A5077650072- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Community Health and Development
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Diverse Educational Innovations Studies
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
Social Science Research and Evaluation
2006-2021
Harvard University
1976-2018
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
2003
Brandeis University
1991
Cambridge Hospital
1979-1984
Boston University
1975
University of California, Los Angeles
1968
For this study, 95 consecutive female victims who came to the attention of police for a domestic violence incident involving partner were interviewed. Victims' helpfulness ratings very positive, and more than 80% would definitely call help in future. Most wanting their offenders arrested or with restraining order received help. However, many finding counseling not helped. The impact on receiving desired assistance was mixed. Police arresting despite victims' objections did diminish willingness
To increase booster seat use among low income parents.A pre-test/post-test design conducted in nine daycare centers with post-test observations four to eight weeks after the intervention.Parents who participated an educational training received free seats, programs were provided all staff and children, signs parking lots informed parents about child restraints. At seven centers, new policies recommended compliance state restraint laws. Parents at randomly chosen from financial incentives if...
To determine how the elderly use emergency room, authors compared patients 65 years old and older with younger in terms of demographics, clinical factors, patterns room use, clinicians' responses. They found that, like patients, had scanty social supports but, unlike came for care repeatedly somatic complaints. Despite coexisting medical psychiatric illnesses, these were generally managed by one service without consultation from other. The authors, who no differences physicians' attitudes...
• Despite considerable efforts by researchers and clinicians to elucidate the nature of decision admit patients for psychiatric treatment, they disagree about criteria hospitalization have made little progress understanding decision-making process. This study further investigated factors influencing incorporating two unusual (for this area) features: (1) use a multivariate analysis (2) examination individual differences among clinicians. The results showed both strong similarities in used...
The authors compare patient characteristics in a psychiatric emergency setting the United States with similar service Kingdom. They found that despite many significant differences nonclinical variables, severity of clinical symptoms did not differentiate between two groups. In both countries, it was degree psychopathology but lack an available support network, inability to engage system, and history serious chronic maladjustment led majority "emergency" visits. conclude use sensitivity...
A central task in a study of occasional, moderate, and stable nonmedical drug use was to distinguish such “controlled” from destructive using patterns. search the literature revealed lack objective precise definitions abuse extent which this had hampered efforts at treatment, prevention, research. Popular conceptions ignored variability drug-using styles tended reflect social acceptability various drugs Puritanical values. Purportedly scientific definitions, including those World Health...
A technique is introduced for using intake data to evaluate crisis intervention services in which client anonymity prevents the usual follow-up procedures. The based on assumptions (a) that rate of reuse service indicates effectiveness service, and (b) counselors' estimates their provide some indication adequacy training. study was conducted at a 24-hour metropolitan hotline. In addition obtaining information, counselors asked callers how often they had used hotline previously then rated own...
A new measure—control style—is presented as an alternative approach to measuring drug use in effort avoid the many limitations of existing methods. Control style and a traditional number occasions measure are compared their relationship two dependent variables—drug dependency problems. Results large, random household survey investigating individuals' substances show that 1) responses on control consistent related other measures meaningful way; 2) is more strongly associated with problems...
Results from a random household survey of the Boston Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area show consistent and relatively strong association adults' use coffee, tobacco, alcohol, tranquilizers, marijuana with their perceptions present friends' use. Associations parents' past adolescent are much weaker. The results support efforts to explain illicit drug general theories behavior acquisition cast doubt on utility deviance theories.
To test the common assumption that only women should treat rape victims, authors examined effect of therapists' gender on their counseling 41 victims. The men and counselors did not differ significantly in descriptions affective responses to patients or treatment recommendations. therapists rated victims as having more functional impairment Global Assessment Scale, possibly suggesting they were sensitive victims' distress. total group viewed positively than other female emergency room...