Homelessness, negative affect, and coping among veterans with gambling problems who misused substances.

Compared with other populations with addictions, pathological gamblers have higher levels of negative affect and poor coping. A total of 154 formerly homeless veterans who misused substances were assessed six months after treatment to determine whether those with a gambling problem (N = 22) had more negative affect and poorer coping than those without a gambling problem and whether they were more likely to have unstable housing and employment. The veterans with a gambling problem had significantly higher levels of negative affect and poorer coping but did not differ from the other veterans in housing and employment stability.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a residential rehabilitation program for homeless veterans.

Objective: This study sought to evaluate the effects of a residential rehabilitation program for homeless mentally ill veterans on several measures of subjects' community adjustment.

Methods: Subjects' housing status, financial and vocational status, psychological stability, utilization of coping resources, and extent of social contacts were measured at entry into the program and at follow-up six months after discharge. Data were available for 58 subjects at follow-up.

Videotape reliability of the third revised edition of the K-SADS.

Videotaped interrater reliability was assessed with the K-SADS-III-R on 25 children with a mean age of 10:9. Kappa statistics were computed in syndromes with a frequency rate of at least 20%. The following mean kappas were obtained: major depression = 0.

Depressed mothers as informants in family history research--are they accurate?

A sample of 333 mother-child dyads was used to examine the association between major depression in mothers and children's symptoms. Findings based on children's self-reports were compared to findings based on mothers' reports about the children. Children's data support a depression-specific transmission.

Siblings of disabled children. Effects of chronic stress in the family.

We examined the effects of chronic stress in families of severely disabled children on psychopathology in siblings. We present findings from a five-year follow-up of 192 siblings of disabled children and a geographically based probability sample of 284 children (controls), who were 6 to 18 years old at initial assessment (time 1) and 11 to 23 years old at follow-up (time 2). Data on the Psychiatric Screening Inventory were obtained from mothers at times 1 and 2.