Discussing the Jonestown mass suicide, Charles Manson, etc., this article maintains children must be alerted to the fact that there are people and advocacies capable of exerting the kind of influence that causes followers to act with total irrationality; educators must emphasize the development of strong, questioning minds. (Author/JC)

A total of 242 university students seen in an outpatient mental health clinic were evaluated for symptom changes during treatment, using both a self report inventory and chart notations. The extent to which chart-rated overall improvement correlated with self-rated improvement on specific symptoms is analyzed. (JN)

Factor analysis of nine problem topics revealed personal-social and educational-vocational dimensions. Females were more likely than males to discuss both problem areas with provider groups. Blacks and Chicanos were more likely than Anglos to take personal problems to professionals. (Author)

Describes a continuing education program in mental health for practitioners working for and with aging individuals. The program aims at improving the care of residents in long-term care facilities and strengthening the relationships between the mental health centers, the state hospital, and long-term care facilities in Southeast Indiana. (CT)

Verbal evaluations of a minicourse on life-style education revealed that students found the course to be valuable and enjoyable. Results suggest that the adoption of a high-level wellness life-style can directly affect individual longevity and quality of life. (Author)

Knowledge of health-pursuant habits and activities should and can be incorporated into school curricula if teachers and health educators have the cooperation of parents in adopting active health-promotional attitudes. (LH)

The challenge to the international health education field and its leadership is not to design and recommend programs and/or solutions, but rather to study needs, problems, and values of people, and then to assist them in designing their own programs relevant to their needs and problems. (MB)

Boredom relates to many areas within a society: crime, child abuse, suicide, extreme loneliness, family tension, depression, violence, alcoholism, and drug abuse; a primary concern of the leisure services should be the alleviation of boredom. (JD)

A successful, cooperative, short-term, crisis intervention, mental health program has been developed between Fulton-McDonough County Community Health Center and the health service of Western Illinois University, with a fulltime consultant provided by the community health center and paid by the university. (MB)

Describes and explains the role of 14 ethnic fraternal associations in promoting the individual and social health of their members through benefit programs. (Author/AM)

An adaptation of a school-based preventive mental health program is described and evaluated. Teachers and college student volunteers used behavioral reinforcement techniques to work with groups of maladapting second graders. Experimental subjects compared to controls improved significantly in classroom adjustment. (Author)

School integration efforts in recent decades have highlighted the prevalence of racial friction in the public schools. A mental health consultation project developed in Pittsburgh confronted the issue of racial and cultural differences head-on in an attempt to effect social change in the schools. (Author)

Describes ENHANCE (Excellence in Health Care for Abused and Neglected Children) of Onondaga County, New York, a comprehensive, multidisciplinary clinic for children in out-of-home care involving pediatrics, child psychology, nursing, child development, and child welfare components. Also presents profiles of the health, mental health, and…

Describes the risk factors and high incidence of psychopathology among children in out-of-home care placements. Presents a framework and guiding principles for mental health service delivery that are consistent with the clinical needs of children in care and the child welfare goal of permanency. (JPB)

Short descriptions and contact information for the 14 programs nominated for the 1996 Australian Rural Education Award. The winner's acceptance speech describes the Students at Risk Program at East Kalgoorlie Public School (Western Australia), a transportation and health support program developed from discussions with children and parents that…