Describes Satanism as destructive religion that promises power, dominance, and gratification and that may seduce adolescents who feel alienated, alone, angry, and desperate. Explores psychosocial needs of adolescents that are met by participation in Satanic worship. Includes method for determining adolescents' level of involvement and assessment…

Offers therapists, parents, and educators a model for understanding adolescent sexuality, focusing on how nonsexual needs drive sexual behavior and produce artificially high sex drive. Proposes that overwhelming intensity of adolescent sex drive is due to factors other than libido or biological phenomena. Advocates teaching teenagers what their…

Examined referral activities of 373 agencies with regard to health care, educational, and social services for adolescents. Approximately 66 percent of responding agencies received referrals and 87 percent made referrals, with counseling and psychiatry, family planning, and general medical care being most commonly sought services. Social service…

Examined crisis intervention techniques in a community-based setting, including factors of immediacy of response, location, prior identification, and flexibility of service. Found crisis intervention techniques viable and valuable in identification and preventive intervention of family and individual problems, demonstrating reduced conflict and a…

Examined the unique needs and developmental stage of adolescent females in the determination of health-protective behaviors and needs. Findings indicated a majority exhibited inadequate knowledge and use of basic health care practices. The health-teaching needs identified were: stress control; rape/suicide prevention; safety; and prevention/care…

The author argues in favor of alternative school options for secondary school students for whom the traditional curriculum is inappropriate. Various criteria to develop an alternative school curriculum are mentioned. (DB)

Examined needs expressed by young people in Guadalajara in Jalisco, Mexico, during phone calls to the Mexican Social Security Institute. Differences were significant by gender and age. Findings point to the need for more programs that reinforce good health practices, including avoiding risky behaviors. (BF)

This essay reviews the universal physical, sociocultural, and metapsychologic needs of human beings as manifested in adolescents, the circumstances that interfere with the satisfaction of their needs, diagnosis of the resulting clinical aberrations, and the ethnic, sociocultural, and other vectors that influence seven vectors of effective therapy.…

Paper describes adolescent health counseling program of HIP-AMHT (Multiphasic Health Testing Program). Data on health attitudes and behaviors, related psychological problems, and self-expressed needs for information is presented. Study concludes that adolescents exhibit interest in health care and are motivated to participate in health care…

The perceived mental health needs of adolescents were measured by questionnaire to groups of teenagers, parents, community child guidance personnel, self-help groups, police and court related people, school personnel, mental health administrators and area board members. (Author)

Preliminary data were collected on suggestions for reaching White, Black and Hispanic unmarried adolescent fathers. Results suggest that reaching out to these young fathers may be complicated because their needs vary within and across their culture. The data suggest that these fathers need diverse information, practical help, and counseling.…