Assessment of competency for execution? A guide for mental health professionals

Assessment of competency for execution presents two compelling ethical questions for mental health professionals: whether clinicians can ethically provide such assessment, and if so, how it should be done in order to maximize quality and minimize ethical conflict. In this article we address the issue of whether to participate and, if so, how. The question of whether to participate is discussed by summarizing the arguments for and against participation and offering guidelines for making a decision. The question of how to proceed is discussed in two contexts: preadjudication (before a formal decision about competency) and postadjudication (following a determination of "incompetent" and transfer of the offender to another facility for treatment and further assessment). Finally, recommendations are made regarding research that would improve the quality of execution competency assessments.     

女大学生就业性别歧视现象分析及解决策略

女大学生就业性别歧视现象广泛存在,并对诸多方面都产生了消极影响。女大学生就业性别歧视的根源在于用人单位节约成本和提高效益的需求与女大学生满足这种需求的能力相对较弱之间的矛盾,也与传统性别文化观念的影响以及法律保障不力等息息相关。国家应采用经济调节手段消除二者之间的矛盾,同时广泛宣传马克思主义妇女观,强化男女平等意识,并完善相应的法律法规。     

The intellectual legacy of J.E. Hodgetts

Abstract: J.E. (Ted) Hodgetts was influenced by both the political economy approach that he learned at the University of Toronto and by the comprehensive historical method developed by Leonard White, under whom he studied at Chicago. His first great project, Pioneer Public Service, convinced him that responsible government was impossible without responsible public administration. The authors examine how his response to management theories and practices evolved following his participation in the Glassco, Lambert and Gomery commissions. Hodgetts consistently refused the complete separation of politics and administration, and he promoted the use of management techniques to strengthen parliamentary supervision of the public service. The two key components of his legacy are thus a commitment to the democratic values of representative government and the comprehensive study of the internal dynamics of public administration in interaction with the relevant environmental factors.     

青年女性嫁人就嫁灰太狼现象的心理学解读

动画片<喜羊羊与灰太狼>中的灰太狼,不仅受到儿童的喜爱,也被很多青年女性视为好男人的典型代表,从而出现了嫁人就嫁灰太狼的现象并备受社会关注.对于这种现象,我们要正确分析、积极评价,帮助青年女性树立理性的择偶观.     

Child Sexual Abuse Perpetrated by Women: Case Series and Review of the Literature

The literature on child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrated by female sexual offenders (FSOs) is exiguous, and many studies have focused on judicial databases. The present retrospective study, instead, analyzed clinical and judicial data of a group of both victims and alleged FSOs, to additionally include women who have not been convicted by the criminal justice system, but who hold strong clinical suspicions of being perpetrators of CSA. The medical records and the Court files of 11 children and their eight suspected FSOs have been collected and critically reviewed in light of the literature to date. This approach allowed for a deeper understanding of the relationship between child and FSO. The authors hypothesize that the victims’ severe psychopathological outcomes were a result of a failure to develop appropriate attachments with their prospective caregivers, which could have been damaged by the pathological relationship with FSOs, who were the victims’ caregivers.     

Associations Between Shyness and Internalizing Behaviors,Externalizing Behaviors,and Relationships during Emerging Adulthood

Many studies have documented the ways in which shyness can be a barrier to personal well-being and social adjustment throughout childhood and adolescence; however, less is known regarding shyness in emerging adulthood. Shyness as experienced during emerging adulthood may continue to be a risk factor for successful development. The purpose of this study was to compare shy emerging adults with their non-shy peers in (a) internalizing behaviors, (b) externalizing behaviors, and (c) close relationships. Participants included 813 undergraduate students (500 women, 313 men) from a number of locations across the United States. Results showed that relatively shy emerging adults, both men and women, had more internalizing problems (e.g., anxious, depressed, low self-perceptions in multiple domains), engaged in fewer externalizing behaviors (e.g., less frequent drinking), and experienced poorer relationship quality with parents, best friends, and romantic partners than did their non-shy peers.

资产构建视域的新加坡公共住房制度考察

大多数人拥有住房所有权是新加坡公共住房制度的主要特征。从整体上看,公共住房制度对资产构建起到了积极作用。对于物质资产和人力资产构建而言,建立在住房所有权基础上的公共住房制度创造了一种提高劳动生产率和经济增长的机制,这最终使人们可能拥有更大面积的住房。对于社会资产构建而言,公共住房制度有助于家属关系、种族关系和社区关系的改善。住房所有权的资产构建性创造了一种推动社会全面发展的机制。     

社区戒毒模式研究——基于多元整合视角的实证分析

吸毒人群的戒毒问题是一个世界性难题，是一个多元干预手段环环相扣的综合性问题，因此，对吸毒人群戒毒的干预、康复和矫治工作，关键是将关沙酮社区维持治疗（生理）、人格重塑、提升吸毒人群拒绝毒品的自我效能感（心理）、家庭治疗（家庭支持）和社区戒毒、帮教（禁毒社会工作者帮扶）相结合，使每个环节无缝连接，才有可能从根本上帮助吸毒人群戒除毒瘾。因此，本研究就是要对“生理——心理——社会”的综合性干预模式的可行性、有效性进行评估。本研究基于笔者在南京市关沙酮维持治疗中心完成的300份问卷调查和南京市秦淮区187位社区戒毒人员的问卷调查；基于对14位秦淮区禁毒社工，10位戒毒人员家属的个案访谈而开展。