In order to make mental health-related knowledge available widely and in a form to encourage its use, the National Institute of Mental Health collaborated with the American Psychoanalytic Association in this pioneer effort to abstract the 23 volumes of the "Standard Edition of Freud." The volume is a comprehensive compilation of…

The article on health care options for children with disabilities includes a review of the changes in hospital and doctor coverage and newer types of health insurance, including Health Maintenance Organizations and Independent Practice Associations. Suggestions for parents of disabled children are offered. (CL)

Ethical issues that apply to the practice of consultation are neglected in much of the counseling literature. Suggestions for action are proposed. (Author)

Explores the administrative dilemmas of the imbalance between mental health needs of the elderly and funding for mental health programs to serve them. Discusses possible approaches to the problem. (Author/BH)

Examined differences between offenders (N=240) by referral source, completion of referral, and recommendation for further services. The most substantial relationship was between source and outcome of referral, with probationers referred by probation officers more likely to be recommended for mental health services. (JAC)

The Mental Health Program of the University of Illinois at Chicago has demonstrated significant consumer demand for outpatient community mental health services for people with mental retardation. Public policy planners should consider that outpatient programs may reach many more people than programs within state institutions, especially for those…

Report by the Department of Health Education, Central Michigan University. (MM)

A book concerning the use of a "rehabilitation hospital/factory in treating chronic mental patients is reviewed. (DB)

Discusses the stress management program at the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Includes discussion of the costs of the program. (IRT)

A process is described for developing health education materials that includes the selection of the target audience, organization and presentation of content, and pretesting the material. (JOW)

This study investigated the effects of client ethnicity and client-counselor ethnic match on treatment outcomes (i.e., GAF-difference [from the Global Assessment of Functioning Axis V rating of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, American Psychiatric Association, 1994] and client visitation) of 1,946 child…

Our analysis of California's state department of education's Request for Proposals (RFP) for a project to "Build Collaboration for Mental Health Services in California Schools" leads us to underscore both the opportunity presented by the proposed work and the potential for serious unintended negative consequences. This brief is designed…

Responds to comments made by Holden and Blau (see record EJ751342) on the current authors' original article (see record EJ733585). The current authors suggest combining the complementary strengths of the community-based approaches identified by Holden and Blau (2006) and the evidence-based approaches discussed in their original article, rather…

Although experts in early childhood mental health services make clear the need to infuse mental health services into all program components, many have suggested that the mental health services in the majority of Head Start programs are narrowly focused and that mental health consultants are often used in limited ways (see D. J. Cohen, Solnit, &…