concept accuracy significantly more than did controls. (Author)

Suggested are ways that parents can make their visits to their institutionalized handicapped children more pleasant and even educational. (KW)

The attitudes of an institutionalized 7-year-old mentally retarded, white boy toward his therapist, teachers, and cottage workers before, during, and following two months of psychotherapy were inferred to support the transference hypothesis. (WY)

The effectiveness of phenothiazine treatment in delaying hospitalization for those schizophrenic patients hospitalized during the course of their clinic treatment was examined. (CD)

A Paperback bookfair provides one means of extending library service to prison inmates where funds are lacking for conventional service. (Author)

Results indicate that peer support networks exist on the wards of two adolescent units in two mental health centers and outside the institutions as well. Two emergent types of networks, with some overlapping, are the action-oriented and the dialogue-oriented networks, with age and gender as the factors discriminating between them. (Author/RH)