When the Commission on Children At Risk--a group of 33 children's doctors, research scientists, mental health and youth service professionals--presented to the Nation its report on the crises of deteriorating mental and behavioral health of children in the US, the 83-page report was entitled "Hardwired to Connect: The New Scientific Case for…

Based upon the assumption that a human system passes through several phases as it adapts to a crisis situation, the article describes a four stage model, each phase presented as it applies to the individual in crisis and then extended to incorporate organizational parameters. Comments follow by Leonard Soloman and Norman Paris. (Author/BY)

All couples demonstrated parity in pleasurable behavior exchange rates. High-adjustment couples reported increased marital happiness following self-monitoring of pleasurable events. Low-adjustment spouses underestimated pleasurable behavior rates by approximately 50%. (Author)

This study examines the differential effects of spatial density on five-year-old children who were divided into "low" and "high" on dimensions of hyperactivity-distractibility, anxiety, hostility-aggressiveness, behavior disturbance, and motor inhibition. Sex differences in interaction with the above behavioral dimensions were…