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Adolescent And Young Adult Substance Use: Association With Sensation Seeking, Self Esteem And Retrospective Report Of Early Pubertal Onset. A Preliminary Examination, Catherine A. Martin, T. K. Logan, Carl Leukefeld, Rich Milich, Hatim Omar, Richard Clayton Jun 2001

Adolescent And Young Adult Substance Use: Association With Sensation Seeking, Self Esteem And Retrospective Report Of Early Pubertal Onset. A Preliminary Examination, Catherine A. Martin, T. K. Logan, Carl Leukefeld, Rich Milich, Hatim Omar, Richard Clayton

Psychology Faculty Publications

Structured questionnaires were administered to investigate the relationship between early pubertal onset, substance abuse, sensation seeking, and self-esteem. The current study presents data from 1,002 subjects, who were followed from the 6th to the 10th grades and again at the age of 20. In females, early pubertal onset was associated with greater cigarette use and lower self-esteem. Further the interaction of early pubertal onset and low self-esteem was predictive for cigarette use in females, as was early pubertal onset and high sensation seeking. Late pubertal onset was associated with decreased alcohol use and lower sensation seeking in males, with the …

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Managed Care And Social Work: Practice Implications In An Era Of Change, Sophia F. Dziegielewski, Diane C. Holliman Jun 2001

Managed Care And Social Work: Practice Implications In An Era Of Change, Sophia F. Dziegielewski, Diane C. Holliman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The purpose of this article is to explore the role of the clinical social worker in a time of unprecedented change. The events of the last decade have transformed health care delivery as well as professional performance expectations. To facilitate understanding, the environmental considerations that surround these changes are traced and discussed. A direct linkage is made to clinical social work practice and suggestions for the future survival of the profession is discussed. These suggestions include: (1) a greater focus on behaviorally-based outcomes that result in cost-beneficial service provision; (2) increased marketing of social work services to health care providers; …

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Changing Patterns Of Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization Under A Public Managed Care Program, Christopher G. Hudson Jun 2001

Changing Patterns Of Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization Under A Public Managed Care Program, Christopher G. Hudson

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study evaluates changes in patterns of acute psychiatric hospitalization under Massachusetts' Medicaid-funded Mental Health and Substance Abuse (MMHSA) carve-out program. The data consists of the Case Mix Database, for FY 1996 and FY 1997, compiled by the state's Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, on all acute hospital episodes in the state. Key comparisons involve hospital utilization during the nine months preceding the 1996 implementation of the current expanded carve-out program and the subsequent 15 months of its implementation. Secondary comparisons are made between patients funded by the state's two major Medicaid programs, its behavioral carve-out and its …

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Review Of Independent Practice For The Mental Health Professional: Growing A Private Practice For The 21st Century. Ralph H. Earle And Dorothy J. Barnes. Reviewed By Rafael Herrera, University Of California At Berkeley., Rafael Herrera Mar 2001

Review Of Independent Practice For The Mental Health Professional: Growing A Private Practice For The 21st Century. Ralph H. Earle And Dorothy J. Barnes. Reviewed By Rafael Herrera, University Of California At Berkeley., Rafael Herrera

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review for Ralph H. Earle and Dorothy J. Barnes, Independent Practice for the Mental Health Professional: Growing a Private Practice for the 21st Century. Philadelphia, PA: Brunner/Mazel, 1999. $24.95 hardcover.

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A Peculiar Logic Of Pro-Abortion Advocacy, Ibpp Editor Feb 2001

A Peculiar Logic Of Pro-Abortion Advocacy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies a weakness in pro-abortion advocacy and how this weakness can be resolved to support said advocacy.

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Review Of Counseling And The Therapeutic State. James J. Chriss (Ed.). Reviewed By Daniel Harkness., Daniel Harkness Dec 2000

Review Of Counseling And The Therapeutic State. James J. Chriss (Ed.). Reviewed By Daniel Harkness., Daniel Harkness

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of James J. Chriss (Ed.), Counseling and the Therapeutic State. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1999. $48.95 hardcover, $24.95 papercover.

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Review Of The Social Edges Of Psychoanalysis. Neil J. Smelser. Reviewed By Daniel Coleman., Daniel Coleman Dec 2000

Review Of The Social Edges Of Psychoanalysis. Neil J. Smelser. Reviewed By Daniel Coleman., Daniel Coleman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Neil J. Smelser, The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. $35.00 hardcover, $24.00 papercover.

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The Discourse Of Denigration And The Creation Of "Other", Joshua Miller, Gerald Schamess Sep 2000

The Discourse Of Denigration And The Creation Of "Other", Joshua Miller, Gerald Schamess

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper attempts to reduce the distance between intellectual frameworks that inform different fields of social work practice by exploring the relationships between intrapsychic mechanisms, family dynamics, small group processes and such society wide phenomena as public denigration, scapegoating, and the systematic oppression of politically targeted population subgroups. Clinical theories are used to explore disturbing social trends such as the redistribution of wealth while cutting services to the needy, the growth of prisons and disproportionaten umbers of incarcerated people of color, societal retreat from social obligation and commitment and divisive political rhetoric. Suggestions are made about how clinical social workers …

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Conflicting Bureaucracies, Conflicted Work: Dilemmas In Case Management For Homeless People With Mental Illness, Linda E. Francis Jun 2000

Conflicting Bureaucracies, Conflicted Work: Dilemmas In Case Management For Homeless People With Mental Illness, Linda E. Francis

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This ethnographic study finds a case management agency torn between the rules of two conflicting bureaucracies. Funded by a federal grant, the agency is administered by the county, and the regulations of the two systems turn out to be incompatible. This conflict creates dilemmas in providing services to clients: meeting eligibility criteria for services from the federal grant meant the clients did not meet the eligibility criteria for many County services. Agency staff reacted to this dilemma by bending rules, finding loopholes, and investing extra time and emotional labor in each client. The role-conflict engendered by bureaucratic disjunction creates frustration, …

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The Assessment Of Caregiver Burden Among Participants In The Home-Based Primary Care Program, Dennis Kaney Jan 2000

The Assessment Of Caregiver Burden Among Participants In The Home-Based Primary Care Program, Dennis Kaney

Theses Digitization Project

With the increase in the elderly, American's caregiver roles and responsibilities are also on the rise. Developing with this increase is the growing problem of caregiver burden. The Loma Linda V. A. Hospital has developed a service known as the Home-Based Primary Care program designed to combat caregiver burden. Studies were conducted among caregiver participants in this program in an effort to evaluate overall levels of burden and the program's efficiency at meeting caregiver needs. Overall this program provides a useful model for future programs aimed at reducing caregiver burden. Limitations that can be improved, however, include consistency in scheduling, …

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An Exploratory Study To Identify Services That Will Aid Foster Parents In San Bernardino County And Potentially Reduce The Frequency Of Multiple Placements, Michelle Terez Navarro, Cody Marie Dawkins Jan 2000

An Exploratory Study To Identify Services That Will Aid Foster Parents In San Bernardino County And Potentially Reduce The Frequency Of Multiple Placements, Michelle Terez Navarro, Cody Marie Dawkins

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Caregivers Perceptions Of Permanency Planning For Adults With Developmental Disabilities, Joanne Sue Claytor Jan 2000

Caregivers Perceptions Of Permanency Planning For Adults With Developmental Disabilities, Joanne Sue Claytor

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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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 …

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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.

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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.

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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).

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Mental Health Policy And Practice Today. Ted R. Watkins And James W. Calicutt (Eds.). May 1998

Mental Health Policy And Practice Today. Ted R. Watkins And James W. Calicutt (Eds.).

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Ted R. Watkins and James W. Calicutt (Eds.), Mental Health Policy and Practice Today. Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications, 1997. $ 58.00 hardcover, $ 27.95 papercover.

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Review Of The Impact Of Managed Care On The Practice Of Psychotherapy: Innovation, Implementation And Controversy. Richard M. Alperin And David G. Phillips. Reviewed By Steven Segal, University Of California, Berkeley., Steven Segal May 1998

Review Of The Impact Of Managed Care On The Practice Of Psychotherapy: Innovation, Implementation And Controversy. Richard M. Alperin And David G. Phillips. Reviewed By Steven Segal, University Of California, Berkeley., Steven Segal

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Richard M. Alperin and David G. Phillips, The Impact of Managed Care on the Practice of Psychotherapy: Innovation, Implementation and Controversy. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1997. $31.95 hardcover.

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Identifying Community Specific Barriers To Prenatal Care Services, Linda Pearl Helsper Jan 1998

Identifying Community Specific Barriers To Prenatal Care Services, Linda Pearl Helsper

Theses Digitization Project

The intent of this research project was to discover the barriers that exist in this community when a woman attempts to access prenatal care. A concern for the well being of the children in the community and a belief in the importance of early intervention to enhance outcomes inspired the idea for this project.

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The Effects Of Hiv/Aids Education Curriculum On The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs And Behaviors Of College Freshmen, Kimberly Sue Curry, Frank Thomas Pullara Jr. Jan 1998

The Effects Of Hiv/Aids Education Curriculum On The Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs And Behaviors Of College Freshmen, Kimberly Sue Curry, Frank Thomas Pullara Jr.

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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A Constructive View Of The Non-Compliant Patient: Understanding Barriers To Compliance And Proposed Solutions, Barbara Smith Jan 1998

A Constructive View Of The Non-Compliant Patient: Understanding Barriers To Compliance And Proposed Solutions, Barbara Smith

Theses Digitization Project

The health care industry is currently experiencing many changes. Managed care is altering the way health care is delivered through advances in technology and new approaches in financing. As part of this transition, importance will be placed on patients becoming better consumers and participants in determining their health care service needs. The focus of this study is on the non-compliant patient and the many factors that revolve around this topic.

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Compliance Behavior In Physical Therapy Home Programs, Douglas Paul Rosario Jan 1998

Compliance Behavior In Physical Therapy Home Programs, Douglas Paul Rosario

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Central City Youth And Hiv/Aids An Emerging Community Construct: Finding The Best Fit Ofprovention And Intervention Service, Michael David Black Jan 1998

Central City Youth And Hiv/Aids An Emerging Community Construct: Finding The Best Fit Ofprovention And Intervention Service, Michael David Black

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Indochinese Mental Health In North America: Measures, Status, And Treatments, Thanh V. Tran, Donna L. Ferullo Jun 1997

Indochinese Mental Health In North America: Measures, Status, And Treatments, Thanh V. Tran, Donna L. Ferullo

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The massive influx of Indochinese refugees and immigrants to North America since the end of the Indochina war, especially to the United States of America, has resulted in numerous multi-disciplinary efforts to document and study their mental well-being. As a group, Indochinese Americans arrived from war-torn countries where many had experienced various forms of trauma, poverty, and oppression. Their pre-migration experiences, and experiences in adjusting and adapting to the new life in the host society have influenced their mental health status and overall quality of life in various ways. This paper analyzes and synthesizes a wealth of multi-disciplinary research on …

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Degreed And Nondegreed Licensed Clinical Social Workers: An Exploratory Study, John T. Pardeck, Woo Sik Chung, John W. Murphy Jun 1997

Degreed And Nondegreed Licensed Clinical Social Workers: An Exploratory Study, John T. Pardeck, Woo Sik Chung, John W. Murphy

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This exploratory study focuses on 155 randomly selected respondents who obtained a clinical license in social work with or without the Master of Social Work (MSW) degree. Ninety-seven of the respondents obtained a license with an MSW degree;fifty-eight obtained a license without the MSW degree. The two groups of respondents completed a survey instrument that explored their basic demographic characteristics, their attitudes and behaviors related to practice, and their philosophical and political attitudes toward practice. The researchers found few statistically significant differences between the two groups of respondents. The article offers implications of these findings for the profession of social …

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Reconstructing Sex Offenders As Mentally Ill: A Labeling Explanation, Rudolph Alexander Jr. Jun 1997

Reconstructing Sex Offenders As Mentally Ill: A Labeling Explanation, Rudolph Alexander Jr.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A growing number of states are being pressured to keep incarcerated sex offenders behind bars longer. The response to this pressure has been to look to the mental health system and retrieve civil commitment for sex offenders, a policy largely abandoned in the 1960s. In the 1970s, the courts ruled that civil commitment to a mental institution required that the individual be both mentally ill and dangerous. So legislators, with the support of a few mental health professionals, met this requirement by legislatively reconstructing sex offenders as mentally ill and permitting their indefinite commitment to mental institutions. The author discusses …

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Personal Narrative And The Social Reconstruction Of The Lives Of Former Psychiatric Patients, Robin M. Gilmartin Jun 1997

Personal Narrative And The Social Reconstruction Of The Lives Of Former Psychiatric Patients, Robin M. Gilmartin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This study explores ways in which high-functioning former patients integrate the experience of prior psychiatric hospitalization into their lives and find meaning from that event. The narratives of two individuals are presented and discussed in relation to social role theory, social constructionism, and labeling theory. The narratives underscore that the process of integrating and making meaning of important life events such as psychiatric hospitalization occur within a social context. Understanding mental illness and psychiatric hospitalization in familial, social, and political terms was instrumental in helping these individuals to reconstruct personal narratives in order to overcome shame and internalized stigma and …

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Family Functioning And Psychological Well-Being In Vietnamese Adolescents, Quang Duong Tran, Cheryl A. Richey Mar 1997

Family Functioning And Psychological Well-Being In Vietnamese Adolescents, Quang Duong Tran, Cheryl A. Richey

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper presents an exploratory study that examines the influences of family functioning on the psychological well-being in a sample of Vietnamese adolescents. Thirty Vietnamese families from the King County area in the state of Washington participated in this study. Thirty adolescents between 13 and 19 years of age and 53 parents (27fathers and 26 mothers) responded to self-reported questionnaires. Data analysis was conducted to provide a descriptive "picture" of family and individual characteristics associated with Vietnamese adolescents' psychological well-being. Gender differences were apparent with Vietnamese female adolescents reporting higher mean scores on depressive symptoms and lower mean scores on …

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Interprofessional Expectations Of The Medical Social Worker In Home Health Care, Wendy Marie Schill Jan 1997

Interprofessional Expectations Of The Medical Social Worker In Home Health Care, Wendy Marie Schill

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.

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Orphanages In America: Are They Needed?, Cara Lynn Hans, Lawrence Payne Jan 1997

Orphanages In America: Are They Needed?, Cara Lynn Hans, Lawrence Payne

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this constructivist research study was to examine the idea of returning to the orphanage system, as a placement option for children who have been removed from their homes. The authors felt that this was especially important since lawmakers have been discussing this option as an answer to the question of welfare reform, and further felt that decisions such as these should not be made without the input of professionals in the social work field.

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