Inside the Black Box: what constitutes a day in a residential treatment centre?

Residential Treatment Centres (RTCs) provide 24-hour care and mental health services to young people, many of whom are referred from county departments that oversee services to young people involved with child welfare services, mental health services and corrections. While RTCs are required to provide mental health services to young people, the regulations governing these programmes have few specific requirements about the process, content or duration of treatment. Therefore, many questions have arisen about what a typical RTC day looks like and whether it differs among providers or differs based on the severity or type of the young person's mental-health related behaviours and symptoms. This study conducted interviews with RTC providers in the State of Colorado on this topic. Most RTC services were relatively uniform across case types within each RTC. It appears that with a few exceptions, a similar set of services is provided to all young people, regardless of their problems.     

新生代农民工消费研究述评

通过与老一代农民工的比较,在＂再生产＂视角下从个人、性别、家庭和制度安排4个方面,评述了新生代农民工消费的相关研究。研究发现,＂空间隔离＂使新生代农民工的消费呈现复杂性;他们保持节俭并尽量汇款回家以维持与家庭相关的社会关系再生产,另一方面又追求城市消费方式以融入城市,通过消费重造主体性;家庭消费转移至城市以及打破集体消费领域的制度性歧视有利于其融入城市。研究指出,应将其视为＂完整的人＂,关注其家庭消费,同时结合生产和制度安排来考量消费。