Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to B J Blythe.
The authors describe an intensive aftercare program for children in residential treatment. Program components include parent training, social support linkages, and school placement. A case study is provided to illustrate how the program is implemented.
Patients' emotional adjustment to illness may be a critical variable in their successful recovery. In a single-case study using stress inoculation to counter a patient's anxiety and depression before open-heart surgery, intervention was effective in reducing emotional distress. The value of applying stress inoculation in health care settings to combat stress related to illness is suggested.
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Traditional intervention with young women has done little to reduce the incidence of unwanted teenage pregnancy and childbearing. A new, more promising approach helps at-risk teenagers learn the interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively and use contraceptives successfully.
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When they received widespread promotion and support beginning in the 1980s, family preservation services seemed to hold much promise for the child welfare field, and for the lives of families and children. Unfortunately, this promise has never been fully realized throughout the United States. This article traces the recent history of family preservation services, examines some of the reasons why efforts to implement family preservation services have been less than completely successful, and proposes a strategy for ensuring that these services reach their potential in the future.
Seeking a method of intervention based on research about correlates of child maltreatment, the authors find that small-group, short-term training in self-control and child management skills gives parents the tools to better handle family stress and develop supportive social networks.
Controlled studies that examine the effectiveness of intervention with child abusing families are a rarity in the literature. Yet child welfare workers sorely need empirically based methods to treat these parents. The author analyzes 16 studies of child abuse treatment in terms of methods and findings, and suggests how future studies may be made more useful for practitioners.