Rural areas have fewer health services and are proportionally underrepresented in practicing mental health professionals. For community psychology to meet the needs of rural populations, new training approaches for community psychologists will need to be developed. New areas of prevention and intervention will require roles and functions different…

A new model for mental health service delivery is required, based not on traditional assumptions of adjusting clients to their situation but rather are based on the eradication of the causes of such conditions in the social environment. The developmental history of such a mental health program is described for a predominantly black urban area in…

Describes a community mental health center where school psychologists have joined an interdisciplinary team of professional consultants. The school psychologist is recognized as a different type of psychologist--one who has unique, special skills for working with children. (Author/HMV)

A methodology is reported by which primary-grade children experiencing school maladjustment problems are classified according to specific problem types. Findings suggest that a generalized helping approach is likely to be differentially effective with different problem types. (Author/PC)

This article discusses a program in education and mental health set up for young mothers who would like to resume their studies but find inherent difficulties. Evaluation of the project's first year revealed that these women were capable of integrating their various life roles and had achieved a sense of competence. (Author/BW)

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Mental Health (Boston, November 21, 1968).

The purpose of this report is to identify the physical and emotional health needs of the Indochinese refugees; to describe the efforts being made to respond to these needs both in the United States and overseas; to discuss the complications that still exist in the physical and mental health care delivery systems for refugees; and to assess…

Supportive services for early childhood education in the Philadelphia School District included four service areas: medical, dental, social and mental health. In six early childhood programs, 69-100 percent of the children received vision screenings, 44-77 percent received hearing screenings, 54-75 percent received growth screenings, and 73-84…

This paper points out that both formal and informal historical precedents in community mental health have emphasized citizen participation as an essential element of the system's success. It reviews citizen involvement procedures in use in one midwestern catchment area, and concludes that citizen representation appears to be inadequate, in…

AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL IS USEFUL IN MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION. TYPES OF MATERIALS INCLUDE FILMS, FILMSTRIPS, DISCUSSION PICTURES, PLAYS, AND TAPE RECORDERS. IN USING THESE MATERIALS THE LEADER SHOULD BE FULLY FAMILIAR WITH THE PARTICIPATING GROUP, CAREFULLY PREVIEW THE MATERIALS, IDENTIFY THE MAIN CONCEPTS, PROBLEMS, OR FACTS ON WHICH THE GROUP SHOULD…

Recommendations made by a Special Subpanel on Mental Health of Asian and Pacific Americans of the President's Commission on Mental Health are discussed in this paper. The subpanel determined that racism is the most pervasive mental health problem confronting Asian and Pacific Americans. The nine recommendations made by the subpanel focus on social…

Many research efforts have demonstrated relationships between the experience of mental health volunteers and their attitudes toward mental illness. Questionnaire surveys were completed by adult volunteers in psychiatric and nonpsychiatric programs in order to assess general attitudes toward mental patients and to control for the potential effects…

This paper addresses the role of the local Head Start program mental health consultant and outlines ways in which the program can assure optimal use of the consultant's services. The Head Start program incorporates the services of a local consultant to promote the mental health of children and parents. The specialist's role is to assist staff and…

ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE ROLE OF THE COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIST ARE EXPLORED. THE PSYCHIATRIST CAN OFFER DIRECTION AND INSIGHT IN DECISION-MAKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING OF THE CONFLICTS EXISTING BETWEEN STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS. IN DOING THIS, THE PSYCHIATRIST MUST VIEW GROUP PROBLEMS IN TERMS…

THIS PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH FIVE ISSUES RELEVANT TO IMPLEMENTING A COMMUNITY-ORIENTED MENTAL HEALTH APPROACH IN A COLLEGE CAMPUS CONTEXT. THE ISSUES ARE--(1) THE CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUE, (2) INTRODUCTION OF CONSULTATIVE METHODS, (3) INVOLVING STUDENTS IN THE INFLUENCE PROCESS, (4) WAYS OF GAINING SUPPORT, AND (5) HEALTH PROMOTION. IT IS PROPOSED…