Explores the causes and symptoms of adolescent suicide including depression, loss of parent, alienation from family, and a mystical concept of death. Treatment procedures with unsuccessful suicide attempters and their parents are described and prevention strategies are discussed which involve teachers and counselors as well as parents. (JAC)

Maintains that the breeding ground for adult inmates is juvenile correctional institutions which are greatly in need of reform. Discusses some alternatives to institutions for juveniles. (Author/HMV)

Indian youth form a new generation, and they are impatient for change and self determination in their own lives and are deeply stirred to make a commitment to serve the needs of their own tribal communities. These concerns and hopes highlight a dialogue among several Indian students. (Author)

An interview highlighting the need for better counseling for Puerto Rican youngsters is presented. (Author)

Suicide among young people is increasing at phenomenal rates. This article examines the problem of adolescent suicide and suicide attempts in relation to cultural factors, sex differences, and probable causes. The importance of parents, teachers, and counselors in becoming alert to conflict and stress situations in youths is delineated. (Author)

The author discusses aspects of the youth culture and concludes that counselors must reject the sanctimonious supremacy called adult chauvinism and try to communicate with the young. Youth might be looked to in order to intuit cultural adaptations that will increase chances that the human species will remain viable. (Author/BY)

Discusses social and medical parameters characterizing the incidence of adolescent pregnancy. Presents the Mayo Adolescent Parent Program model as an effective intervention for adolescents who opt to give birth. Program strengths include generation of peer support networks, utilization of counselors, and ongoing medical care. (WAS)

This article explore the motivations of personnel volunteering for the Underground Switchboard in Milwaukee (a hotline that began underground and gained acceptability). It also discusses this organization's struggles for maintenance and cohesion and makes suggestions for keeping such institutions vital. (Author/EK)

Presents a framework and principles for counseling belligerent counselees, integrating moral reasoning and behavior contracting. Counselees move from the punishment stage to a trade-off and socially responsive stages through contracting aimed at improved behavior, recognizing that behavior causes consequences, inducing positive behavior through…

Meeting the interwoven psychological and environmental needs of delinquent youngsters involves four differential treatment functions: behavior adjustment, growth counseling, child advocacy, and social change. Mental health counselors and juvenile-justice-system workers can coordinate their efforts toward comprehensive treatment by analyzing their…

Charges that the counseling profession has been floundering in a search for purpose and meaning. Analysis of the past and present suggests that work with youth and emerging social issues should be the major focus of the future. (JAC)

Derived from experience with cognitively and emotionally impaired juvenile offenders, several techniques are presented to increase the effectiveness of Rational Emotive Therapy with youth. The techniques provide young people with useful tools for building an effective personal problem solving approach to life. (JAC)

Author presents the following guidelines counselors should follow in dealing with sexual problems of young people: counselors should be adjusted in their sexuality, should have adequate information about sex, should discuss the latter with openness; should realize their limitations in dealing with sexual problems and should have competent referral…

Demonstrates the role of a school counselor in establishing a substance abuse prevention effort and describes specific steps taken in a rural community to deal with adolescent drug problems. School and local mental health counselors were crucial to development of the program. (JAC)