Closing the gaps: the effectiveness of linking programs connecting chronic mental patients from the hospital to the community
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The research reported in this article tested the effectiveness of a linking program between city hospitals and community treatment programs in reducing the rehospitalization of mental patients following discharge. The authors proposed that the nature of the relationships between the liaison teams of such programs and those providing aftercare services is essential to providing a continuity of care and thus to lowering rates of rehospitalization. Two liaison teams were evaluated, one of which had more positive and ongoing relationships with providers of community services to mental patients. The program with the more positive and continuous relationships was predicted and found to be more effective in reducing rehospitalization rates for chronic mental patients. Testing a case management-primary therapist adaptation by the less effective program demonstrated that patient or staff characteristics did not account for the differences between the programs' effectiveness. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1986
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The effectiveness of massage therapy intervention on reducing anxiety in the workplace
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of an on-site chair massage therapy program in reducing anxiety levels of employees. A quasi-experimental pretest/posttest control group design was used to determine changes in anxiety levels due to the massage therapy intervention. Eighteen subjects participated in the chair massage therapy program for 6 weeks. Fifteen control group subjects participated in break therapy. For 15 minutes weekly, subjects either received a massage or were allowed a break, depending on their assignment to either the treatment or control condition. Participants' stress levels were measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Self-Assessment Questionnaire. This measure was administered twice during pretest, posttest, and delayed posttest to achieve stable measures. Significant reductions in anxiety levels were found for the massage group. Future research and implications for management are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 1996
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Linking practice and science in the substance abuse treatment of homeless persons
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An evaluation is presented on a collaboration between health care providers and university researchers to treat homeless persons for substance abuse. Components include abstinent-contingent housing and work therapy and links between community and project services.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-8863
Year: 2000
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