The Mount Carmel Hospital program for skid-row male and female alcoholics is examined. (MM)

In May 1974, Fresno County's Narcotic Abuse Treatment Program began a 21-day outpatient methadone detoxification treatment modality. The purpose of this paper is to examine this alternative treatment modality, its characteristics, its therapeutic outcomes and the rationale for its use. (Author)

Examined client records to compare 50 subjects admitted to a drinking-driver program and 50 subjects admitted to an outpatient alcohol treatment clinic. Highly significant differences were found between groups on 10 of 12 drinking indices, suggesting that clients referred for alcohol-related traffic offenses represent a population different from…

A 12-week structured rehabilitation program featuring warm-up exercises, increased aerobic exercise, cool down, and home-based continuation of exercise helped 12 children with surgically corrected congenital heart disease improve lower extremity strength and flexibility. (Author/CB)

Highlights three advantages of the multiple-baseline design for evaluating work performance in vocational training programs: (1) allowing the trainer to determine the success of a vocational program without withdrawing training; (2) ruling out effects of history; and (3) providing a versatile evaluation procedure. (BH)

Presents the fourth annual dissertation review of 69 rehabilitation studies published in Dissertation Abstracts International in 1982. Includes a commentary regarding observable trends in rehabilitation related research. Rehabilitation clients were the subject of 29 studies. There were 30 on rehabilitation services and outcome and 10 on…

A recommendations paper involving strategies for rehabilitation practitioners and theoreticians and recommendations related to intake process and delivery of direct client services. (EA)

A report of the rehabilitation services available to disabled civil service employees. (JC)

Messengers earn while they learn the life style of work. (Editor)

Suggestions for implementation of a brief, inexpensive program for reducing test anxiety are made in this article. Listening to a brief relaxation tape, listening to a test orientation tape, or having an individual supportive interview with a counselor all reduced test anxiety in a population of rehabilitation center clients. (Author)

Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1959, the author explains how community college courses have helped him to shape a new life. (DS)

A pilot sutdy was conducted at a federal correctional institution to determine the extent to which personality factors, as measured by the MMPI, were related to work release success. The results indicated that only one MMPI scale (Pa) was significantly related to an inmate's success in the work release program. (Author)