Participants at a conference on mental health in schools highlighted the following policy initiatives as a sampling of current activity that could benefit efforts to enhance mental health in schools: (1) new interagency programs for safe schools and healthy students that link the resources of several federal agencies; (2) an enhanced focus on…

Surveys were completed by 50 Florida educators involved in programs for students with emotional and/or behavior disorders concerning the relationship between mental health professionals and educators. Seventy-one percent of respondents reported that contact time between teachers of students with emotional/behavioral disorders was not enough. When…

Extensive three year study of program involving resident school psychiatrist in extremely mobil setting. Medical help can reduce behavior problems but not academic retardation. Recommendations are offered to increase effectiveness of guidance programs for disadvantaged, culturally different pupils. (CJ)

The research rationale and design of a project which trained no-professionals to provide mental health services are discussed. (BY(

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association (new York, New York, 1969).

William Rhodes reviews 1975 predictions about the future development of the mental health system, along with his current (1982) opinions about the predictions. (SEW)

Each year, dozens of natural disasters occur, leaving child victims in their wake. Short-term effects on children include such maladaptive behavioral reactions as enuresis, insomnia, crying, vomiting, and phobias. Long-term effects include compulsive behavior, personality changes, chronic anxiety, and nightmares. (JN)

Current ethical issues of clinical competence and confidentiality are explored in relation to changes in the college population and its relationship to the community. Case examples are presented. (JN)

Emerging undergraduate and graduate human services programs, called mental health, social services, community development, and applied social sciences, are not widely known or understood. While there are some common purposes with social work education, the potential for competition or conflict exists. Their significance for social work programs…

This paper describes the two-year Master of Family Therapy Program at the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. The program entered its third year in 1979. It is based on a relational, or contextual, model of family therapy, influenced primarily by the ideas and theoretical constructs of Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy. (Author)

Discusses a model for clinical preventive intervention with multi-risk-factor families and their infants, with emphasis on the developmental risks involved for both. Emphasis is placed on the context of the total intervention effort, namely, on intervention with the infant, parents, and support system. (Author/DB)

A formalized consultation program has increased preventive mental health services at one midwestern university. A high priority on consultation and outreach services is needed. Staff, interns, and graduate students must be trained. The role of consultation/outreach activities in the broad university scheme must be evaluated. (Author/JAC)