La présente recherche vise à réévaluer et définir le panorama sociolinguistique actuel de la variété dialectale mexicaine connue autrement comme l’espagnol yucatèque. Cette modalité linguistique arbore des traits qui la caractérisent indépendamment de la norme traditionnelle mexicaine. Ces traits ont déjà été étudiés amplement dans la littérature spécialisée, mais nous en présenterons quelques exemples tirés de notre recherche. Après la présentation de la théorie de base (chapitre 1) et la littérature générale (chapitre 2), nous allons présenter notre recherche et les exemples plus représentatifs de cette variété dans les niveaux phonétique et phonologique, morphosyntaxique et lexico-sémantique (chapitre 3). Finalement, nous allons approfondir la notion de deux phénomènes grammaticaux peu traités— le verbe espagnol quitarse (‘s’en aller, partir’) et l’aspect asegurativo (à) de l’espagnol de Yucatan (chapitre 4). Pour notre étude, nous avons visité dix communautés (six municipios et quatre comisarías) dans l’état de Yucatan, sur une période de six mois obtenant ainsi 63 « conversationnes » qui nous fournit les fondements indispensables à notre analyse. Nous avons pris en ligne de compte les 42 premières conversations, obtenant ainsi un total de 42 heures et 45 minutes du verbatim, qui furent transcrites et rédigées dans un corpus linguistique de 834 pages. Le groupe étudié est composé de 25 hommes (10 monolingues et 15 bilingues Espagnol-Maya) et 17 femmes (10 monolingues et 15 bilingues Espagnol-Maya). Les personnes avec qui nous avons discuté ont également été réparties en trois catégories, selon l’âge. L’échantillonnage général obtenu nous sert à exemplifier abondamment les traits typiques de la variété yucatèque courante. Nous prendrons également soin de décrire et caractériser d’autres phénomènes moins étudiés que l’on retrouve dans le parler naturel chez les yucatèque(e)s. / The present work was planned with the idea of studying and learning more about aspects of the variety of spoken Spanish nowadays in the State of Yucatan (español yucateco). We emphasize the linguistic and social aspects. The linguistic variation has been the object of many studies in the past, and was described as presenting specific traits. We presented some of these specific traits with the examples obtained from our research in the Yucatan State. After some considerations of theoretical nature (chapter 1); and the review of the specialized literature (chapter 2); our research highlights some of the most representative examples of this dialectal variety (chapter 3) at the structural levels of phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, and lexicology and semantics. Finally, two phenomena that have not been studied much are presented in the final chapter. These two phenomena are the verb quitarse (to leave), and the assertive aspect of Yucatan Spanish (chapter 4). In order to attain these objectives, it was necessary to create a corpus of our own. A field study was planned, developed and conducted over six months of intensive travel in six selected communities of the Yucatan State. We gathered a total of 63 conversations. For this project, we only analyze the first 42 conversations. This information represented 43 hours and 45 minutes of verbatim, and was transcribed into an 834-page document. Our study group was formed by 25 men (10 Spanish monolingual and 15 Spanish-Mayan bilingual) and 17 women (10 Spanish monolingual and 7 Spanish-maya bilingual). They are distributed into three main generational groups. Our sample was mainly used to provide examples of the study traits, found in the literature, in the Spanish spoken currently by the Yucatecan population as well as to identify other phenomena less studied.

Community mental health teams common in many countries with developed community mental health care have been slowly advancing in recent years. It is expected that this trend will continue to grow with the reform of psychiatric care. The diploma thesis focuses on community mental health teams for the target group of people with severe mental illness, which are one of the basic pillars of mental health care abroad. The theoretical part describes the activities of these teams in the context of community mental health care and also presents these teams mainly in terms of their composition and way of work. The research part analyzes the current situation of four specific teams in terms of multidisciplinary composition and team cooperation, describes and interprets some of the specific difficulties that these services face in the beginning of multidisciplinary teamwork and captures some specific moments of their functioning. Utilizing a qualitative approach through in-depth interviews with team leaders and their founding organizations has enabled them to convey the specific context of these teams and at least partially capture the dynamics of their current state and development. The practical part points to some factors that may complicate the teamwork, such as insufficient involvement of medical staff...

This diploma thesis deals with the rise of China in the context of its behavior in the South China Sea over the past decade. The significant economic growth of the People's Republic of China over the last few decades is expected to affect not only the regional balance of powers, but also its position within the international system. There is a wide-ranging debate in academia about how China will grow and how it will affect the international community. As a reaction, in order to explain its growth, China has introduced the concept of "peaceful development", according to which its growth should be seen as an opportunity rather than a threat to the international community. An offensive realism approach was chosen for this work and the ideas of its main advocate John Mearsheimer will be applied to the specific behavior of China in the region. The role of the United States, which influences China's behavior, will also be discussed. The diploma thesis will further deal with the increased Chinese assertiveness in the area of South China Sea and the means it uses in it to enforce its claims. The basic aim of this work is to underscore the contrast between the declared official policy of China and its actual behavior.

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Systems-level homelessness report cards are an intricate part of managing and resolving homelessness within a community. Homelessness report cards can be used to both educate communities around the complexities of homelessness and capture pertinent data required to formulate evidence-based strategies towards ending (rather than managing) homelessness. The process of developing and implementing homelessness report cards can be fraught with challenges relating to: limited resources; fragmented information; and political roadblocks. To help reduce the potential of these roadblocks, a system-level Homelessness Outcome Reporting Normative framework (the “HORN Framework”) was developed. The HORN Framework is based on a literature review and synthesis of the best-practice, systems-level homelessness report card development and implementation methods. The framework was then tested in a case study with the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness (GVCEH), through the creation of their 2010 Greater Victoria Homelessness Report Card. The framework and case study results are presented in this thesis.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Stigma is a barrier to recovery for people with mental illness. Problematically, stigma also has been documented among mental health practitioners. To date, however, most research has focused on explicit attitudes regarding mental illness. Little research has examined implicit attitudes, which has the potential to reveal evaluations residing outside of conscious control or awareness. Moreover, research has tended to use a mixed sample of practitioners and programs. The extent to which both explicit and implicit stigma is endorsed by mental health practitioners utilizing evidence-based practices is unknown. The purposes of the current study were to 1) carefully examine implicit and explicit stigmatizing attitudes, or biases, among Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) staff and 2) explore the extent to which explicit and implicit biases predicted the use of treatment control mechanisms. Participants were 154 ACT staff from nine states. They completed implicit (Implicit Association Test) and explicit measures of stigma. Overall, participants exhibited positive explicit and implicit attitudes towards people with mental illness. When modeled using latent factors, implicit, but not explicit bias significantly predicted the endorsement of restrictive or controlling clinical interventions. Practitioners who perceived individuals with mental illness as relatively more dangerous and helpless (both explicit and implicit), as well as participants from Indiana and those with less education were more likely to endorse use of control mechanisms. Thus, despite overall positive attitudes toward those with mental illness for the sample as a whole, even low levels of stigma at the individual level were found to affect clinical care. Mental health professionals, and specifically ACT clinicians, should work to be aware of ways in which their biases influence how they intervene with consumers.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) represents an effective treatment for individuals with severe mental illness. Though studies estimate that as many as half of all people with severe mental illness are parents, little is known about consumers receiving ACT services who are parents. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to 1) estimate the prevalence of parent ACT consumers, 2) identify current ACT team policies and practices for treating parent consumers, and 3) examine the perspective of parent consumers served by ACT teams. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed via two separate studies. In study 1, eighty-two ACT providers from 76 teams across the United States and Canada were surveyed to determine the prevalence of parent ACT consumers, ACT team policies for identifying the parental status of consumers, treatment services available for parent consumers, and provider attitudes about parent consumers. Providers estimated roughly 21.6% of ACT consumers were parents. Less than half of providers (46.3%) reported formally asking about parental status during intake and only 20.7% providers belonged to ACT teams that provide special programs/services designed for parent consumers. The majority of providers (75.6%) reported negative or mixed attitudes about parents with severe mental illness. In study 2, seventeen parents with severe mental illness being served by ACT teams were interviewed about parenting, the relationship between parenting and severe mental illness, parenting needs, and suggestions for improved treatment services for parents. All parents were able to identify at least one positive aspect of parenting and most parents (76.5%) also identified negative aspects of parenting. Loss of custody emerged as a significant parenting problem, with the majority of parents (88.2%) experiencing loss of custody at least once. Given the difficulties of being a parent and having to manage a severe mental illness, parents expressed interest in several parent-focused treatment services, including family therapy, parenting skills, communication skills training, resources/finances for children, and social support groups with peers. When asked about overall satisfaction with ACT services, most participants with adult children (87.5%) reported having no unmet parent-related needs and high satisfaction (4.63 out of 5) with ACT services, whereas parents with young children (77.8%) reported having numerous unmet parenting needs and low satisfaction (3.78 out of 5) with ACT services. Thus, the age of participants’ children was a significant factor, indicating that the ACT treatment model may not be adequately serving parents of young, dependent children. Overall, findings suggest the need for more attention and focus on parent consumers, including formal identification of consumers’ parental status and improved parent-related treatment services and support