After a 4-year interval, children who had been identified as behavior disordered but who had not received the help of any special education or psychiatric care, were reexamined to determine any spontaneous improvement or deterioration of behavior. (KW)

This article delineates man's search for sexual pleasure through the aid of drugs and other substances. While myths prevail that drugs create the sexual libertine spirit, scientific evidence indicates that no known drug serves as an aphrodisiac. (Author)

The author explains cigarette smoking as a coping behavior and believes that a healthier coping activity needs to be substituted. Methods for educating the young in health matters, including cigarettes, are explained. (BY)

A woman who had from childhood suffered from neurotic anxieties of an interpersonal kind had for 10 years been plagued with insistent and fruitless negative thoughts about herself. This transcript deals mainly with her objections to the technique of thought stopping and the efforts that were made to overcome them. (Author)

Each place of residence is shown to have advantages and disadvantages for the developmental process. Whether or not an aspect of residential environment is advantageous must be determined according to the needs and developmental level of each particular individual. (Author)

This study reports the procedures used to reduce the relative frequency of psychotic speech in an autistic child, and to produce verbal behavior appropriate for more conventional psychotherapeutic intervention. The results indicated that the subject's verbal behavior was clearly controlled by the token reinforcement schedule used. (Author)

The scale developed in this study did not differentiate empathic regard; however, the use of videotape and insights provided through recall sessions made possible the creation of an instrument and instructions for its use which came closer to a congruence of theoretical and operational definition than before. (Author)

Examined in this review are personal ethics, changes in actual sexual behavior, social and personal factors influencing behavior, impact of sexual relations, and research theory and design. (CJ)