Studied 18 committed persons who were receiving outpatient treatment and compared them with three patient groups that differed by admission status and treatment setting. Results indicated applying the principle of least restrictive alternative in civil commitment seldom results in outpatient treatment, even after initial treatment in a more…

A field study of residents' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with open-ward accomodations in a skilled-nursing facility revealed that 88 percent of the respondents preferred the open ward to any other type of room accomodation. Findings suggest that for residents with multiple functional disabilities, the open ward is a supportive environment.…

A study conducted at a institutional dormitory for 32 profoundly retarded adolescents and preadolescents assisted by nine attendants supported the value of rearranging the traditional personnel structure to provide a slightly lower staff-resident ratio and assigning more comprehensive responsibilities to particular attendants. Improved training…

Describes the development of the Social Well-Being Scale, designed to measure the extent to which institutionalized older persons (N=140) perceive their social needs as being met. The scale distinguishes subjects by race, health, and type of living arrangement, and predicts psychological well-being. (JAC)

The Inpatient Scale of Minimal Functioning (ISMF)--based on revised scoring of the Social Breakdown Syndrome Gradient Index (SBSGI) item pool--is described as a means of overcoming inherent problems in the SBSGI scoring procedure. The ISMF possesses greater reliability, with an increment in concurrent validity as compared to SBSGI. (Author)

A clinician's perspective on the complex and controversial issues related to mentally ill patients' rights is offered. (Author)

Two hundred twenty-one predominantly adolescent institutionalized retarded residents, classified as hyperactive, were compared on 15 variables to a matched group classified as nonhyperactive. (Author/MC)

Correlates of very highly elevated, uninterpretable'' Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPIs) of white and black psychiatric inpatients were obtained by comparing descriptors for these profiles with those for less elevated profiles in two independent samples. (Author)

Responses of 15 attending adults to more than 800 samples of behavior of 49 ambulatory institutionalized young retarded children were recorded. (Author)

Study of 18-21 year old men in a reformatory indicated both delinquency prediction scales generally correlated low with most of the personality inventory scales; scale scores of both inventories were generally elevated. (Author)