This project provides a comprehensive overview of the research literature on social anxiety disorder (SAD) in adolescents and concludes by offering a set of 10 group therapy lesson plans for SAD that therapists can use in their practice. The overview includes a description of social anxiety disorder and highlights various theories of anxiety. The…

A psychological profile of Canadian engineers is presented. (BB)

Identifies children who may benefit from medication and discusses systematic monitoring of efficacy and side effects of various psychotropic drugs. Makes case for active participation of school psychologists in research programs involving various psychotropic agents, particularly those that affect learning and cognition. Presents classification of…

Notes that biological interventions have been relatively neglected within field of school psychology in terms of its professional training, research agendas, and professional relationships with other specialties within psychology. Responds to previous articles in this special miniseries on psychopharmacology with children and adolescents, and…

Using archival data, this study compared Rorschach protocols of 94 sexually abused children to the Exner norms in order to determine the potential usefulness of the Rorschach test in the area of child abuse assessment and treatment. Of the 18 Rorschach variables studied, 17 significantly distinguished at least one subject group from the norms.…

Examines poetry written by a South African political prisoner (including verses found in his possession at the time of death) who died in custody under suspicious circumstances. Concludes that suicide (the official explanation) was a most unlikely explanation for his death, which was far more likely to be due to murder or neglect. (SR)

Describes the historical evolution of the Campbell Interest and Skill Survey (CISS) from Binet's work, the first Strong Vocational Interest Blank for Men, merger of the men's and women's forms in the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory, and revisions culminating in the 1992 CISS. (SK)

Reviews research literature to determine psychometric validity of Strong Interest Inventory with Black samples. Found only eight relevant studies. Results found little evidence of Strong's psychometric validity with Black samples. (Author/CM)

Describes Munchausen syndrome by proxy, diagnosis used to describe variation of child abuse whereby parent or adult caregiver fabricates medical history or induces symptoms in child, or both, resulting in unnecessary examinations, treatments, hospitalizations, and even death. Reviews assessment procedures, provides case studies, and describes…

Administered NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI) and Combat Exposure Scale to 100 Vietnam veterans with combat-related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and sorted subjects into three groups based on trauma exposure level. Found no significant differences among personality profiles of three trauma-exposed groups. Revealed normative NEO-PI…

Studied diagnostic efficiency of trait version of Depression Adjective Check Lists (DACL) in two-phase investigation that involved two psychiatric patient samples (n=308 and n=67). Cutting scores developed on first sample were cross-validated successfully on second sample. DACL compared favorably in diagnostic efficiency with Beck Depression…

Highlights some of the achievements of the process of drafting "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM-IV) and attempts to evaluate accomplishments of DSM-IV process as function of the major goals established for it. Describes development of DSM-IV, criteria for changes, and definitions of mental disorders. (NB)

Describes basic ideas behind deconstruction, form of analysis that accounts for unconscious elements in human constructions, especially linguistic constructions. Defines linguistic dualities on which Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III) is based, and analyzes these dualities in clinician-client relationship. Uses DSM-III…

Presents 10 myths about depressed children and adolescents and then dispels each with facts. Includes discussion of diagnostic criteria from Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Revised Third Edition for Major Depressive Disorder and Dysthymic Disorder. Distinguishes between depressive disorders in children/adolescents and in…