After training in psychiatry, medical students' attitudes toward mental illness changed to less traditional and restrictive, with increased ability to relate with the psychiatric patients. (IR)

Presented in part at Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Boston, Mass., May 1969. (IR)

The five-year growth of an active Student Mental Health Service (SMHS) in an urban academic health center is described. The function of SMHS is limited strictly to therapeutic and consultative services for the students and operates as an outpatient treatment facility using a standard 12-session goal-oriented treatment plan. (LBH)

The nature of interpersonal skills and the current status of visual aids for teaching human relations is reviewed, and ways that videotape productions with characters, story line, and action sequences can enhance learning are discussed. The experience of producing a series of videotapes about prehospital emergency care is described. (Author/MLW)

The philosophy, structure, and problems of an experimental program at the University of Wisconsin using an acute short-term psychiatric inpatient service are discussed with emphasis on direct student clinical responsibility. (Editor/PG)

The general internal medicine program at the University of Colorado has sought to emphasize the psychosocial aspects of care in its training. The performance of traditional track residents with general internal medicine resident performance was compared. (MLW)

Records of emergency psychiatric consultation were studied to determine measures of resident development. maturation, and competence over time. It is suggested that residency training should include a formal experience in the management of psychiatric emergencies. Medical educators need to determine which questions and examinations are pertinent…

To lessen the traditional mind-body dichotomy in medicine, the West Virginia University School of Medicine has integrated psychiatry into the Department of Internal Medicine and the university hospital's psychiatric ward has been transformed into the Conjoint Medicine Service. Patients with a variety of emotional and medical problems are admitted.…

A survey of the availability of mental health resources for medical students and residents in academic medical centers found that most centers offer assistance to medical students but not to house officers. The structures and limitations of the programs for residents are described. (Author/MLW)

The effect of experience in counseling cancer patients and their families on third-year medical students' attitudes toward cancer was studied at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. Using the Cancer Attitude Scale, assessment included attitudes toward patients' inner resources, attitudes about early diagnosis and aggressive treatment, and…