Two opposing effects on "behavior, a depressant effect and a disinhibitory effect, have been attributed to the "benzodiazepine tranquillizers including chlordiazepoxide. The depressant effect has "been reported to undergo tolerance with repeated doses over several days. The first experiment here was designed to determine the number of days required for tolerance at the 15 mg/kg dose. When no tolerance was found in a test of spontaneous activity, further studies were conducted to determine why no tolerance had occurred and to study conditions under which tolerance might be found.

The task of determining the needs of a community precedes the possibility of planning services or developing relevant social programs and action for that community. The approaches used in the assessment of community needs respond to methodologies that are informed by theoretical frameworks containing particular implications as to their implicit purposes. Historically, the methods which have been used are characterized by the relative, if not total, lack of participation of the community in this assessment process. The outcome of these methods which intend to develop programs for the community, while negating active community participation, is to maintain people as marginal and passive recipients of these services and to maintain an oppressive and colonizing ideology. Such methods serve the purpose of controlling people and legitimizing the present social order (Aponte, 1978). They are hierarchical and non-participatory, and in relation to the minority communities in the United States they further contribute to an alienating reality which not only mystifies the sources of conflict and stress in community life, but also fosters oppressive experiences and relationships.

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Hotlines are a telephone service through which people who feel themselves to be in a state of crisis can receive immediate contact with interested and helpful volunteer listeners. Hotlines are a relatively new phenomenon in the field of mental health services. They are representative of a new type of response to the growing realization of the need for innovative approaches to expanding the reach of preventive mental health care services. Hotlines represent one of the ways in which persons without formal training in mental health are being utilized in roles which previously did not exist at all in the mental health field.

Technological advances and industrialization that moved production from cottage activities to large factories and business enterprises, the advent of reliable birth control that afforded women greater freedom from chi Idrearing , the contemporary women's movement that supported women's efforts to extend their strengths and interests beyond childrearing and the home, and more recently, economic necessity, have all contributed to the increasing number of families where both husband and wife work full-time outside the home. These changes have not been without stress for the women and men involved in a transition from roles and responsibilities traditionally circumscribed on the basis of sex, to possibilities of more nontraditional arrangements of family and work responsibilities.

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The deinstitutionalization movement has made a significant impact on the lives of mentally retarded people. Deinstitutionalization provides the necessary environmental changes for mentally retarded people who have been forced to spend their prior years in institutions These environmental changes are widely regarded as having beneficial effects. However, little research has been done to assess whether the "community residence" is actually an environment of growth or even the environment of choice for the mentally retarded person. The purpose of this study was to explore the self-images of mentally retarded persons living in institutional and non institutional environments and attitudes toward retardation held by caretakers in those environments. It was expected that there would be some relationship between self-concept and current living environment, and that the relationship would be consistent with differences observed in caretaker attitudes.

Thesis advisor: Sara Moorman / Thesis advisor: Lacee Satcher / The well-being of students is pivotal to the success of higher education institutions, yet students are experiencing an unsettling rise in mental health issues. This study aims to examine the mental health status of Boston College undergraduates and how different institutional and social factors shape variance in mental health. Undergraduate students (N=919) completed an anonymous online survey asking about mental well-being, campus attitudes/culture, and support resources on campus. significant relationships between mental health outcomes and self-rated mental health, feeling tired or having little energy, poor appetite or overeating, thoughts of self-harm, and seeking support for mental health difficulties. Additionally, There are statistically significant relationships between the prevalence of mental health diagnoses and school, race/ethnicity, and sex. Attempting to access University Counseling Services also varies by sex, race/ethnicity, and graduation year. I provide strategies to improve future research, support the well-being of undergraduates, and increase student engagement with mental health resources and practices. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Departmental Honors. / Discipline: Sociology.