The article lists 20 signs of depression in children which teachers can recognize, along with suggestions on how to cope with the depression. (PHR)

The article presents two illustrative case reports of an unusual type of child abuse: parents who use their child as a representative of their own unacceptable impulses, thereby perceiving the youngster as evil and seeking experts to confirm their mistaken opinions. (Author/DLS)

The Adience-Abience and Psychopathology Scales of the Hutt Adaptation of the Bender-Gestalt Test (HAGBT) were administered to 120 adolescent male delinquents. Significant correlations were obtained between the two scales and recidivism; however, neither scale alone nor both scales in combination was high enough to warrant their use in prediction.…

A study of the effects of a sequence of teacher questions or the verbal reasoning skills of children with behavior and learning disorders showed that teachers gradually employed less heavily prompted questions as children's responses improved, and that children's verbal problem solving skills increased concurrently with the teacher's use of the…

Three phases of psychiatric hospital treatment of children ages 6 to 12 years, admitted to the hospital because of suicidal threats or suicidal attempts, are described. The treatment procedures are illustrated by suicidal case examples of a depressed girl, an acting-out boy, and a psychotic boy. (Author)

The acute management of suicidal patients requires that the helper (1) be aware of feelings of anger and fear toward these patients and (2) try to understand the nature of the patients' depression and helpless feelings. (MM)

To evaluate the construct validity of J. Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF), both the latency and error scores of 30 9- to 15-year-old normal and "acting-out" behavior-disordered children were compared. (Author/SBH)

This article describes brief therapy using a structural approach. During the course of therapy the encopretic behavior of a pre-adolescent boy was observed in relation to the interaction and structure of the family system. The presenting problem was analyzed as a sign of family dysfunction. (Author)

A cluster analysis of 282 rehabitation-need profiles of alcoholic clients resulted in extraction of seven distinct groups. Each group was described in terms of its level of psychological-need satisfaction related to the seven scales of the Human Service Scale. Various problems of adjustment for each group were discussed. (Author)

A rapid treatment approach to common sexual dysfunctions has been used in treating 59 couples, including 74 symptomatic individuals. The intensive workshop format resulted in a saving of patient and professional time and is seen as a viable alternative to more time-consuming approaches of treating various sexual dysfunctions. (Author)

Ten authors present suggestions for coping with the problems of intramural athletic programs. (MM)

The controversy over the use of drugs centers around the questionable nature of their effectiveness, the adequacy of the research base, the criteria for determining the need for drugs, the monitoring process for drug therapy, and the etiology of hyperactivity. (MV)

The present study was undertaken with two related goals: (a) to examine the relationships between the WRAT and CAT, and (b) to examine the relationships which may exist between these academic achievement tests -nd a standard intelligence battery such as the Wechsler Scale. (Author)

Discusses the development and consequences of informal strategies for dealing with problem students during the 1950s and 1960s. Outlines through a series of graphs how discipline of the era affected the student population. States that the relationship between teaching authority and school bureaucracy needs to be restructured in order to raise…

This article reviews the current status of school consultation research and critiques the research methodologies used in consultation research. Major theoretical models in which consultation research has been conducted are briefly described. Consultation research is reviewed in three primary areas of investigation: (1) outcome research; (2)…