This article concerns the drug abuse related definitions of the words education" and prevention" as they have come to be used today. The writer infers that the changing uses of these words reflects an increasingly more enlightened approach to ameliorating the problem of drug abuse. (Author)

This article reviews New York State's experience with its employee alcoholism program. Methods of training, referral, and success rates are outlined. (Author)

The success of the training program for women as computer programers at the Missouri Institute of Psychiatry entails free instruction and the promise of part-time employment upon completion. The program must be so sub-divided that minimally trained persons can make a valid productive effort. (NL)

The results of the study on developmental group counseling showed no experimental control group differences of practical significance despite substantial differences between counseling group and placebo control group students in perception of personal benefit. (Author)

This neighborhood medical care center serves 45,000 low income residents of the South Bronx with the help of area residents hired as health advocates to bridge communications gaps. (BH)

This is a summary of a statement by an ad hoc committee of the American Thoracic Society.

A screening program for scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, is now required in public schools in 13 states. The history of the Massachusetts program suggests ideas for starting a program in school systems. Screening kits are included. (MLF)

Three models of evaluation emerge: objective and independent, objective but serving one interest, and pseudo-scientific public relations. Evaluation of an interdisciplinary mental health education program and roles must all be attended to or the weak link undermines the rest. (Author/RL)

Discusses a strategy for organizing mental health programs for American Indian families. Suggests four principles for clinical service: (1) spirituality; (2) immersion with families and the community; (3) "picturing," or the articulation of unconscious family behaviors; and (4) "joining," or the reconstitution of the American Indian family system.…

A cookbook approach is taken to health education programs. The ingredients for an effective health and safety fair include a slice of color, one barrel of laughs, a bunch of hard work, and a measure of knowledge. (JN)

The therapeutic community and traditional mental health services have not been demonstrated to be effective for the drug user, the mental health patient, or the alcoholic. A variety of behavior modification techniques look promising. However, their applicability for drug users has yet to be determined. The means for adequate assessment are…

A university health service working cooperatively with a private medical group established a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) for the entire community. (JD)

The problems of integrating the physically handicapped child are discussed including descriptions of major handicapping conditions, a discussion of the development of mainstreaming programs, suggestions for successful programs, and comments on the financial implications of mainstreaming. (MM)