The major thrust of this issue of "Impact" is "New Therapies." Dr. William Glasser comments on his "reality therapy" and Robert Carkhuff discusses his "systematic eclectic approach to helping." This issue also contains articles about an indictment of the Strong Vocational Interest Blank in regard to women. Other departments contain ideas,…

Reviews short-term approaches and strategies for group treatment of emotionally disturbed inpatients. Offers a sample of educational, preventive, and task-oriented treatment in groups as applied to psychiatric patients. (Author/ABB)

Describes how the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) has accomplished some major goals, and lists 18 new developments in suicidology, reviewing changes over the last 40 years. Advocates a multidisciplinary approach to suicidology. Reviews the author's 10 commonalities of suicide, and his new "suicidal cubelet," which predicts…

Describes a geropsychiatric outreach team that evaluated and treated psychiatrically impaired elderly (N=66) in their home. Initial diagnostic reports and three-month follow-up interviews suggested that most patients had improved or stabilized and were able to remain in the community. Intervention strategies and patient characteristics are…

Between February 7 and February 24, 2002, Utah and Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Olympics. Due to the bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and the emotional fallout that resulted, it was recommended that the Utah Psychological Association and Utah Red Cross plan for such an occurrence and organize a coordinated Disaster Mental Health…

Media therapy is a systematic video program in behavior change for psychiatric patients. Patients engage in short videotaped interactions with a consultant-facilitator. These interactions then are viewed, and the patient with consultant help identifies specific behavior that he would like to change. (Author)

Mental health workers are critically examining modes of service delivery. Crisis intervention offers a way to apply to mental health problems some concepts of primary prevention that have been successful in the public health field. (Author)

Digest of papers of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting American Orthopsychiatry Association (San Francisco, California, March 23-26, 1970). (RD)

Several useful innovations in school district practice occurred during consultation in some districts. Consultants would have in mind a flexible blueprint of priorities by which to determine sequence consultation with each of the three categories of personnel: specialized auxiliary, administrative and teaching. (Author)

A survey among agencies involved in psychological service provision for the aging indicated that: (1) therapy, assessment, and community consultation were the most prevalent geropsychological activities; (2) community mental health centers, hospitals, and New York State expressed greatest interest in hiring geropsychologists; and (3) the…

Investigated assertive behavior among Black male patients (N=48) under White vs. Black interpersonal partner conditions. Responses to familiar and unfamiliar interpersonal stimuli in role play and in vivo were rated. Responses were more assertive in the unfamiliar-White prompter condition. (Author/JAC)

Examines suicide rates among Blacks and explores theories that attempt to explain this phenomenon. Suggests that increased incidence of suicide among young Blacks is due to decreased Black solidarity because of stresses from overt racism, and discusses intervention strategies for suicide prevention and therapy that emphasize strengthened social…

The Juvenile Justice Standards developed by the Institute of Judicial Administration and the American Bar Association reflect a trend away from the therapeutic aspect of the juvenile court and toward due process for juveniles accused of delinquent offenses. (Author/MJL)

Evaluated generalizability of findings that male and female patients receive differential psychiatric treatment. Comparison of outpatients on demographic, clinical, and self-report measures of mood, symptoms, and interpersonal concerns revealed no sex differences. Results indicated that with samples of male and female patients, there were no…

The article addresses the role of the rehabilitation counselor in assisting the discharged psychiatric patient on maintenance doses of antipsychotic medication. Suggestions are offered to the counselor to help maintain the client outside the hospital setting. (Author/PHR)