Nonverbal schizophrenic patients develop individual self-expression and group interaction skills through TV stories, the focus of this article. (JS)

A prior study entitled the Program for Relationship Improvement by Maximizing Empathy and Self-Disclosure demonstrated its efficacy in improving the relationship between dating couples. The present study showed that the experimental group, compared to the control group, also improved significantly on two key Carkhufff behavior rating scales.…

A chronicle of the developmental thrust of psychiatry into the community mental health movement; its rise and fall in popularity, and the subsequent doubts raised about the power of social environment and mental health experts as manipulators of that environment to serve as unique forces for the betterment of society as a whole. (EH)

Effective training for paraprofessionals is only half the story. Moore delineates the other half-teaching professionals to train, supervise, and work with paraprofessionals. (Author)

In 1986, Congress passed Part H of P.L. 99-457 (the Education of the Handicapped Act) to address the educational, social, and health needs of handicapped and developmentally disabled infants and their families. Since this population's needs could not be addressed independently, each state was expected to develop collaborative organizational…

This booklet attempts to provide important background information on programming and financing systems for children with emotional disturbances to enable legislators to make educated decisions regarding child mental health in their states. The booklet is in a question-and-answer format. The first two questions define emotional disturbance and…

This is the third volume of a three-volume report on the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) survey project undertaken to assess the impact of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Services (ADMS) block grant program on the delivery of mental health services to older persons. This volume presents results from a 2-year follow-up survey…

This study concerns the help-seeking behavior of black males as it relates to mental health and attempts to identify the day-to-day concerns and problems of black males, describe their help seeking patterns, and make suggestions for future research and policy development to improve black males' mental health. The sample was 142 black males, ages…

In this exploratory research study an ethnographic and survey approach was used to examine help seeking behavior in a Latino community. The emphasis of the study was on the identification of those existing functional social networks which are most accessible, preferred, and used by this group during times of emotional or social stress. Information…

To determine whether the addition of milieu principles to a contingency program increases its effectiveness, the investigators compared two treatment programs in a mental hospital: (a) a social learning or token economy approach and (b) a combined social learning and milieu approach. (Author)

This article discusses an instructional strategy used in a middle school mental health unit dealing with crisis prevention and intervention. (JS)

Research supported in part by the U.S. Department of Labor (OMPER Grant Number 82-06-66-62).