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Abram, Karen M.; Teplin, Linda A.
doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.46.10.1036pmid: N/A
Studies have demonstrated that police often arrest the mentally ill when treatment alternatives would be preferable but are unavailable. Thus, jails may contain disproportionate numbers of severely mentally ill persons who have co-occurring disorders. Data on the co-occurrence of severe mental disorder, substance abuse, and antisocial personality disorders were gathered from 728 randomly selected male urban jail detainees. Using difference of proportions tests and loglinear analysis, the authors demonstrated that most subjects with a severe mental disorder (schizophrenia or a major affective disorder) also meet criteria for a substance abuse or antisocial personality disorder. These findings suggest several changes in public policy regarding health care delivery in correctional settings and for the general population.
doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.46.10.1025pmid: N/A
Over the past two decades, the large-scale entrance of women into the work force has fundamentally changed the fabric of work and family life. Unlike 75 other nations, the United States has no comprehensive family policy that helps families cope with the competing demands of work and family. Research within psychology has not been helpful in pointing out the need for a major shift in public policy. This article argues that both governmental policy and psychological research reflect the popular culture's idealized myth of motherhood. It suggests an interruption of the research agenda that searches for negative consequences of maternal employment and alternative child care. A new agenda is proposed that would document the negative consequences of not providing high-quality, affordable day care. This new agenda would also acknowledge the centrality of fathers and family process to developmental outcomes in children.
doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.46.10.1046pmid: N/A
Psychologists are ever finding new legal arenas for their psychological data and concepts. Findings about the character and operation of stereotyping have been introduced in sex discrimination litigation in the United States. Findings about conformity, obedience to authority, and bystander apathy have been introduced into death penalty cases in South Africa. These concrete and detailed applications of psychological science demonstrate the expanding role that psychology is playing in the legal world.
Graham, Stanley R.; Fox, Ronald E.
doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.46.10.1033pmid: N/A
Some of the professional issues and concerns regarding the need for systematic, formalized postdoctoral education for psychological practice are summarized. Following a review of the positions taken by earlier conferences on the subject, a proposal for a professional postdoctoral educational network built around centers of excellence is outlined. General characteristics of the proposed centers are presented, and possible implementation steps are discussed.
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