Addressed to vocational educators, this booklet discusses topics relating to mental health and understanding emotional disturbance. The following topics are covered: definitions of mental health, normality, and mental illness; signs of possible development of serious emotional problems; the number of people considered emotionally disturbed; treatment for people with emotional problems; the emotionally troubled person in the classroom and what the teacher can do; communication; empathy; constructive use of feedback; barriers to effective communication; job placement considerations; improving mental health; coping with the milder variety of depression; coping with stress; and prevention of mental illness. A brief description of the Mental Health Association in Wisconsin and listings of chapter presidents and addresses, where to get help for emotional problems in Wisconsin, and a bibliography are included. (TA)