Philip Balch
Biographic Data
| ID | 6086143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip Balch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip |
| FAMILY NAME | Balch |
| SIGNATURE | BALCH P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Psychology University of Arizona 85721 Tucson Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Assessing a CMHC's impact
One accessible measure of the impact a community mental health center has on the community it serves is the awareness levels of both residents and gatekeeper groups regarding the center's existence and services. This broad-based study was conducted with university students at no cost to the center and included 436 residents and 175 gatekeepers. The results indicated that awareness levels for community residents and gatekeeper groups were 34% and …
A note on the assessment of ethnic attitudes in preschool children
Four commonly used measures of racial attitudes, the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure, Doll Test, Projective Prejudice Test, and Sticker Test, were adapted for use with preschoolers and were administered to 36 preschool children ranging in age from 31 to 72 months. Results indicated that each test had adequate reliability. A significant correlation was obtained between two measures, the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure and the Projective Prejud…
A comparison of community attitudes toward CMHC services and clients with those of mental hospitals
Community residents (n = 403) in the East Catchment area of Tucson, Arizona, were interviewed to assess attitudes toward community mental health center (CMHC) services and patients as well as mental hospital services and patients. These residents reported significantly more positive attitudes toward CMHC services than mental hospital services; however, there were no differences in reported attitudes towards CMHC and mental hospital patients. Resu…
A brief history of primary prevention in the twentieth century
While primary prevention is a much talked about and debated topic in contemporary psychology, it has a considerable history. This paper critically traces primary prevention, philosophy and practice, in the 20th century. Beginning with the mental hygiene movement (1908-1960), the paper progresses to examine the child guidance movement (1920-1955), the eugenics movement (1860-1955), the initial era of federal involvement (1930s, 1940s) as well as s…
Predicting client improvement from and satisfaction with community mental health center services
The present study assesses client improvement from and satisfaction with CMHC services, and attempts to examine the presence of positive bias from responders. Results based on questionnaires mailed to 1,000 former clients indicated both high consumer satisfaction and reported improvement attributable to treatment. Responders and nonresponders did not differ on demographic or treatment variables related to post-treatment improvement. A multiple re…
Chicano children's racial attitudes in traditional and assimilative bilingual educational programs
Effects of client — therapist ethnic homophily on therapists' judgments
Sample bias in questionnaire completion at a community mental health center
The Chicano Racial Attitude Measure (CRAM)
Clients' treatment expectations at a community mental health center
Clients' expectations about mental health care, particularly differences in these expectations as a function of social class, and the relationship of discrepancies between expectations and perceptions to treatment outcome, is examined in this study with 317 Caucasian clients. In contrast to the majority of studies, no differences in treatment expectations relating to clients' social class, sex, or marital status were found. Nor were discrepancies…
Client evaluation of community mental health services
Community mental health center (CMHC) outpatient clients' satisfaction and perceived problem improvement were assessed by telephoning 108 clients, representing 40% of clients discharged during the period under investigation. The CMHC's services were perceived positively, and most clients were satisfied with their therapy experience, found it helpful, and felt more able to handle future problems. Data on reasons for termination, expected future be…
The training of paraprofessionals as behavior modifiers
Paraprofessionals are increasingly being employed in the mental health field. While much interest has focused on their roles and functioning, little systematic attention has been devoted to an examination of training practices. Because a particularly compatible relationship may exist between paraprofessionals and the behavioral model of intervention, this review focuses on the training and use of paraprofessionals as behavior modifiers. Paraprofe…
Developing a rural Mental Health Service from a base in an academic clinical psychology program
The development of a Community Mental Health Service for a multiethnic rural area by an academic psychology department clinical program was carried out for the purpose of providing relevant training for grauate students through realistic service functions. The population served was largely lower socioeconomic, and the available resources very limited. The Community Psychology course was used to assist the planning and negotiating for the clinic. …
Social class and pathways to treatment at a community mental health center
Social class and the community mental health center
The food composition and dietary habit of Labeo senegalensis at Idah area of river Niger was carried out between January and February, 2010. 155 samples were obtained from artisanal fishermen and brought to biological sciences laboratory for analysis. Fish samples were dissected and the stomach contents emptied into Petridishes containing 10% saline solution and observed under a dissecting microscope. The food items were counted and the stomachs …
The Chicano Racial Attitude Measure (CRAM)
Client evaluation of community mental health services
Community mental health center (CMHC) outpatient clients' satisfaction and perceived problem improvement were assessed by telephoning 108 clients, representing 40% of clients discharged during the period under investigation. The CMHC's services were perceived positively, and most clients were satisfied with their therapy experience, found it helpful, and felt more able to handle future problems. Data on reasons for termination, expected future be…
Effects of client — therapist ethnic homophily on therapists' judgments
Chicano children's racial attitudes in traditional and assimilative bilingual educational programs
Social class and pathways to treatment at a community mental health center
A brief history of primary prevention in the twentieth century
While primary prevention is a much talked about and debated topic in contemporary psychology, it has a considerable history. This paper critically traces primary prevention, philosophy and practice, in the 20th century. Beginning with the mental hygiene movement (1908-1960), the paper progresses to examine the child guidance movement (1920-1955), the eugenics movement (1860-1955), the initial era of federal involvement (1930s, 1940s) as well as s…
Sample bias in questionnaire completion at a community mental health center
Developing a rural Mental Health Service from a base in an academic clinical psychology program
The development of a Community Mental Health Service for a multiethnic rural area by an academic psychology department clinical program was carried out for the purpose of providing relevant training for grauate students through realistic service functions. The population served was largely lower socioeconomic, and the available resources very limited. The Community Psychology course was used to assist the planning and negotiating for the clinic. …
Social class and pathways to treatment at a community mental health center
Social class and the community mental health center
The food composition and dietary habit of Labeo senegalensis at Idah area of river Niger was carried out between January and February, 2010. 155 samples were obtained from artisanal fishermen and brought to biological sciences laboratory for analysis. Fish samples were dissected and the stomach contents emptied into Petridishes containing 10% saline solution and observed under a dissecting microscope. The food items were counted and the stomachs …
The training of paraprofessionals as behavior modifiers
Paraprofessionals are increasingly being employed in the mental health field. While much interest has focused on their roles and functioning, little systematic attention has been devoted to an examination of training practices. Because a particularly compatible relationship may exist between paraprofessionals and the behavioral model of intervention, this review focuses on the training and use of paraprofessionals as behavior modifiers. Paraprofe…
Developing a rural Mental Health Service from a base in an academic clinical psychology program
The development of a Community Mental Health Service for a multiethnic rural area by an academic psychology department clinical program was carried out for the purpose of providing relevant training for grauate students through realistic service functions. The population served was largely lower socioeconomic, and the available resources very limited. The Community Psychology course was used to assist the planning and negotiating for the clinic. …
Client evaluation of community mental health services
Community mental health center (CMHC) outpatient clients' satisfaction and perceived problem improvement were assessed by telephoning 108 clients, representing 40% of clients discharged during the period under investigation. The CMHC's services were perceived positively, and most clients were satisfied with their therapy experience, found it helpful, and felt more able to handle future problems. Data on reasons for termination, expected future be…
Clients' treatment expectations at a community mental health center
Clients' expectations about mental health care, particularly differences in these expectations as a function of social class, and the relationship of discrepancies between expectations and perceptions to treatment outcome, is examined in this study with 317 Caucasian clients. In contrast to the majority of studies, no differences in treatment expectations relating to clients' social class, sex, or marital status were found. Nor were discrepancies…
Sample bias in questionnaire completion at a community mental health center
The Chicano Racial Attitude Measure (CRAM)
Effects of client — therapist ethnic homophily on therapists' judgments
Predicting client improvement from and satisfaction with community mental health center services
The present study assesses client improvement from and satisfaction with CMHC services, and attempts to examine the presence of positive bias from responders. Results based on questionnaires mailed to 1,000 former clients indicated both high consumer satisfaction and reported improvement attributable to treatment. Responders and nonresponders did not differ on demographic or treatment variables related to post-treatment improvement. A multiple re…
Chicano children's racial attitudes in traditional and assimilative bilingual educational programs
A comparison of community attitudes toward CMHC services and clients with those of mental hospitals
Community residents (n = 403) in the East Catchment area of Tucson, Arizona, were interviewed to assess attitudes toward community mental health center (CMHC) services and patients as well as mental hospital services and patients. These residents reported significantly more positive attitudes toward CMHC services than mental hospital services; however, there were no differences in reported attitudes towards CMHC and mental hospital patients. Resu…
A brief history of primary prevention in the twentieth century
While primary prevention is a much talked about and debated topic in contemporary psychology, it has a considerable history. This paper critically traces primary prevention, philosophy and practice, in the 20th century. Beginning with the mental hygiene movement (1908-1960), the paper progresses to examine the child guidance movement (1920-1955), the eugenics movement (1860-1955), the initial era of federal involvement (1930s, 1940s) as well as s…
Assessing a CMHC's impact
One accessible measure of the impact a community mental health center has on the community it serves is the awareness levels of both residents and gatekeeper groups regarding the center's existence and services. This broad-based study was conducted with university students at no cost to the center and included 436 residents and 175 gatekeepers. The results indicated that awareness levels for community residents and gatekeeper groups were 34% and …
A note on the assessment of ethnic attitudes in preschool children
Four commonly used measures of racial attitudes, the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure, Doll Test, Projective Prejudice Test, and Sticker Test, were adapted for use with preschoolers and were administered to 36 preschool children ranging in age from 31 to 72 months. Results indicated that each test had adequate reliability. A significant correlation was obtained between two measures, the Preschool Racial Attitude Measure and the Projective Prejud…
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Mental health (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Public health (9 works) · Health psychology (8 works) · Library science (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Community Health and Development (6 works)