The level of knowledge about childhood emotional disturbance is adequate to the task of early prevention and rehabilitation, but the challenge is to stimulate the essential community cooperation. (ML)

Criteria for the selection of nonprofessionals for community mental health services are discussed. (BY)

The data indicate that physician and teacher have complementary skills, one in the form of refined diagnostic techniques applied at a moment in time, and the other in the form of relatively gross observation over prolonged periods of time. Teacher and physician need to combine resources to assess school health. (Author/BY)

In the interest of itself, students, and the community, each college should develop a health program which defines the health needs of students, faculty, and staff and which makes a genuine attempt to meet these needs. This article presents a model which emphasizes not the direct provision of medical care but the assurance that those in need of…

Survey results are tabulated for 49 colleges, in regard to enrollment, full time staff, part time staff, and patient load. Presented before American College Health Association, Oklahoma City, April 1969. (CJ)

A survey of current trends was conducted in more than 40 countries. Focus was on the organization of services and their relevance for evolving practices in the United States. Apparent was a willingness to experiment with administrative and therapeutic roles. Ideological differences are important determinants of the organization, range, and quality…

"Hypertension Alert," a 1979-80 blood pressure screening-awareness project of the Yonkers, New York Public Schools, is described. Data is analyzed in tables for ethnic composition, and range of blood pressure readings for the high school, junior high school, and elementary school students tested. (Author/JMK)

Discusses the use of public television as a means of providing mental health outreach services for the community. Describes a weekly program, "The Black Family," broadcast in Jacksonville, Florida, which focused on family relationships, social issues, and mental and physical health, using a call-in format that allowed viewer participation. (JAC)

The United States Commissioner on Aging describes challenges posed by the increasing size of the older adult population, outlines gaps in knowledge regarding aging and the elderly, and calls for greater collaboration between the elderly and existing mental health networks. (AOS)

Identifies factors mental health executives (N=131) see as important barriers to their planning efforts. These executives can best be aided in their planning by actions which will clarify planning domains, insure that appropriate power and authority is vested in the executive, and emphasize planning efforts in innovative areas. (Author/JAC)