Surveyed state rehabilitation counselors and administrators regarding their perceptions of mental health problems among individuals with physical disabilities. Results suggest that the state vocational rehabilitation counselors and administrators perceive a significant need for mental health services among individuals with severe physical…

Tested patients (N=80) in an alcoholic rehabilitation program for field dependence with the Embedded Figures Test and for logical reasoning with two Piagetian tasks: the pendulum and the plant problem. Results suggested that cognitive factors play a more important role in alcoholics' response to treatment than has been recognized. (LLL)

Conducted structured interviews of seven selected Mental Health (MH) and Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) dyads to assess interagency functioning, and compared results to selected interagency performance indicators. Results suggested that improved MH-VR linkages can increase the probability of successful rehabilitation outcomes for psychiatrically…

Replicated a recent report of the factorial structure of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale, using rehabilitation patients. Analyses failed to validate the previously reported three-dimensional structure, which indicates a need for careful interpretation of this scale when used with certain populations. An alternative factor…

Assessed the effectiveness of the Gerontology Alcohol Project, a self management treatment program for adult-onset alcohol abusers. Results indicated a marked success for those completing the treatment program, including an improved social support network. (JAC)

Reported on a work placement program that incorporated intensive job-seeking skills training, components of Job Club programs, and other behavioral procedures designed to encourage independent job finding by psychiatric patients (N=97). Of clients who participated in the program, 66 percent entered some meaningful vocational activity. (BH)

Assessed the vocational decision-making problems of rehabilitation clients (N=60). Revealed that decision-making problems of clients can be grouped into three areas: employment readiness, self-appraisal, and decision-making readiness. Suggested that vocationally decided and undecided subjects differ significantly in the extent to which they have…

Wildcat Service Corporation is a highly successful employment service for ex-drug addicts and alcholics who have served prison terms, are on welfare, and have little work experience. Funded mainly by the Manpower Administration, Wildcats's 3,000 workers perform service operations for many of New York City's government departments and businesses.…

This study shows that high rehabilitation rates correlated significantly with large caseloads, high program expenditures, low expenditures per client, and shorter duration of clients in the program. In sharp contract, rehabilitants' salary correlate significantly with small caseloads, small program budgets, select clients, high training…

This article describes a therapeutic program for inmates that attempts to stimulate moral reasoning. Based on Kohlberg's theory of moral development, the program relies heavily on group meetings designed to focus on and resolve a variety of moral issues raised by the participants. Through guided moral discussions,'' participants tend to develop…

Proposes a 3-phase treatment program for ghetto drug addicts involving greater utilization of ex-addicts as counselor aides. (BH)

The measurement of client change attributable to the receipt of vocational rehabilitation services has been limited to the simple criterion of employed-unemployed or to subjective evaluations. The authors discuss alternative statistical and methodological strategies for the use in measuring client gain. (Author)