Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless
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In search of correlates of learning underlying “learning disability” using a bio-ecological assessment system
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 6 - Trang 143-159 - 1997
A valid and consistent diagnosis of learning disability is constrained by many conceptual and methodological challenges. Chief among them is the lack of diagnostic efficiency of standardized tests to shed much light on the nature and quality of the “potential disability” underlying children's very poor academic achievement. In this paper, we make the point that any assessment measure of learning d...... hiện toàn bộ
Domestic violence in african-american and african-caribbean families
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 3 - Trang 23-38 - 1994
This article explores domestic violence, specifically spouse abuse, in African-American and African-Caribbean families in the United States. Its purpose is to review the existing literature on Black couples and violence, examine the applicability of current theories of violence to Blacks, and outline the barriers to the treatment of domestic violence in this population. The variables of institutio...... hiện toàn bộ
Political correctness and psychological assessment for selection: Does it always violate our privacy rights?
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 5 - Trang 185-189 - 1996
Welfare Reform's Impact on Homelessness
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 8 - Trang 1-20 - 1999
As the most dramatic shift in welfare policy occurs since its inception in 1935, it is imperative to examine potential impacts on homelessness. This paper describes changes in homelessness and welfare policy, assesses potential effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and addresses public policy issues stemming from these changes. Of ...... hiện toàn bộ
Fourth Step: Discourse with an Addict
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 11 - Trang 111-121 - 2002
This article is an authentic, unrehearsed, verbatim dialogue between an adult sister and a drug-addicted brother. It deeply reflects the compulsive nature of addiction despite the full comprehension of the consequences of continuing it. It sensitively touches upon the pain and sorrow within the family, although hardly any manifestations of the agony come clearly to the surface. It concludes withou...... hiện toàn bộ
Evaluating the Case, Evaluating the Cost: Criteria for Constructing the Defense Strategy of Persons Suffering from Mental Illness
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 7 - Trang 189-209 - 1998
This article examines the challenges and problems faced by attorneys defending, in criminal courts, clients suffering from mental health problems, and who are generally socially and economically fragile. The analysis is based on 14 in-depth interviews with defense attorneys who practice criminal law at the Montreal Municipal Court. Through their descriptions, this article will exp...... hiện toàn bộ
Personal Network Correlates and Predictors of Homelessness for Injection Drug Users in Baltimore, Maryland
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 7 - Trang 263-278 - 1998
Injection drug users are at high risk for homelessness and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. This study sought to examine incidence rates and the social and economic antecedents of homelessness of impoverished inner-city injection drug users. Of the 569 participants, from a nontreatment sample who participated HIV prevention study, interviewed at baseline, 324 (57%) we...... hiện toàn bộ
Relationships Between Psychosocial Risks and Stress in Homeless Children
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless - Tập 8 - Trang 255-267 - 1999
Homeless children are typically exposed to the worst environmental conditions associated with poverty. Despite recent attention to psychosocial risks associated with homelessness, limited attention has been paid to stress-related symptoms in homeless children. Better understanding of homeless children's experience of stress could point the way toward improvement of services for th...... hiện toàn bộ
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