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Coping With Stress Following A Natural Disaster: The Volcanic Eruption Of Mt. St. Helens, Shirley Ann Murphy

Dissertations and Theses

This study focuses on the coping responses of the bereaved immediate family and close friends of persons who died as a result of the volcanic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in southwestern Washington on May 18, 1980. Three major research questions were addressed: Is there a relationship between illness and three life events: presumed death of a close relative or friend, confirmed death of a close relative or friend, and loss of one's permanent of recreational residence? Do self-efficacy and social supports act as intervening variables to buffer the negative effects of stress on one's health when coping with loss? …

An Invitation To The Dance: An Empirical Response To Chief Justice Warren Burger’S ‘Time-Consuming Procedural Minuets’ Theory In Parham V. J.R., Michael L. Perlin

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.

Mental Health Status Of Vietnamese Refugees In Utah County, Utah, David A. Acree

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempted to measure mental health status of Vietnamese refugees in Utah County, Utah. The test instrument used was the Cornell Medical Index (CMI). Two subproblems were considered: First, to see if refugee complaints on the CMI were predominantly physiological or psychological. Second, to see if there was a relationship between CMI scores and a related list of demographic variables.

Results showed the mean CMI score for the sample under study was well above the suggested score indicative of possible psychological dysfunction. For 80% of participants, psychological complaints were predominant over physical complaints. The only variables showing a relationship …

Criminally Committed Mental Patient Services: A Task Force Report, Roger V. Endell, John E. Havelock

Reports

Until 1980, criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity were committed under contract, at the discretion of the Alaska Division of Mental Health, to Atascadero State Hospital in California, a facility suitable to longer-term care of persons needing a secure setting. Changes in California state policy foreclosed this option. The most likely facility in Alaska that could accommodate this class of patients was Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API) in Anchorage; however, introduction of a few new patients with special security needs would have impacts on existing programs of the Institute. This report presents recommendations …

A Review Of The Conflict Between Community-Based Group Homes For The Mentally Retarded And Restrictive Zoning, Jane E. Reiner

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Mental Health Professionals In The Criminal Process: The Case For Informed Speculation, Christopher Slobogin, Richard J. Bonnie

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In this article we have attempted to make the case for continued participation by appropriately qualified mental health professionals in the adjudication of reconstructive subjective issues of the criminal law. In Part I, we outlined the reasons why imprecision and speculation is and must be tolerated in doctrines of exculpation and mitigation. In Part II, we developed the case for evidentiary rules which permit "informed speculation" by qualified clinical experts so as to enable defendants to explore and present subjective defenses and assist triers of fact to assess the plausibility and significance of such claims. We recognize that many mental …

Public Law 94-103: An Implied Private Right Of Action To Enforce The Right To Treatment For Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Persons, John Cahalan

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Rise Of Prisons And The Origins Of The Rehabilitative Ideal, Carl E. Schneider

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Discovery of the Asylum: Social Order and Disorder in the New Republic by David J. Rothman

Psychiatric Clinics For Egyptian School Children Focus: The Garden City Psychiatric Clinic Of Cairo, Claire Fahim Gobrial

Faculty Book Chapters

We present in this issue of The Cairo Papers a broad spectrum of articles dealing with the children of Egypt and their families; each article has a research base in the real world of childhood and each in its own way sug­gests trends for further work in both research and applied areas in child de­velopment. Ciaccio's paper consists of an integrated set of recommendations based on action-oriented research sponsored by UNICEF- it is clear from a reading of his paper that the International Year of The Child is not simply another 'UN year' but rather a point of departure from …

Child Mental Health In Egypt, Nahed Waines

Faculty Book Chapters

We present in this issue of The Cairo Papers a broad spectrum of articles dealing with the children of Egypt and their families; each article has a research base in the real world of childhood and each in its own way sug­gests trends for further work in both research and applied areas in child de­velopment. Ciaccio's paper consists of an integrated set of recommendations based on action-oriented research sponsored by UNICEF- it is clear from a reading of his paper that the International Year of The Child is not simply another 'UN year' but rather a point of departure from …

"We're Only Trying To Help": The Burden And Standard Of Proof In Short-Term Civil Commitment, Lynne N. Henderson

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

The Constitutionality Of Michigan's Guilty But Mentally Ill Verdict, John M. Grostic

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This article will assess the constitutionality of the statute providing for a GBMI verdict by examining the likely, impact of this statute on the constitutional rights of legally insane defendants. Part I will briefly outline the relevant provisions of the GBMI statute. Part II will consider whether legally insane defendants have a constitutional right to an insanity defense. Part III will then argue that some defendants, though legally insane at the time they committed allegedly criminal acts, will nevertheless be found GBMI rather than NGRI.

Alaska Justice Forum ; Vol. 2, No. 8 (September 1978), Peter Smith Ring, James C. Hornaday, N/A Uaa Criminal Justice Center

Vols 01-10 (1977-1994)

The September 1978 issue of the Alaska Justice Forum leads with an article proposing alternatives to the exclusionary rule, which requires the suppression of evidence resulting from unconstitutional searches and seizures. Homer District Court Judge James C. Hornaday describes current trends in criminal law. The decision of the Alaska Supreme Court in William A. Rust v. State of Alaska (584 P.2d 38 (1978)) in regards to rights of prisoners to psychological or psychiatric treatment is discussed. Additional articles discuss community service as an alternative sentence and a nationwide study involving 30 police departments on predicting success in clearing burglary cases. …

Parent Education: Its Impact On Parental Well-Being, Jean M. Anderson

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

The study understood to determine the effect parent training program have on parental mental well-being and whether the reason parents enter training affects their initial level of mental well-being or the outcome of the training. A review of the research literature reveals that parents are the appropriate subjects to train to change children's behavior and personalities. The literature does not support the theory that parents cause children's behavior and personalities, but we can conclude that parents are a definite, important influence in these areas. In the process of learning to impact their children, the parents participating in parent education programs …

The Mental Health Needs Of The Moderately Mentally Retarded Individual And The Family, Carol Ann Baglin

Theses

The general setting for this study was a typical special education site serving the severely handicapped in Los Angeles County, between the ages of three to twenty-one. The discussions refer to those individuals whose psychological evaluations , using the Stanford- Binet Intelligence Scale , the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised, or the Leiter International Intelligence Scale, place them within the range of the moderately retarded and cause them to warrant an educational setting that serves such individuals. The families reside in Los Angeles County and generally fall within the lower to middle economic strata , with approximately 55% qualifying …

Referrals To Mental Health Treatment Facilities, Laura A. Dummit

Honors Papers

This paper is organized into three main sections. The first is a review of the literature which serves as a theoretical background for this research. Social context is examined with its implications for defining problems in terms of mental or emotional concerns. Certain personal limitations on seeking help are discussed. The literature dealing with specific referral sources to mental health treatment are examined. The second section contains impressions gained from interviews with mental health professionals about the importance of the referral source on their evaluations of a client. They responded to questions about what people come to them, what information …

The Newport College Introduces A Social Work Program, Salve Regina College

Press Release Archive

PG5-4_PressRelease_197712_03

Art Therapy With Institutionalized Adult Mental Patients: A Four-Week Study, Margaret E. Goodwin

Theses

Unavailable.

A P-Technique Analysis Of Patient-Treatment Interactions Of Alcoholics In Recovery., James Leander Brabham

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Informed Consent To Organic Behavior Control, Brent A. Barnhart, Michael Lee Pinkerton, Michael Lee Pinkerton

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Electroconvulsive Therapy, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Regulation of ECT has generally focused on whether the patient or his representative effectively consented to the treatment. The highly intrusive nature of ECT and the unique circumstances of those patients who are likely to receive it create particularly difficult legal issues concerning the validity of the patient's consent. This Note will examine the various methods that are available to protect the rights of patients for whom ECT is proposed. After briefly explaining the nature of the therapy, the Note will discuss the efficacy of judicial remedies with respect to both competent and incompetent patients. It will argue that, because …

Michigan's Revised Mental Health Code, William David Serwer

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This note will evaluate the three chapters of the Michigan Code which present the most significant legislative attempts to safeguard the rights of the mentally ill. Chapter Four of the Code extends several traditional due process guarantees to the civil commitment process. By guaranteeing the right to adequate notice, the right to be present at the hearing, the right to be represented by counsel, and the right to notice of trial by jury, the Code offers better protection from unwarranted commitment. However, due to the difficulty of defining mental illness and accurately identifying those in need of treatment, the possibility …

Book Review: Involuntary Treatment Of The Mentally Ill, By Michael Peszke, Michael L. Perlin

Other Publications

No abstract provided.

Administrative Discharge Procedures For Involuntary Civilly-Committed Mental Patients: An Alternative, Barbara Woodall Kragie

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Justiciability And Mental Health, Lewis H. Larue

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

On The Voluntary Admission Of Minors, Louis Lessem

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The past several years have been witness to dramatic changes in both the theory and practice of civil commitment. In the law, this development has taken the form of increased concern for the protection of the personal liberties of the mentally ill while among members of the medical profession it has been experienced as a part of the process of opening up the back wards. Legislatures in many states have responded by revising their mental health statutes to establish more rigorous standards for commitment, periodic review of the status of committed patients, and better procedural safeguards throughout the commitment process. …

An Epidemiological Study Of Mental Illness (Hospital Bahagia, Ulu Kinta, Perak) / Jaffar Othman, Othman Jaffar

Pre-2000 Student Works

One of the most disturbing social problems in the world today is mental illness, Though it is not so serious in developing and underdeveloped countries but in countries which are well advanced and highly developed this problems has turned out to be very serious indeed. In the United States alone, there are approximately 750,000 persons who are hospitalised in mental institutions (1957) and they occupy some 55% of all hospital beds. In Malaysia, today, this problem is not very serious yet. Though in the past we are not clearly aware about it, today the situation has changed. The Government had …

Ariel - Volume 5 Number 1, Joseph Sassani, Bob Sklaroff, Martin B. Wingate, Paul Schatzberger, Dan Kanofsky, Gary Kaskey, Nelson Kardos, John R. Cohn, David A. Uhrmann, Susan B. Uhrmann

Ariel

Editors

Mark Dembert

J.D. Kanofskv

Entertainment Editor

Robert Breckenridge

Gary Kaskey

Editor Emeritus

David A. Jacoby

Photographer

Scott Kastner

Staff

Richard Blutstein

Bob Johnson

John R. Cohn

Joseph Sassani

Ken Jaffe

Bob Sklaroff

An Analysis Of The Relationship Between Crisis Intervention Effectiveness And Social Class, Gary Norman Slutzky

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Police Initiated Emergency Psychiatric Detention In Michigan, Mark F. Mehlman

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

While performing his duties a police officer may frequently be confronted with the behavior of an individual which threatens or has resulted in self-inflicted injury, or which poses an imminent threat to the safety of others. Under such circumstances an officer may determine that criminal arrest is inappropriate but that some form of restraint is necessary. Michigan has provided an alternative course of action by authorizing temporary emergency psychiatric detention of an individual whom a police officer deems to be "mentally ill and manifesting homicidal or other dangerous tendencies."