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Neurological, Psychiatric, and Developmental Disorders -- Copyright -- REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I -- Executive Summary -- BACKGROUND -- SCOPE -- MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM -- FINDINGS AND FUTURE STRATEGIES -- To Reduce the Burden of Brain Disorders Now -- To Create Options for the Future -- CONCLUSION -- 1 Introduction -- NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS -- CHALLENGES FOR THE CARE OF BRAIN DISORDERS -- GOALS OF THE STUDY -- STUDY APPROACH -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- REFERENCES -- 2 The Magnitude of the Problem -- EFFECTS ON COMMUNITIES AND NATIONS -- The Disease Burden -- EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES -- Lost Productivity -- Stigma and Discrimination -- THE ROLES OF POVERTY AND GENDER INEQUALITY -- The Role of Poverty -- Poverty-Associated Risk Factors for Brain Disorders -- Unsafe and Unhygienic Living Conditions -- Hunger and Malnutrition -- Inadequate Access to Health Care -- Lack of Educational and Employment Opportunities -- The Role of Gender Inequality -- Postnatal Depression -- Rape and Sexual Violence -- HIV/AIDS -- Domestic Violence -- CAPACITY TO ADDRESS BRAIN DISORDERS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Integrating Care of Brain Disorders into Health Care Systems -- THE ROLE OF PRIMARY CARE IN ADDRESSING BRAIN DISORDERS -- DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF CARE -- Primary Care -- The Role of Secondary and Tertiary Care -- BUILDING CAPACITY THROUGH TRAINING -- COLLABORATION WITH OTHER HEALTH AND NONHEALTH SECTORS -- Private Physicians -- Schools and Educators -- Community-Based Rehabilitation Programs -- Community Organizations -- Traditional Healers -- THE COST OF INTEGRATING SERVICES -- BUILDING RESEARCH CAPACITY THROUGH COLLABORATION -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- National Policy -- Local Policy -- INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SYSTEMS OF PRIMARY CARE.

FrontMatter -- Reviewers -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background-Disability Compensation -- 3 Background-PTSD and Impairment -- 4 The PTSD Compensation and Pension Examination -- 5 The Evaluation of PTSD Disability Claims -- 6 Other PTSD Compensation Issues -- 7 General Observations -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A: Committee on Veterans' Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Public Meeting Agendas -- Appendix B: Federal Regulations Related to VA Compensation of PTSD and Other Mental Disorders -- Appendix C: Automated Medical Information Exchange (AMIE) Worksheets for Initial and Review Examinations for PTSD -- Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members, Consultants, and Staff.

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nomenclature -- 3 Pathological and Problem Gamblers in the United States -- 4 Research on the Origins of Pathological and Problem Gambling -- 5 Social and Economic Effects -- 6 Treatment of Pathological Gamblers -- 7 Organization and Technology of Gambling -- A Gamblers Anonymous Twenty Questions -- B Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Criteria for Pathological Gambling -- C Legal-Age Gambling Opportunities and Restrictions -- D Summary of Treatment Literature -- E Gamblers Anonymous Meetings by State -- F Biographical Sketches -- Index.

Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Sociology -- 1 "Be Not the First" -- 2 A Dialogue on the Social Psychology of Colonialism and on Certain Puerto Rican Professional Personality Patterns -- 3 Heredity and Environment Reexplored: Specifi cation of Environments and Genetic Transmission -- 4 Toward a Sociology of the Mentally Defective -- 5 A Social Theory of Mental Deficiency -- 6 On the Politics and Sociology of Stupidity in Our Society -- 7 The Sociology of the Exceptional Person -- 8 Toward a Sociological Analysis of Policy: Relevance … Attention … Perspective

Cover -- Imprint -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Who is this handbook written for? -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Defining a strengths approach -- Chapter 2: Values-based practice -- Chapter 3: Strengths-based principles -- Chapter 4: Personalisation -- Chapter 5: Recovery and a strengths approach -- Chapter 6: Positive theory and positive practice -- Chapter 7: Reviewing the evidence base -- Chapter 8: Strengths assessment -- Chapter 9: Strengths-based support planning -- Chapter 10: Care and support planning guidance -- Chapter 11: Supporting staff innovation -- Chapter 12: Team development -- Chapter 13: Funky Mental Health -- Chapter 14: Management and leadership -- Appendix 1: Working with strengths checklist -- Appendix 2: A 'strengths' leadership development programme -- Additional resources.

Intro -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rising Incarceration Rates -- 3 Policies and Practices Contributing to High Rates of Incarceration -- 4 The Underlying Causes of Rising Incarceration: Crime, Politics, and Social Change -- 5 The Crime Prevention Effects of Incarceration -- 6 The Experience of Imprisonment -- 7 Consequences for Health and Mental Health -- 8 Consequences for Employment and Earnings -- 9 Consequences for Families and Children -- 10 Consequences for Communities -- 11 Wider Consequences for U.S. Society -- 12 The Prison in Society: Values and Principles -- 13 Findings, Conclusions, and Implications -- References -- Appendix A: Supplementary Statement by Ricardo H. Hinojosa -- Appendix B: Data Sources -- Appendix C: Incarceration in the United States:A Research Agenda -- Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Nomenclature -- Part I The Demographics of Indian Health -- 1 The Aboriginal Peoples of America -- 2 Health Conditions before Columbus -- 3 Selected Demographic Characteristics of Indians -- Part II The Political and Administrative Bases of Indian Health -- 4 The Relation of Indian Nations to the U.S. Government -- 5 The History and Organization of Indian Health Services and Systems -- 6 Data Sources and Subsets of the Indian Population -- Part III Major Diseases and Health Conditions Affecting Indians -- 7 Health Status and Clinical Indicators -- 8 Genetic Polymorphism and American Indian Origins, Afnities, and Health -- 9 Maternal, Child, and Youth Health -- 10 The Rise of Cardiovascular Diseases -- 11 Cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives -- 12 Nutritional Health and Diet-Related Conditions -- 13 Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications -- 14 Unintentional Injuries and Trauma -- 15 Suicide among American Indians and Alaska Natives -- 16 Alcoholism and Substance Abuse -- 17 Tobacco Use -- 18 Mental Health and Mental Disorders -- 19 Diseases of the Immune and Collagen Vascular Systems -- 20 Infectious Diseases -- 21 Oral Health -- 22 Environmental Health and Construction Programs -- Part IV Special Cultural and Ethical Considerations -- 23 Traditional Indian and Modern Western Medicine -- 24 Cultural Considerations in Providing Care to American Indians -- 25 Research Ethics and the American Indian -- 26 The Future of Indian Health -- Index.

FRONT MATTER -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PROLOGUE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- 1 INTRODUCTION: SECURING THE LEGACY OF RYAN WHITE -- 2 HIV/AIDS CARE IN THE THIRD DECADE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN THE CHANGING EPIDEMIC -- 3 CURRENT FINANCING AND DELIVERY OF HIV CARE -- 4 BARRIERS TO HIV CARE -- 5 OPTIONS FOR FINANCING AND DELIVERING HIV CARE -- 6 RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDIXES -- A TECHNICAL APPENDIX ESTIMATING THE IMPACT AND COST OF EXPANDED HIV CARE PROGRAMS -- B APPENDIX OVERVIEW OF CARE ACT ALLOCATION FORMULAS -- C APPENDIX MENTAL ILLNESS AND HIV COMORBIDITY: A LARGE AND VULNERABLE HIV SUBPOPULATION -- D APPENDIX FINANCING HIV/AIDS CARE: A QUILT WITH MANY HOLES -- E APPENDIX TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF MEETING HIV-INFECTED SUBSTANCE USER'S NEEDS -- F APPENDIX COMMITTEE ON THE PUBLIC FINANCING AND DELIVERY OF HIV CARE.

Research and Service Programs in the PHS: Challenges in Organization -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Brief Summary of Recommendations -- Executive Summary -- ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND MISSIONS -- PLANNING AND PRIORITY SETTING -- DEMONSTRATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION PROGRAMS -- DUPLICATION, REPLICATION, AND COMPLEMENTARITY -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- 1 Introduction -- DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS USED IN THE STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FIVE PHS AGENCIES NOTES -- ORGANIZATION AND MISSION OF THE FIVE PHS AGENCIES -- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health -- National Institutes of Health -- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration -- Health Resources and Services Administration -- Centers for Disease Control -- Agency for Health Care Policy Research -- NOTES -- 2 A Brief History of ADAMHA and Previous Studies of Its Organization -- OVERVIEW -- EARLY HISTORY -- THE 1960S -- THE GARDNER REPORT AND THE BIRTH OF ADAMHA -- ADAMHA -- The Lewin Report -- The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 -- NOTES -- 3 Methodology -- OVERVIEW -- CATEGORICAL ANALYSES (CASE STUDIES) -- Underlying Principles for the Case Study Method -- NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION -- Difficulties in Grant Classification -- CASE STUDY OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE -- CASE STUDY OF SUBSTANCE-ABUSING PREGNANT WOMEN -- CASE STUDY OF DOPAMINE RESEARCH: SCHIZOPHRENIA AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE -- FUNCTIONAL ANALYSES -- Planning, Priority Setting, and Budgeting -- Organizational Arrangements for Health Services Research in Federal Agencies -- Research and Service Demonstrations and Block Grants -- Information Dissemination -- Constituency Group Relations with Federal Agencies -- Linkage Mechanisms Between Research and Service Programs -- The Research Process: Replication and Duplication -- History of the Public Health Service.

Performance Assessment for the Workplace -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Measuring Job Performance -- INTRODUCTION -- COGNITIVE COMPONENTS OF SKILL -- Procedural Content -- Goal Structure -- Basic and Prerequisite Abilities (Operators) -- Procedures (Methods) -- Selection Rules -- Conceptual Knowledge -- Task Structure -- Background Knowledge -- Context of Use -- Critical Mental Models -- Knowledge Engineering is One Aspect of Cognitive Task Analysis -- Levels of Acquisition -- Declarative Knowledge -- Skill Automation -- Skill Refinement -- Summary -- METHODS FOR COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS MEASUREMENT -- Procedure Ordering Tasks -- Sorting Tasks -- Realistic Troubleshooting Tasks -- Connection Specification Tasks -- What-How-Why Tasks -- AREAS OF THE MILITARY WHERE COGNITIVE TECHNIQUES HAVE PROMISE -- REFERENCES -- Work Samples as Measures of Performance -- INTRODUCTION -- Theoretical Bases for Work Sample Testing -- Previous Reviews of Work Sample Testing -- Meta-analytic Reviews of Validity Studies Involving Work Samples -- WORK SAMPLES AS PREDICTORS -- Assessing Trainability Using Work Samples -- WORK SAMPLES AS CRITERIA -- Physical Ability as a Predictor of Work Sample Performance -- Paper-and-Pencil Tests as Predictors of Work Sample Performance -- Performance Ratings Validated Against Work Samples -- Behavior Modeling Measured by Work Sample Performance -- ASSESSMENT CENTERS -- MEASUREMENT ISSUES -- Reliability -- Response Formats for Work Sample Evaluations -- ADVERSE IMPACT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Measuring Job Competency -- THE RECOMMENDATION TO MEASURE COMPETENCY -- Performance-Based Selection Standards -- Interpreting Performance Scores -- Domain-Referenced Testing -- Advantages of a Domain-Referenced Scale -- Validity -- Entrance Standards -- Allocation -- Quality Needs.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: About This Book -- 1 When First Diagnosed: Understanding and Communicating about HIV -- 2 Preventing Transmission of HIV Infection: Understanding How HIV Is Spread -- 3 HIV Infection and Its Treatment -- 4 HIV Infection and Its Effects on the Emotions -- 5 HIV Infection and Its Effects on Interpersonal Relations -- 6 The Complications of HIV Infection and Their Treatment -- 7 Options for Medical Care: Medical Personnel and Procedures -- 8 Traditional Medicine -- 9 Practical Matters: Making Legal, Financial, and Medical Decisions -- 10 On Dying: Preparing for and Accepting Death -- 11 On Living: Tactics for Preserving Mental Health -- 12 What's Ahead -- Appendixes -- A. Resources: Where to Go for Help -- B. Understanding Tests for HIV -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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Statistics on U.S. Immigration -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Summary -- CONCLUSIONS -- Research Issues -- Research Improvements -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Parental Nativity -- Public Use Microdata Sample -- Current Population Survey -- Joint Mexico-United States Surveys -- Immigration and Naturalization Service Records -- A Longitudinal Survey -- 1 Introduction -- INTEREST IN IMMIGRATION ISSUES -- SHIFTS IN IMMIGRATION PATTERNS -- Immigration Today -- Perceptions of the Past -- Effects of Immigration -- ESTABLISHING DATA PRIORITIES -- ADEQUACY OF IMMIGRATION DATA -- DEFINITION OF TERMS -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Trends in U.S. Immigration -- A DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE -- Trends Since 1900 -- Data Needs -- AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE -- Economic Trends -- Data Needs -- 3 Effects of Immigration and Assimilation -- SOCIAL POLICY AND WELFARE -- Employment and Income Dynamics -- The Context of Immigration -- Comparing Political and Economic Immigration -- Effects of Amnesty -- Research Issues -- Perinatal Health -- MENTAL HEALTH -- EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT -- RESEARCH NEEDS -- DATA NEEDS -- 4 Labor Force Issues -- ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF IMMIGRATION -- WAGE TRENDS -- IMMIGRANTS AND EMERGING INDUSTRIES -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- 5 Social and Family Networks -- IMMIGRATION NETWORKS -- IMMIGRATION AND THE FAMILY -- RESEARCH ISSUES -- DATA NEEDS -- 6 Immigration Data Needs -- DECENNIAL CENSUS -- CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY -- IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE RECORDS -- CASE STUDIES -- DATA ON NATIONALITY, RACE, AND ETHNICITY -- 7 Longitudinal Studies of Immigrants -- ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES -- ALTERNATIVES TO A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF IMMIGRANTS -- SPECIAL-PURPOSE IMMIGRANT SURVEYS -- NEED FOR LONGITUDINAL DATA -- References -- Appendix Workshop on U.S. Immigration Statistics: An Assessment of Data Needs for Future Research -- AGENDA.

Losing Generations -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Summary -- FINDINGS: DETERIORATED SETTINGS -- CONCLUSIONS: GOOD PRACTICE AND NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS -- 1 Adolescents at Risk -- SETTINGS AND INDIVIDUALS -- THE ROLE OF FAMILY INCOME -- REFERENCES -- 2 Earnings and Employment -- TRENDS SINCE 1970 -- JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WORKERS -- Sectoral Shifts in Employment -- Technological Change -- Rising Unemployment -- Immigration -- INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING JOB AVAILABILITY AND EARNINGS -- Minimum Wage and Unions -- Isolation from Jobs -- Discrimination -- CHANGES IN THE SUPPLY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF YOUNG WORKERS -- Supply of Young Workers -- Adequacy of Basic Skills -- Crime -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 3 Families -- FAMILY ECONOMICS AND FAMILY STRUCTURE -- Family Structure -- Single-Parent Households -- Two-Parent Households -- FAMILY STRUCTURE, PARENTING STYLES, AND ADOLESCENT OUTCOMES -- Children of Single-Parent Families -- Children of Divorce -- Adolescent Mothers and Their Children -- Parenting Style -- Violence in Families -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Neighborhoods -- CHANGES IN METROPOLITAN NEIGHBORHOODS -- Poverty Concentration and Racial and Ethnic Stratification -- Social Composition of Poor Neighborhoods -- Racial and Ethnic Composition of Schools -- Regional Differences -- POOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT -- Educational Attainment -- Teenage Pregnancy -- Employment -- Delinquency and Violent Crime -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Health and Health Care -- HEALTH STATUS OF ADOLESCENTS -- THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH -- Evolution of Adolescent Health Care -- Health Services Organization and Delivery -- Mental Health Services -- HEALTH INSURANCE -- Private Coverage -- Medicaid Coverage -- Consequences for Adolescent Health.

Healthy People 2000 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- NOTE ON AUTHORSHIP -- 1. Introduction -- HISTORY AND PURPOSE OF THE OBJECTIVES -- HEARINGS AND TESTIMONY -- Questions for Testifiers -- Scope of the Testimony -- PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE OF THIS REPORT -- Structure of This Document -- REFERENCES -- TESTIFIERS CITED IN CHAPTER 1 -- 2. Objectives Process And Structure -- NATURE OF THE OBJECTIVES -- Need to Address Social Conditions -- Concepts of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention -- FORMAT AND FOCUS OF THE OBJECTIVES -- Measurement Issues -- Group Objectives by Population Subgroups -- Missing Objectives -- PRIORITY SETTING -- Need for Priorities Among the Objectives -- Models for Setting Prloritles -- REFERENCES -- TESTIFIERS CITED IN CHAPTER 2 -- 3. Implementing the Objectives at State and Local Levels -- STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH INITIATIVES -- State and Local Health Department Experience -- The Model Standards -- Federal Funding -- INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION: ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR -- Community Participation -- Corporate Partnerships -- SURVEILLANCE AND INFORMATION RESOURCES -- State and Local Data Systems -- Specific Diseases and Problems -- Special Needs of Minority Populations -- Information Resources -- REFERENCES -- TESTIFIERS CITED IN CHAPTER 3 -- 4. Children and Adolescents -- CROSSCUTTING TOPICS -- Access to Care -- Child-Care Centers and Health -- The Media and Children's Health -- Coordination of Adolescent Health Services -- Chronic Illness and Disability in Children -- HEALTH PROMOTION -- Nutrition -- PHYSICAL FITNESS -- Substance Abuse -- Mental Health and Suicide -- HEALTH PROTECTION -- Unintentional Injury -- Child Abuse and Family Violence -- Lead Poisoning -- Preventive Services -- Infectious Diseases -- Oral Health -- Screening for Chronic Health Problems in Children -- DATA NEEDS.