Rehabilitation counseling of the emotionally disabled.

Abstract

Problems in the vocational rehabilitation counseling of the neuropsychiatrically disabled are discussed. The 3 major problem areas considered are: (1) medical feasibility for training, (2) the limitations resulting from the disability, and (3) the selection of a vocational rehabilitation leads to the conclusion that: "Research so far has contributed little of a positive nature to the counselor in the field. We are forced to the recognition of the fact that the most important instrument in psychology, and in counseling, is the psychologist himself." 26 references.

Vocational objectives for the emotionally disabled.

“…Table 1 shows the relative over-all success ratios of the three groups studied. These results are similar to those of other studies (Patterson,2,3). Table 2 gives the relative success ratios by major occupational groups.…”

“…A number of factors contribute to the difficulty. They will only be mentioned briefly here, since they are being dealt with in detail elsewhere (Patterson,3).…”

“…Are there then any data available to assist us in determining suitable occupational choices? It is pretty well established (Patterson,2,3) that the emotionally disabled are in general less successful than the physically disabled in the vocational rehabilitation process. But are there some fields of work in which they are more likely to be successful than in others?…”

Success Rates in the Vocational Rehabilitation Of Mental Patients

“…It is well known that the ex-mental patient experiences a greater degree of posthospital occupational liability than do other groups of rehabiIitants (see Patterson, 1955;McPhee, Griffiths, & Magleby, 1962). Studies show that we may expect 60 to 80 per cent of the general hospital population of released mental patients to be employed at a reasonable follow-up period (Bockoven, Pandiscio, & Solomon, 1956;Linder & Landy, 1958;Kris, 1960Kris, , 1961Lipton, Reiner, & Sturm, 1963).…”

Counseling research in the hospital setting.

“…The counseling psychologist is a relative newcomer to the hospital although some counseling functions have been performed in one form or another by workers from other disciplines. Due to the newness of the area and the lack of guidelines from previous experience, many of the first published papers on hospital counseling have been concerned with descriptions of counseling programs and of the role and functions of the counseling psychologist in a hospital treatment program (2,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,17,26,27). Two (24,25) have presented case study illustrations of the counseling process.…”