Discusses the paraprofessional in the New York area. Findings from the study raise questions not only about the role and training of paraprofessionals but of professionals in community mental health. (Author/EK)

Describes a training program which sought to train a staff of mental health professionals to function in different ways in a reorganized urban mental health system. (AN)

The authors discuss limitations of research techniques and raise questions about some of the results of a study designed to train nonprofessionals for community mental health project leadership. (BY)

The background, rationale, objectives, present status, and other relevant parameters of this pilot project are reviewed. The implications of the impact of this type of worker upon mental health theory and practice are discussed as are certain constraints and problems encountered. (Author)

An alternate approach in delivering mental health service to school systems is introduced. Rooted in preventive and community based principles, it switches the emphasis to primary preventive interventions as well as examining environmental and social system influences on children's development and adjustment. (Author/PN)

A telephone tape program designed to provide basic mental and physical health information to callers is described. The tapes were especially constructed to offer assistance to callers in coping with personal and social issues as well as problems of daily living and to offer referral sources for these problems. (Author)

The strongest correlation between number of visits and treatment outcome was for the long-term personality clinic and the short-term crisis and adolescent clinics. The outcome of treatment for a borderline disorder cannot be compared to that of a patient with acute situational anxiety. (JAC)

Bertram S. Brown, former director of the National Institute of Mental Health, discusses conflicts between scientific and value dimensions of evaluation. He relates this conflict to: usefulness of mental health program evaluations; conduct of internal evaluations; release of findings; training; rating of reports; and planned change consultation.…

United Southern and Eastern Tribes (USET) mental health programs in six eastern states help Indian people with mental health, alcoholism, suicide prevention, and child, drug, or substance abuse problems. Available from White Cloud Center, Gaines Hall, Univ. of Oregon Health Services Center, 840 S. W. Gaines Road, Portland, Oregon 97201; $12…

Chronic callers (N=67) are reviewed; 51 percent were diagnosed as drug or alcohol dependent. Four were known to have committed suicide and 37 had made suicide attempts; 47 percent of the group was eventually referred to an ongoing treatment resource. Agency strategies for dealing with the chronic caller are discussed. (Author)

The President's wife, Rosalynn Carter, a member of the Board of Directors of the Mental Health Association, spoke to the Association membership on November 19, 1976. She expresses her concern for those in need of mental health services, those who are mentally retarded, and proposes her intentions to help those affected to cope with their…

Mental health programs, in addition to providing health services that are justifiable in a cost/benefit analysis, provide services promoting the quality of life which are not justifiable from this viewpoint, and which will (rightfully) be forced to compete with other humanistic university programs. (MB)