The New Jersey Performance Management System (PMS) is a major mechanism used by the leadership of the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Hospitals to contract for, monitor, and manage community mental health services. This paper describes PMS, its components, implementation, and limitations. (Author/LMO)

Mental health and mental illness among adolescents is reviewed. A study of students in their first year of college is compared with a study of high school students. Use of mental health facilities, rate of college dropout; and suicide by adolescents and young adults are discussed. (Author/MT)

Professional and governmental enterprises in health promotion are based on serious conceptual, operational, and ethical flaws. Proposes an approach to health promotion intervention emphasizing the following: (1) protecting the public interest; (2) assuring equal access to a health-promoting life; and (3) giving primacy to "non-health"…

Evaluation research in work-site health promotion offers an opportunity to test the effectiveness of work-site health promotion and disease prevention programs. Based on an evaluation of the research, an interdisciplinary approach to data collection and analysis is suggested, and policy implications are outlined. (TJH)

This article introduces school health programs in a comprehensive manner. These programs consist of health services, health education, school environment, health promotion, physical education, food service, counseling and psychology, as well as programs for faculty and staff. It serves as an introduction to an issue devoted to this concept. (MT)

Considers impact of campus ecology on how mental health professionals view their role on campus and on counseling center operations. Discusses how counseling centers presently define their roles much more broadly than in the past and how counseling center directors now believe that preventive and developmental interventions are integral to their…

Identifies characteristics and competencies that define the right kind of person for rural mental health center administration. In order of importance, characteristics defined are leadership ability, appreciation of rural community, program development, professional background and training, political savvy, personnel management, budget and fiscal…

Epidemiologic survey of the mental health status of Cambodian, Vietnamese and Chinese residents of Santa Clara County reports on the following: (1) distribution of mental health problems; (2) comparison of problems with those of general population; (3) relationship of health and use of mental health services to distribution of problems; and (4)…

The social work clinician is witnessing among children and youths a sharpening awareness of possible nuclear catastrophe. Emerging research suggests that this concern reflects a pervasive preoccupation among youth. What adults might do until more definitive knowledge arises is discussed. (Author/ABB)

In a long-term health intervention campaign, researchers tested the proposition that consistency among people's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors is contingent on high levels of involvement with a given subject. (DF)

A committee of parents and school personnel used Oregon Title IV-C curriculum guidelines to develop a "Health Skills for Life" program that was used in Oregon schools. Curriculum components included student goal structure, classroom level changes in methods and materials, assessment procedures and instruments, and school district-level…

This journal issue contains the fourth edition of "Recommended Standards and Practices for a College Health Program." Subdivisions include: (1) health programs: services and activities; (2) supporting services; (3) financing; (4) facilities; (5) ethical and professional relationships; (6) communications; and (7) health personnel: qualifications,…

This review describes two books that provide complimentary views of mental health consultation in current educational settings. Conoley's book reviews diverse consultation models, while Alpert's book presents 10 case studies from elementary schools through colleges. A broad spectrum of approaches, issues, intervention techniques, and client…

Schools can help to ease mental health problems through preventive education, early detection and referrals for treatment, and assisting with the management of students with chronic problems. (SK)

Some practical suggestions for a business-like approach to community mental health, particularly transitional residences. (Editor)