Examined self-reported suicide ideation and suicide attempts among 2,393 Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. exican-Americans born in Mexico reported significantly lower age- and gender-adjusted lifetime rates of suicide thoughts than Mexican-Americans born in the United States, who reported significantly lower rates than non-Hispanic…

Broadly outlines scope of the problem of teenage pregnancy, some of its more obvious causes, and some of the long-term implications of not truly understanding the nature of the problem. Concludes with theoretical critique of social disorganizational, social definitional, and social organizational approaches to the problem of teenage pregnancy.…

Examines truancy characteristics, effective attendance policies, and workable attendance enforcement and remediation programs. One school district threatens habitual truants' parents with court action leading to fines and jail sentences. A worthy goal is encouraging both students and parents to take compulsory education statutes seriously. (MLH)

Responds to Albert Ellis' 1986 article which proposed to use rational-emotive therapy (RET) to save the world from religious and psychological fanatics and nuclear war. Attempts to provide a more balanced view of religion, RET, non-RET therapies, and the role of psychology in averting nuclear war. (Author/ABL)

Replies to Ken Wilber's critique of Albert Ellis'"Fanaticism that May Lead to a Nuclear Holocaust," which outlines some of the dangers of transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy. (Author)

The study interviewed 20 adult sexual offenders in treatment about the process whereby they selected, recruited, and maintained children in a sexual abuse situation. Implications for prevention of sexual abuse are highlighted. (Author/DB)

Describes several mentoring programs and their success in reducing the dropout rate. Suggests that participation in the simplest form of mentoring increases self-esteem and ambition. (JOW)

Examined whether intervention after suicide attempt could decrease risk of repeat attempt in following two years. Experimental subjects (n=63) attended 18 therapy appointments over 1 year; controls (n=63) received usual care. Of experimental subjects, 35 percent made repeat attempts, compared to 30 percent of controls. Study had 99 percent power…

Reviews literature surrounding possible limitations of criminal justice system and child protective services system in treatment of children who have been sexually abused. Discusses suggestions for ways investigation and adjudication systems could be improved to better meet needs of children. Gives implications for practitioners to provide…

Addresses design and evaluation issues of community-based programs for families experiencing marital separation and divorce. Reviews and discusses general programmatic issues; presents specific community-based program, The Orientation for Divorcing Parents; details evaluation of this program; and discusses implications of this literature review…

This editorial addresses principles of risk assessment in child abuse cases by professionals in child protection work. It notes that the essence of risk assessment is predicting whether the child will be maltreated at some future point in time. It also introduces four articles concerning different aspects of the risk assessment process. (DB)

Reviews literature on effects of teenage parenthood on adolescent mother herself, her child, and her mother from perspective of ecological and family systems theories. Describes life course trajectories of the family members and how changes resulting from early motherhood co-occur. Emphasizes missing links between what is known about lives of…

During war against Japan, there were two facets of U.S. program to prevent suicide among the Japanese: research component in Foreign Morale Analysis Division of Office of War Information and a suicide prevention program itself put into effect toward the end of the war in battles of Saipan and Okinawa and undertaken by U.S. GIs. (Author/NB)

Presents strategies for using bibliotherapeutic process to prevent and treat adolescent alcohol and drug abuse. Definitions, goals, and principles of bibliotherapy are overviewed. Synopses of several useful books that focus on chemical dependency are presented. (Author)

Describes head, body, and crab lice so parents can recognize and respond to the problem in their children, noting that head lice are common in grade school children. The article includes an insert that describes 10 steps in recognizing signs of lice and providing treatment. (SM)