Discussed is the consultation of mental health professionals with nonprofessional mental health workers for the purpose of presenting several dimensions of this process and attempting to define what the consultant should be like and what he should do to work effectively with nonprofessional consultees. (Author/BY(

Discusses the Chicano way of barrio life in relation to mental health services. (MB)

This report describes the expansion of the Primary Mental Health Project, an experimental demonstration program for early detection and prevention of ineffective school function, the nature of the new program, and problems encountered. (Author)

The author presents 20 reasons which support the adoption of a new blend of continuous and comprehensive health instruction for grades k-12. (Author/BY)

Decision making patterns of college students are, in large measure, responsible for increasing use of tobacco through the undergraduate years. This behavioral information should help health personnel and behavioral researchers to understand risk taking behaviors of young people. Presented at National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health,…

Describes program, housed in a public school building, which provides social health services, transportation, hot lunches, and a professional staff including a part time nurse. (CJ)

Services are surveyed and found to be inadequate. A plan is outlined for the development of such services based upon the use of indigenous therapists for individual and group psychotherapy, the modification of etiological beliefs, and an emphasis upon primary prevention. The outcome would be services specifically adapted to the culture,…

Reprinted from The Lancet, August 1969. (JJ)

Brief discussion of problems engendered by hastily-contrived programs on drugs, together with suggested points to consider in devising acceptable program. Latter consist of: (a) long-term planning; (b) emphasis in elementary grades; (c) factual knowledge of, respect for drugs; (d) student involvement at secondary level. (CJ)

Requests for reprints may be addressed to Dr. Donald Pollack, Psychology Department, San Diego State College, San Diego, California, 92115.

Describes a block nursing program established in St. Paul, Minnesota that focused on nursing care delivered by neighbor to neighbor, enabling older people to remain independent as long as possible through health education, disease prevention, and maintenance. (JOW)

The roving inservice is an approach to continuing education which enables the program to be located in multiple nursing units simultaneously for the convenience of the nurses and without an instructor. (SSH)

The 1975 predictions made by William Rhodes concerning the mental health system are critiqued. It is suggested that Rhodes' predictions represent a utopian view and that he underestimated both the power of conservative social stability and the social reality on which the stability is based. (SEW)