Results lend support to the position that psychopaths are pathological stimulation seekers. Channeling their stimulation seeking into socially accepted behaviors may facilitate treatment. (Author)

This investigation assumed that proper measures and multivariate methods would identify homogeneous subgroups of alcoholics and that these would reflect known clinical syndromes. Data for alcoholic veterans (N=366) were gathered and examined by factor and correlational analysis. Contrasts among seven obtained types led to characterization of each…

Judgments of disorder as reflected by pathology ratings and recommendations for professional help were strongly influenced by the type of stress condition. Stress conditions had different impact for males and females. (Author)

Counseling of older persons presents different problems depending on the setting. Cases of suicide occurring in general medical hospitals and neuropsychiatric hospitals and calls to a community agency are reviewed for diagnostic and demographic characteristics as well as probable causes. Suggestions are made to meet needs in hospital and crisis…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of two counseling procedures in treating depression when used to individually counsel moderately depressed rural women of low socioeconomic status. Analysis established that women of the lower class made significant improvement, as did women living on more than $400 per month. (Author)

Flooding and systematic desensitization procedures were investigated for possible interactions with subject arousal level on reduction in phobic reactions. No such interaction was found. Behaviorally and on GSR response, both flooding and systematic desensitization were effective, but only the latter was effective on subjective reports. (NG)

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory admission and remission profiles were compared in a group of 34 patients hospitalized for depression. Relatively normal profiles for the bipolar group and abnormal profiles for the unipolar group significantly differentiated the two groups at admission, but, with one exception, the differences dissipated…

All pairs of Rorschach inkblots were scaled for perceived similarity by one normal and two psychopathological samples. The resulting data were analyzed using Carroll and Chang's INDSCAL model, which resulted in a good fit in two dimensions. These were interpreted as a dimension of color and one of form ("twoness"). (Author)

Two studies are reported involving psychology students rating silent videotapes of depressed and non-depressed patients on the basis of nonverbal cues alone. Reasonable correlations of ratings and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) D scale scores were found. Even without an instructional set to look for depression, valid ratings…