"In Control: A Home Video Freedom from Smoking Program" was sent to 101 participants. Of 53 completing self-treatment, 31 were verified as abstinent one month after completion. Of those completing treatment, 40 percent had not smoked three months prior to 12-month follow-up, and 30 percent had been abstinent during the past 11 months.…

Discusses relationship of technology to strategic planning, intraorganizational skills, interorganizational skills, and financial management skills needed in future for mental health administrators. Contends future administrators must take responsibilities seriously and invest in maintaining technical skills and advances in contemporary business…

Examines what is being done and what more must be done in terms of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) testing, screening, counseling. Discusses education about AIDS for young people in juvenile detention centers, penal institutions, and residential rehabilitation programs. Dade County Juvenile Detention Center (Florida) exemplifies…

After discussing theories of attitude change, recommends that mental health workers overcome the negative attitudes of rural communities toward mental health programs by forming positive, personal, affective bonds with rural community members. Presents strategies for establishing and maintaining these bonds in private life, clinical work, and…

Describes the interpersonal cognitive problem solving (ICPS) skills approach for remediating peer relationship difficulties in children and adolescents. ICPS training studies are also reviewed. ICPS training seems effective as a remediation and primary prevention strategy with maladjusted youngsters and as a secondary prevention strategy with…

Fifty heads of household in a progressive urban area and 50 in a nonprogressive urban area were interviewed in a study concerned with analyzing the problems of adults and ways to solve the problems. Ways adult educators could help with these problems are suggested. (CT)

Describes a pilot program designed to prepare models for health promotion and disease prevention through participation in a planned program for the expressed purpose of affecting improvement in the health and health promotion acuity of laboratory professionals, with a plan to expand the concept for use by other hospital employees, and the…

Differentiates between traditional psychology and community psychology in the movement from the institution into the community, suggesting a more active role in ascertaining potential community stressors. Particular attention is given to models of intervention for under fives and mentally handicapped people. (DT)

Lack of data on mental health status of Blacks precludes effective prevention programing. Any prevention program must reflect the social, psychological, and physical milieu of the individual, but ideological biases toward preventive health often deny the importance of political factors that create an environment in the Black community that is…

Outlines serious concerns about the state of the mental health field and proposes some steps individuals and organizations can take to improve mental health care and to advance the mental health field. Invites reader response to the issues discussed. (MCF)

Explains the emphasis, requirements, and involvements of the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration's Minority Access to Research Careers Program (ADAMHA-MARC). This program aims to increase the number of minority professionals in mental health fields. Reviews the operations and accomplishments of two representative programs. (ML)

Seriously ill female psychiatric patients (N=59) were randomly assigned to an inpatient or day service. Data indicate the day treatment is, on the whole, superior to inpatient treatment in subjective distress, community functioning, family burden, total hospital cost, and days of attachment to the hospital program. (Author)

Finds that, according to the studies discussed, regardless of whatever the setting, be it impatient or outpatient or crisis intervention, black individuals and their families are afforded different types of treatment than white individuals and their families, and that racism and selective biases account for the differences obtained. Also, black…

This overview raises several questions regarding critical issues that surround the process of commitment and treatment in the mental health facilities, and concludes that while it can be expected that black people will receive adequate treatment and facilities, equal legal rights, treatments and facilities for black, people is needed. (Author/JM)

Article considers the mental health needs of ethnic groups--especially those that comprise the largest segment of Middle America--and the factors to be aware of in fulfilling those needs. (Author/RK)