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Trends. Drug Addictions: National Policy On Illicit Drugs, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Trends. Drug Addictions: National Policy On Illicit Drugs, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the proposed integrating of drug testing and treatment into the various phases of the criminal justice process.


Using Professionally Trained Actors In Social Work Role-Play Simulations, Helen E. Petracchi Dec 1999

Using Professionally Trained Actors In Social Work Role-Play Simulations, Helen E. Petracchi

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The literature available to social work educators contains limited discussion of the use of role play simulation in the classroom. This paper presents the experiences of first-year MSW students in a foundation generalist practice class who were evaluated using role play for their final examination. In a unique arrangement, clients in these simulations were role-played by firstyear acting students from the university's theater arts department. The reaction of the social work students to role play with professionally trained actors is described and discussed from voluntarily submitted descriptions of the experience.


The Urban Ecology Of Hospital Failure: Hospital Closures In The City Of Chicago, 1970-1991, Gunnar Almgren, Miguel Ferguson Dec 1999

The Urban Ecology Of Hospital Failure: Hospital Closures In The City Of Chicago, 1970-1991, Gunnar Almgren, Miguel Ferguson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Abstract: Hospital closures occurred nationally with increasing frequency between 1970 and 1990. In particular, large urban areas experienced a dramatic number of closures. Of the 61 general hospitals operating in Chicago in 1970, 22 (36%) had closed by 1991. While a growing body of literature has examined the etiology and determinants of hospital closure over the last two decades, few empirical studies have focused on the neighborhood correlates of closure, and none have examined specific health outcomes associated with hospital failure. This study uses census and Chicago hospital closure data to compare and contrast different conceptual explanations of closure in …


Trends. Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Threat Of Violence And The Duty To Warn, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. Deep In The Heart Of Texas: Threat Of Violence And The Duty To Warn, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses violence in the mentally ill and the obligation to report potential threats.


Internet Addiction As Diagnostic Addiction, Ibpp Editor Sep 1999

Internet Addiction As Diagnostic Addiction, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article continues the series on research reported at the 1999 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention, Boston, MA, August 20-24, 1999. The topic this week concerns the nexus of politics and the diagnosis of mental disorder. The construct of Internet addiction is used as an example.


Review Of Social Work With Children And Their Families: Pragmatic Foundations. Christopher G. Petr. Reviewed By Dorinda N. Noble, Louisiana State University., Dorinda N. Noble Sep 1999

Review Of Social Work With Children And Their Families: Pragmatic Foundations. Christopher G. Petr. Reviewed By Dorinda N. Noble, Louisiana State University., Dorinda N. Noble

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Petr, Christopher G. (1998). Social Work with Children and their Families: Pragmatic Foundations. New York: Oxford University Press.


Review Of Paradigms Of Clinical Social Work, Volume 2. Rachel Dorfman (Ed). Reviewed By Cynthia Franklin, University Of Texas, Austin., Cynthia Franklin Sep 1999

Review Of Paradigms Of Clinical Social Work, Volume 2. Rachel Dorfman (Ed). Reviewed By Cynthia Franklin, University Of Texas, Austin., Cynthia Franklin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Dorfman, R.A. (Ed.) Paradigms of Clinical Social Work, volume 2. Philadelphia PA: Brunner/Mazel, 1998. $49.95 hardcover.


Review Of Clinical And Practice Issues In Adoption: Bridging The Gap Between Adoptees Placed As Infants And As Older Children. Victor Groza And Karen F Rosenberg (Eds.). Reviewed By Richard P. Barth, University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill., Richard P. Barth Sep 1999

Review Of Clinical And Practice Issues In Adoption: Bridging The Gap Between Adoptees Placed As Infants And As Older Children. Victor Groza And Karen F Rosenberg (Eds.). Reviewed By Richard P. Barth, University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill., Richard P. Barth

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Victor Groza and Karen E Rosenberg (Eds.), Clinical and Practice Issues in Adoption: Bridging the Gap Between Adoptees Placed as Infants and as Older Children. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1998. $55.00 (hardcover).


Trends. Mental Disorder On Extreme Racism As Mental Disorder, Ibpp Editor Aug 1999

Trends. Mental Disorder On Extreme Racism As Mental Disorder, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses recent shootings in Los Angeles by an admitted racist who professes to have chosen victims based on their minority-race status.


The Other Illicit Drug Trafficking, Ibpp Editor Aug 1999

The Other Illicit Drug Trafficking, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the deleterious consequences for segments of a nation's population when dealing with the psychological effects of psychoactive substances.


Mental Health As Global Health: A Joint World Health Organization-European Commission Initiative, Ibpp Editor Apr 1999

Mental Health As Global Health: A Joint World Health Organization-European Commission Initiative, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a current international mental health conference and a rationale for this conference.


Providing Safe Haven: The Challenge To Family Courts In Cases Of Child Abuse And Neglect By Substance-Abusing Parents, Susan E. Foster, Margaret Long Macchetto Jan 1999

Providing Safe Haven: The Challenge To Family Courts In Cases Of Child Abuse And Neglect By Substance-Abusing Parents, Susan E. Foster, Margaret Long Macchetto

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Substance Abuse, Families, And Unified Family Courts: The Creation Of A Caring Justice System, Barbara A. Babb, Judith D. Moran Jan 1999

Substance Abuse, Families, And Unified Family Courts: The Creation Of A Caring Justice System, Barbara A. Babb, Judith D. Moran

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Histories Of Substance Abuse In Cases Involving The Termination Of Parental Rights, Richard C. Boldt Jan 1999

Evaluating Histories Of Substance Abuse In Cases Involving The Termination Of Parental Rights, Richard C. Boldt

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


The Challenge Of Substance Abuse For Family Preservation Policy, Dorothy Roberts Jan 1999

The Challenge Of Substance Abuse For Family Preservation Policy, Dorothy Roberts

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse, And Child Welfare: The Legal System's Response, Jane C. Murphy, Margaret J. Potthast Jan 1999

Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse, And Child Welfare: The Legal System's Response, Jane C. Murphy, Margaret J. Potthast

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Drug Treatment Courts: Evolution, Evaluation, And Future Directions, Gloria Danziger, Jeffrey A. Kuhn Jan 1999

Drug Treatment Courts: Evolution, Evaluation, And Future Directions, Gloria Danziger, Jeffrey A. Kuhn

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Misconceiving Mothers: Legislators, Prosecutors, And The Politics Of Drug Exposure, By Laura E. Gomez, Joseph R. Henry Jan 1999

Misconceiving Mothers: Legislators, Prosecutors, And The Politics Of Drug Exposure, By Laura E. Gomez, Joseph R. Henry

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Substance Abuse, Families, And The Courts, Margarete Parrish Jan 1999

Substance Abuse, Families, And The Courts, Margarete Parrish

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


The Science Of Addiction: Research And Public Health Perspectives, Richard A. Millstein, Alan I. Leshner Jan 1999

The Science Of Addiction: Research And Public Health Perspectives, Richard A. Millstein, Alan I. Leshner

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Substance Abuse And An Urban Court's Family Division: A View From Baltimore City, Miriam B. Hutchins Jan 1999

Substance Abuse And An Urban Court's Family Division: A View From Baltimore City, Miriam B. Hutchins

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Unified Family Courts: A Mandate From Heaven, Sheila M. Murphy Jan 1999

Introduction: Unified Family Courts: A Mandate From Heaven, Sheila M. Murphy

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.