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J G Parish

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PubMed1991

The effects of family configuration and support system failures during childhood and adolescence on college students' self-concepts and social skills.

This study examined the differential effects of familial configuration and support system failures in a sample of 256 college students. Regarding familial configuration, the results indicated that individuals who had experienced parental divorce were significantly more likely to have encountered parental hostility and/or lack of care, inadequate supervision when not in school, lack of concern by teachers, and more financial hardship. In turn, lower self-concepts and/or social skills were found to be associated with these kinds of life experiences (i.e., support system failures).

Adolescent↗
PubMed1982

A method for evaluating the level of independence during the rehabilitation of the disabled.

A new method of assessing disability has been devised, which is partly based on the Northwick Park Activities of Daily Living Index and partly on a grading system previously used at our centre. The assessment records whether the patient is dependent or independent in 20 items of activity. The items consist of six self-care tasks, six stages of mobility, three employment grades and five domestic activities. The assessment takes only a few minutes to record and can be completed at weekly intervals during staff conferences and routine clinical examinations. Examples of the progress of an amputee and a hemiplegic patient at the rehabilitation centre are shown by charts, which record the state of dependence and independence and the type of aid in use, and by profiles which show the number of dependent and independent items and the extent to which activities are supervised and aids are used during each week of treatment.

Disability Evaluation↗
PubMed1979

A study of the use of electronic environmental control systems by severely paralysed patients.

The types of environmental control systems issued by the Department of Health and Social Security in England are described. The extent to which the apparatus is used by patients in the north-east Thames region is recorded according to the location (sitting room, bedroom, etc.), the number of hours in use and telephone calls made.

Communication Devices for People with Disabilities↗
PubMed1978

Early outbreaks of 'epidemic neuromyasthenia'.

The literature of the outbreaks of 'epidemic neuromyasthenia' (ENM) from 1934 to 1955 has been selected to show that the disease affects other people besides young adult females in hospitals and nursing homes. There have been district epidemics, in which the male: female ratio was almost even and several male outbreaks affecting soldiers in barracks. Some outbreaks appear to have been triggered off by an epidemic of poliomyelitis, and the epidemiology of outbreaks in Iceland in 1948 and 1955 suggests that the normal cytopathological effects of poliomyelitis infection have been suppressed by the new disease. In the Durban epidemic (1955) a toxic metabolite was discovered in the urine of many patients and a markedly increased urinary excretion of creatine was noted in two New York State outbreaks. The results of the transmission of an agent from patients with ENM to monkeys suggest that the neurological disorder might be in the form of mild disseminated lesions scattered throughout the nervous system from the brain to peripheral nerves and associated with perivascular round cell infiltration without significant cellular damage. ENM infection was widespread in the North of England in 1955 and associated with lymphocyte abnormalities, which have persisted in some cases for several years. This suggests a continuous organic process.

Australia↗
PubMed1978

A look at mainstreaming in light of children's attitudes toward the handicapped.

Mainstreaming is a legislative reality, yet there is still a question as to whether non-handicapped students are prepared for it. In the present study 131 grade school students were each asked to select from the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children 15 adjectives which best fit three groups of handicapped children as well as normal children. The groups were described in a hierarchical fashion: "normal children" were rated most favorably, then "physically handicapped children," "learning disabled children," and "emotionally disturbed children.".

Adolescent↗
PubMed1970

Epidemic malaise.

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Electromyography↗