The effectiveness of volunteer therapists to reduce hospital recidivism was investigated using female schizophrenic outpatients. At the end of one year recidivism rates in the volunteer therapist group were significantly lower than in the control group. The majority of recidivists in both groups had returned by the fourth month. (Author)

Patients were interviewed to determine if phenomena observed in psychodynamic psychotherapies had occurred in their behavior therapies as well. Results indicated that the prevalence of behavior modification techniques was not significantly related to outcome, whereas patients' personal feelings about their therapists were. Also, the important…

In a replication of a recent study by Masling and Harris, with a different set of Es and a different patient population, no statistically significant evidence was found that male Es respond differentially when administering the TAT to male and female Ss. (Author)

The new developmental role of the nurse, as it is emerging, charges the nurse with the responsibility of educating the people under her care so that they will function more efficiently in their environments. (EB)

Assessment was obtained of both initial attitudes and attitude change among college students and chronic patients in a hospital companionship program. At the conclusion of the program, students manifested significantly more favorable attitudes toward patients and less favorable attitudes toward the mental hospital; patients saw the students as…

Approach entailed obtaining patients' scores on a sympton checklist and a role expectancy scale prior to therapy, on the basis of his scores, the patient was assigned to that therapist who, over a previous year, had obtained the most "positive" outcomes with regard to patients showing particular pretherapy score patterns. Presented at American…

An explanation of why lay library service in most United States hospitals has been underemphasized, with the suggestion that the public library should be in charge of such service. (JB)

Based on a PhD dissertation (Syracuse University).

Describes the design and implementation of a simulation exercise to reinforce lecture guidelines specifying disclosure of medical information without risk to patient or student. (JOW)

Treatment guidelines are presented for rehabilitation personnel who work in the area of sexual dysfunction with the physically disabled. A step-by-step discussion of the intervention strategies that may be employed by rehabilitation staff who deal with sexual problems in disabled patients is presented. (Author/SEW)

Experimentally tests hypothesized biases influencing physicians' handling of child abuse cases, using a two-by-two factorial design in which patient socioeconomic status (lower versus upper-middle) and familiarity (new versus established-patient) were manipulated independently.(RH)

Examined problems in the form "I can't ... (do something)" mentioned by patients beginning psychotherapy. These problems were identified and subjected to a multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering scheme. Dimensions yielded were: (1) degree of psychological involvement; (2) nature of involvement; and (3) subject's intention to…