Assessment of Improved Techniques for Introducing New Patients to a Therapeutic Community

1967 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 196-202
Author(s):  
N. T. Yeomans ◽  
B. L. Hennessy ◽  
R. G. Hay
Keyword(s):  
Decision Maker ◽  
Case History ◽  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
The Family ◽  
Therapeutic Programme ◽  
Group Technique

Developments in the community therapeutic programme of Fraser House are described. The Personal Adjustment Record, a research and case-history recording questionnaire, designed by the authors, is introduced. Sending the Personal Adjustment Record to newlyreferred patients before their first attendance was followed by a significant increase in attendance. An Introductory Group technique for welcoming, informing and assessing newly referred patients and families is described. This was followed by a significant increase in the acceptance of therapy. The concept of the family as a group acting as a decision maker for its individual members is introduced.

Counseling Parents at the Time of Diagnosis: Moving Toward Client-Centered Practice

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
David Luterman
Keyword(s):  
Case History ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Diagnostic Process ◽  
Separate Entity ◽  
Initial Examination ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Ultimate Purpose

Purpose The purpose of this article is to present a client-centered model of counseling that integrates information and personal adjustment counseling. Research has indicated that audiologists are more comfortable with counseling that is information based than with personal adjustment counseling. The prevailing model of diagnosis appears to be the medical model in which, first, a case history is taken, then testing and, finally, counseling. This model lends itself to audiologist as expert and the counseling as a separate entity based on information and advice. Further research has indicated parents retain little of the information provided in the initial examination because of their heightened emotions. This article presents a client-centered model of diagnosis in which information is provided within an emotionally safe context, enabling the parents to express their feelings and have the ability to control the flow of information. The ultimate purpose of a client-centered model is to empower parents by making them active participants in the diagnostic process rather than passive recipients. Conclusion The client-centered model has wide implications for the diagnostic process as well as for the training of students.

scholarly journals Influence of Food Purchase Decision Maker on the Nutritional Status of Indian Households With Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 557-557
Author(s):  
Vaijayanthi Kanabur ◽  
Uma Jayasimha
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Food Purchase ◽  
The Family ◽  
Chi Square Test

Abstract Objectives To know the decision maker in the family with respect to purchase of foods and to understand the influence of the decision maker on the nutritional status of family members of households with adolescents. Methods Families (n = 60) residing in urban Bangalore, India, with at least one adolescent family member (13–17 years) were selected by purposive sampling. An interviewer administered questionnaire was developed and pre-tested on ten % of the subjects and was used for collecting the data. For studying the food purchase decisions the food items were divided into 5 categories:1) Fruits and vegetables(n = 18) 2) Ready to cook or raw ingredient (n = 13) 3) ready to eat foods (n = 9), 4) dairy products (n = 6) and 5) non vegetarian foods (n = 4). Any family member who made the highest number of food purchase decisions over a period of one month was considered as the decision maker of the family. Nutritional status of family members was assessed based on their Body Mass Index (WHO, 2004). Chi square test was used to know the influence of decision maker on the nutritional status of family members. Results The results of the study show that mother is the decision maker in 61% families in case of fruits and vegetables and in 59% families in case of raw ingredients. In case of ready to eat foods it is the adolescents who are the major decision makers and in case of dairy products both mother and father together were decision makers and purchasing decisions with respect to non-vegetarian foods was dominated by fathers (51%). Overall it was found that in 52% families mother was decision maker, 19% families father was decision maker and only in 9% families adolescent family members were major food decision makers. Based on results of Chi square test the hypothesis that the decision maker has no effect on the nutritional status is accepted. Conclusions The decision maker is different for different category of foods. The decision maker and the nutritional status of family members are two independent attributes. Funding Sources It is a self financed study as part of Masters Program in Dietetics and Food Service Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.

SELF-MUTILATION: CASE OF A 13-YEAR-OLD GIRL

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1008-1011
Author(s):  
James S. Simpson ◽  
William A. Hawke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Case History ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Exploratory Laparotomy ◽  
Abdominal Scar ◽  
Self Mutilation ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

Self-mutilation, rare in children except for those suffering from schizophrenia or mental retardation, is difficult to diagnose and treat. The case history of a 13-year-old girl with bizarre abdominal complaints leading to an exploratory laparotomy and subsequent breakdown of her abdominal scar 5 months later, emphasizes some of the problems. No reason could be found for the scar separation and, after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to promote healing, we became convinced the patient was tampering with the wound. It appeared that her displacement as the focal point in the family with the remarriage of her mother and the stern discipline exhibited by her step-father motivated her to punish her parents and gain attention in this fashion.

Household Labor Economics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre-André Chiappori ◽  
Costas Meghir
Keyword(s):  
Labor Supply ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Labor Economics ◽  
Household Labor ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
The Family ◽  
Research Collection ◽  
Unitary Model

This Research Collection surveys the main contribution to labor supply decisions within the family. It covers both theory, from the initial ‘unitary’ model that postulates that the family behaves as a single decision maker, to modern ‘collective’ approaches that concentrates on differences in preferences and power relationships and empirical applications. Including an original Introduction by the Editors, a special emphasis is placed on dynamic approaches, in particular issues related to intra-household commitment, and on policy implications.

Farm Opinion Leaders

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-78
Author(s):  
Baljeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Decision Maker ◽  
Fast Moving ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
New Method ◽  
Opinion Leadership ◽  
Market Selection ◽  
Product Categories ◽  
The Family ◽  
Set Up ◽  
S Model

This book endeavours to help the readers identify the farm opinion leaders and to understand the characteristics of farm opinion leaders and farm opinion seekers. Beside this motivation, satisfaction and effectiveness of farm opinion leaders and farm opinion seekers are also demystified for a rural set up. The study of influence of family members on the head decision maker of the family is initiated. A theoretical 4 P’s model of farm opinion leadership is proposed and a new method for identification of farm opinion leaders is conceptualised. Agriculture marketing decisions for four agriculture product categories i) agri input consumables (seed, fertilizer and pesticides) the fast moving agriculture goods (FMAGs), ii) agri input capital (farm machineries) the agriculture durables, iii) agri input credit (formal and informal sources) and iv) agri output (price, packaging, transport, storage and market selection) were studied.

scholarly journals Fundo los Ulmos: a crossroad in the Chilean milk industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Torres ◽  
Alexandra Guidi Bresciani ◽  
Francisco Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Maker ◽  
Milk Production ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Production Optimization ◽  
American Family ◽  
Operational Analysis ◽  
Dairy Management ◽  
The Family ◽  
Milk Industry

The case introduces the reader to a problem of a family business in the milk industry, Fundo Los Ulmos (FLU), which had to choose the best option between the two main alternatives available. One of the options was to sell all the land of the family business that has an emotional root with the decision maker. Instead, the second option was to perform an operational analysis that will improve dairy management based on a milk production optimization model. This case shows a typical family business problem where the decision maker must deal with decisions that mix analytical and socioemotional aspects. This case is especially relevant for a competitive strategy course in Latin American family businesses.

scholarly journals KATEGORI PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN KELUARGA MELALUIEKSPLORASI PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN KELUARGA BERDASARKAN JENJANG KELAS SOSIAL

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wina Christina ◽  
Indarini .
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Consumer Decision Making ◽  
Product Characteristics ◽  
Consumer Decision ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Specific Product ◽  
The Family

Seeing great opportunity of marketing products and services to family, this study explore consumer decision making that covers five social range from upper to the lowest social class. The findings of the research have proven the movement of decision making dominance in the family and depict behaviors of decision maker in each social class regarding specific product characteristics.

News and Announcements

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-390
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
American Academy ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Family Network ◽  
Behavior Shaping ◽  
The Family ◽  
Convention Center ◽  
Network Therapy ◽  
Hall Director

ADOLESCENCE: DEVELOPMENT AND INTERVENTION: Second Annual Friends Hospital Clinical Conference, October 3-4. Key speakers include: Peter Blos, Ph.D., Peter Giovacchini, M.D., Jules Masserman, M.D., Fritz Redl, Ph.D. Topics include the adolescent and the family, network therapy, behavior shaping, and the therapeutic community. For information write Bill Hall, Director of Public Relations, Friends Hospital, Roosevelt Boulevard and Adams Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19124. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY: Convention Center, Dallas, Texas, October 6-10.

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