The readjustment of black, high‐risk adolescents to the community
Abstract
This paper discusses three issues from a follow‐up descriptive study of the referral of 22 black, ”high‐riskl” adolescents for psychiatric hospitalization, and their readjustment to the community. The first issue concerns the effects of labeling upon the adolescent's readjustment. We found differences between those labeled mentally retarded and those labeled as underachievers in their readjustment to the community. Second, several variables were identified as influencing referrals for hospitalization, subsequent readjustment, and discharge placement. The final issue deals with the effects of the therapist's willingness to extend themselves to culturally different families upon parental involvement in the adolescent's therapy. Copyright © 1977 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company