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Introducing The Living With Illness Group: A Specialized Treatment For Patients With Chronic Schizophrenic Conditions, Thomas G. Plante, Stephanie L. Pinder, David Howe Dec 1988

Introducing The Living With Illness Group: A Specialized Treatment For Patients With Chronic Schizophrenic Conditions, Thomas G. Plante, Stephanie L. Pinder, David Howe

Psychology

This paper introduces a specialized psychotherapy/psychoeducational group treatment for patients with chronic psychotic symptoms who receive only partial benefit from psychotropic medications, psychotherapy, and milieu/activities therapy. The goal of the group is to assist patients to accurately identify the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that are dysfunctional symptoms of their disability and then use the functional aspects of their brain as well as learned coping strategies to compensate for their disability. The group format, philosophy, procedures, and typical topics of discussion are detailed.


Ua12/1 Apple Tips, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Apple Oct 1988

Ua12/1 Apple Tips, Vol. I, No. 1, Wku Apple

WKU Archives Records

Newsletter created by APPLE a planned program in life enrichment regarding drug and alcohol awareness programs.


Public Images About Chlorine Storage Hazards Following An Accidental Gas Release, George Cvetkovich May 1988

Public Images About Chlorine Storage Hazards Following An Accidental Gas Release, George Cvetkovich

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


Aftermath Of A Disaster: Psychological Response To The Madison, Florida Tornado, Elizabeth Mary Smith, Carol S. North Jan 1988

Aftermath Of A Disaster: Psychological Response To The Madison, Florida Tornado, Elizabeth Mary Smith, Carol S. North

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


The Swedish Studies Of The Adopted Children Of Alcoholics, Jill Littrell Jan 1988

The Swedish Studies Of The Adopted Children Of Alcoholics, Jill Littrell

SW Publications

The authors of the widely cited studies analyzing the Swedish adoption records of the children of alcoholics have advanced the notion that there are three distinct paths for the inheritance of alcoholism. One path results in moderate alcoholism in men and a form of somatization but no alcoholism in women. A second path results in severe and mild alcoholism in men and alcoholism in women. The third path results in a particular variety of alcohol abuse in men and a particular variety of somatization in women. This article analyzes the authors' claims. It is argued that the data were improperly …


Variables Affecting Duty-Related Stress After An Air Crash Disaster, Don M. Hartsough Jan 1988

Variables Affecting Duty-Related Stress After An Air Crash Disaster, Don M. Hartsough

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


Training Primary Care Workers In Disaster Mental Health: The Experience In Ecuador, April 6-11, 1987, Bruno R. Lima Jan 1988

Training Primary Care Workers In Disaster Mental Health: The Experience In Ecuador, April 6-11, 1987, Bruno R. Lima

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


A Controlled Evaluation Of Devotional Meditation And Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Charles R. Carlson, Panayiota E. Bacaseta, Dexter A. Simanton Jan 1988

A Controlled Evaluation Of Devotional Meditation And Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Charles R. Carlson, Panayiota E. Bacaseta, Dexter A. Simanton

CRVAW Faculty Journal Articles

The present study was conducted to determine the effects of devotional meditation (DM), defined as a period of prayer and quiet reading and pondering of biblical material, on physiological and psychological variables related to stress. It was hypothesized that religious persons engaging in DM experience physiological and psychological changes similar to those reported for persons using progressive relaxation (PR) exercises. Thirty-six participants, equally divided by sex into 3 groups: DM, PR, and a Wait List Control, underwent extensive psychophysiological assessment prior to and following a systematic introductio to either DM or PR. The hypothesis that DM could generate positive physiological …


Aftermath Of A Disaster: Psychological Response To The Russelville, Arkansas Mass Murder, Elizabeth Mary Smith, Carol S. North Jan 1988

Aftermath Of A Disaster: Psychological Response To The Russelville, Arkansas Mass Murder, Elizabeth Mary Smith, Carol S. North

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


Mental Health Service Utilization By Child Victims Of Natural Disasters, Bill J. Locke Jan 1988

Mental Health Service Utilization By Child Victims Of Natural Disasters, Bill J. Locke

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


Aftermath Of A Disaster: Psychological Response To The Indianapolis Ramada Jet Crash, Elizabeth Mary Smith, Carol S. North Jan 1988

Aftermath Of A Disaster: Psychological Response To The Indianapolis Ramada Jet Crash, Elizabeth Mary Smith, Carol S. North

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


Grand Canyon Midair Collision, Don M. Hartsough Jan 1988

Grand Canyon Midair Collision, Don M. Hartsough

FMHI Publications

No abstract provided.


A Response To "Two Puzzles", Carl E. Schneider Jan 1988

A Response To "Two Puzzles", Carl E. Schneider

Book Chapters

In his stimulating paper, Professor Mnookin suggests that the legal issue of neonatal euthanasia may be seen in terms of two puzzles: First, what accounts for the ''striking dichotomy between the law on the books, which apparently outlaws such conduct, and the law in action, which apparently permits it"? Second, why has "the treatment of severely handicapped newborns . . . evoked such a violent storm in the last few years"? Professor Mnookin resolves the first puzzle by suggesting that the ''dichotomy between the law on the books and the law in action may serve as a pragmatic, although not …