A limited comparative study of undergraduate homosexual males and control males were compared on referral source, therapy referral, academic interest and achievement, ordinal position, perceived relationship with parents, and personality adjustment as measured by the MMPI. Several differences were found and implications for treatment were…

Patients suffering from factitious illness present complex problems for themselves and hospital personnel. This article describes a multidisciplinary intervention through confrontation approach that has proved to be successful with such patients. (Author)

The author feels that personal concerns about death, natural or otherwise, cause anxieties which often color and mask additional personality problems. The course outlined deals with student obsession and depression about death, and seeks to encourage other health educators to include the study of death in their own classes. (CJ)

Extensive review of the literature suggests that modeling procedures are effective means of changing behavior, not only with one client but with a group. School counselors, in particular, need to be aware of the negative effect of various grouping policies, and should expose behavior problem clients to socially acceptable models. Followed by…

Female Ss answered, in writing, each of a series of 40 factual questions. The Ss then had an opportunity to request help from a confederate before providing a final oral answer. (Author)

Counseling outcomes are more positive, among juvenile delinquents, when specific efforts are made to focus on the client's principal sources of concern. (CJ)

The social psychological environment of hospitals or rehabilitation centers is described and suggestions are offered for research that would help to increase the understanding of the staff toward the patient. (Author)

Conducted two studies to test the notion that various factors, i.e., situation-personal, may differentially affect degrees of entrapment (amount invested) depending upon the point in time at which they are introduced. The results of both studies suggest amount invested depends upon timing in the entrapment process. (RC)

Investigated the perceptions of 42 abused wives about their husbands and marital situations during counseling immediately following incidences of wife abuse. Results showed wives generally perceived their husbands as extremely possessive and often irrational. Wife abuse was often symptomatic of other marital problems. (JAC)