BACKGROUND One of the fundamental building blocks for determining the burden of disease in populations is to reliably measure the level and pattern of mortality by age and sex. Where well-functioning registration systems exist, this task is relatively straightforward. Results from many civil registration systems, however, remain uncertain because of a lack of confidence in the completeness of d...

n 1996, Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, or PRWORA, which substantially restructured public assistance programs. PRWORA gave states almost entire discretion to design and operate cash assistance programs for families with children, reducing the role of the federal government in program operation and regulation. The federal government did conti...

This article examines the empirical basis of using homework in psychotherapy and then offers a synthesis of the research literature with the preceding clinical articles. We provide a practitioner-friendly review of psychotherapy process and outcome research literature, concluding that there is now sufficient evidence to support the assertion that homework assignments enhance psychotherapy outco...