"The purpose of the study is to describe and compare the presenting and the underlying problems of eighteen adopted children and eighteen natural children seen in the Jefferson County Mental Health Clinic from January, 1955, through November, 1960. An attempt will be made to determine whether there are significant differences observed between the problems of the two groups, either the problems which precipitated the first Clinic contact, or those which Clinic evaluation revealed, or both. Also observed will be differences, if any, in the problems of the parents of the two groups"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1961." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Merle M. Foeckler, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 76-79).

"This study deals with patient admissions to the South Florida State Hospital, Hollywood, Florida. The purpose of the study was to determine how the racial groups, age groups, and the eight counties in the hospital district were being served by the hospital. To do this, population figures for the district were distributed by age, race, and county. A sample of hospital admissions was then drawn, and distributed by age, race, and county of admission. The findings of the study are based upon comparisons between the population and the hospital sample, in this manner. It was thought that such findings would be of interest to the hospital, as a public facility, in evaluating the service to its constituents"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1959." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Robert T. Lansdale, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose of this study was to attempt an appraisal of the contribution of Social Service activity toward trial visit movement over a three year period at the V.A. Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Augusta, Georgia. Preliminary exploration of such movement during the selected period had revealed an increase in the number of trial visits during the first six months of each year from 91 in 1954 to 202 in 1957. A corresponding increase was noted in the ratio of successful discharges from trial visit to rehospitalizations for the same period: from 37 discharged to 50 returned in 1954 to 142 discharged and 109 returned in 1957. The average daily number of patients on trial visit also increased from 80 to 225"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1959." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Howard W. Borsuk, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"The purpose of this study was to analyze the 'before' and 'after' distribution of data collected from the hospital records of thirty-seven neuropsychiatric patients who were evaluated by a special hospital committee. More specifically, the purpose was to determine whether there were any differences of significance in patient care and patient movement of thirty-seven patients residing on an open full-privileged ward four months prior to an evaluation by the Neuropsychiatric Therapeutic Review Committee and four months following the evaluation"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1960." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: John T. Greene, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

Lam, Yin Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-97). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / 摘要(ABSTRACT IN CHINESE) --- p.iv / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / TlST OF TABLES --- p.viii / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.ix / LIST OF APPENDIX --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER I: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS --- p.1 / EXPRESSED EMOTION & RELAPSE OF PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS --- p.2 / POSITIVE EXPRESSED EMOTION COMPONENTS --- p.3 / ASSESSMENT TOOLS OF EXPRESSED EMOTION --- p.5 / CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS OF EXPRESSED EMOTION --- p.7 / PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF PPD --- p.10 / RECOVERY: EMPOWERMENT & LIFE SATISFACTION --- p.11 / EMPOWERMENT --- p.13 / LIFE SATISFACTION --- p.14 / PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF RELATIVES --- p.14 / AIMS OF STUDY --- p.15 / HYPOTHESES OF STUDY --- p.16 / Chapter CHAPTER II: --- METHOD --- p.17 / PARTICIPANTS --- p.17 / MEASURES --- p.21 / PROCEDURE --- p.33 / Chapter CHAPTER III: --- RESULTS --- p.33 / INTER-RATER RELIABILITY OF FMSS CATEGORIZATIONS --- p.33 / NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EE SCORES --- p.34 / RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OVERALL EE AND SUB-EE --- p.36 / RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FMSS AND SELF-REPORT MEASURES --- p.38 / "RELATIONSHIP BEWTEEN DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, SELF-REPORT EE AND OUTCOME VARIABLES" --- p.39 / RELATIVES' EE: BREAKDOWN BY DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS --- p.43 / COVARIATES RELATED TO PPD´بS LIFE SATISFACTION CONTROLLED FOR --- p.47 / RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELATIVES´ة EXPRESSED EMOTION AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF RELATIVES AND PPD --- p.49 / PROPOSED MODEL (MODEL 1): SELF-REPORT AND FMSS --- p.49 / REFINED MODEL (MODEL 2): SELF-REPORT AND FMSS --- p.52 / FINAL MODEL (MODEL 3 A): SELF-REPORT AND FMSS --- p.56 / ALTERNATIVE MODEL (MODEL 3B): SELF-REPORT AND FMSS --- p.61 / Chapter CHAPTER IV: --- DISCUSSION --- p.67 / EXPRESSED EMOTION --- p.68 / SCORING SCHEME FOR EE --- p.68 / FMSS EE CATEGORIZATION --- p.68 / FMSS & SELF-REPORT OVERALL & SUB-EE --- p.69 / RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FMSS & SELF-REPORT EE --- p.71 / "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DEMOGRAPHICS, SELF-REPORT EE & OUTCOME VARIABLES" --- p.71 / COVARIATES RELATED TO PPD，S LIFE SATISFACTION --- p.73 / "RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELATIVES, EE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WELL-BEING OF RELATIVES & PPD" --- p.74 / OVERALL COMPARISON BETWEEN FMSS & SELF-REPORT MODELS --- p.78 / IMPLICATIONS --- p.79 / LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY AND FUTURE DIRECTION --- p.82 / REFERENCES --- p.89

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Sciences

The current study investigated the relationship between social support and quality of life (QoL) as well as social support and community functioning among persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Empirical data from Phase II of the Continuity of Mental Health Services (COMHS) Study of Alberta (Adair, Wild, Joyce, McDougall, Gordon, et al., 2003) were used to comprehensively examine these variables among a broad-based sample of 301 people with SPMI receiving a mix of inpatient, outpatient, and community services. Multiple measures administered in Phase II of the COMHS research program provided comprehensive data on QoL (i.e., disease-specific and generic QoL), functioning (i.e., community ability), and objective (OSS) and subjective (SSS) measures of social support. Higher ratings of both OSS and SSS were associated with better QoL and functioning at outcome. Participant ratings of objective dimensions of their own social support were shown to be most important in determining life quality and functioning at outcome. Of the two SSS variables, the one most predictive of life quality was the participants’ sense of the provision and receipt of social support. Clinician-rated OSS was a significant predictor of QoL only for participants who rated social support availability as poor. The results of this study may inform policy development, planning, and resource allocation for community treatment programs in Alberta and elsewhere, as there is widespread support both provincially and nationally for increasing community support services and decreasing the number and length of inpatient admissions (Kirby & Keon, 2006). A better understanding of the relative impact of social support variables is essential for further development of effective psychosocial rehabilitation programming. / xvii, 217 leaves ; 29 cm.

No abstract available. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.

Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 2008. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 46-05, page: 2668. Advisers: Pamela M. Diamond; Michael W. Ross. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references.