This article touches upon industrial medicine's history and its start as primarily one of first aid and its development into a dynamic force for dealing with the entire individual and his wide range of problems. It discusses alcoholism programming and programs which may be developed for other substance abuse. (Author)

The author discovers the status of health education in New York State's two year colleges by constructing and administering a questionnaire survey. (Author)

Presented is an overview of school services from the early part of the century through the 1970's. Presented at American School Health Association, Houston, Texas 1970. (CJ)

The development of a model elementary school mental health program is described. The outline is intended to serve as an effective guide for school psychologists interested in providing leadership in the formation of such programs within their schools. (Author)

Based on evidence from previous research, discusses the kinds of services and service delivery systems required if deinstitutionalization programs for the chronically mentally ill are to succeed. Recommends that more resources be allocated to this population and that changes be made in the use of existing resources. (Author/MJL)

Reviewed literature to examine how Hispanic mental health practitioners approach the interviewing, assessment, and treatment of Hispanic clients. (Author/MK)

Reports on emotions of males when a near-fatherhood experience ends in a legal abortion. A sizeable minority of males find their abortion experience more frustrating, trying, and emotionally costly than public and academic neglect of this subject would suggest. Options are suggested to help males deal with abortion's aspects. (Author)

A comprehensive physical fitness program maintained for employees by a corporation is described. (JD)

Analyzes data from an evaluation of system-of-care community mental health services to identify correlates of conviction. Female adolescents with a reported history of criminal conviction were compared to three other groups. The conditional odds of reporting a high number of child correlates was found to be significantly greater for females with a…

Describes Staying Healthy after Fifty, a comprehensive health promotion program for older adults, and the teaching and learning methods used. Outlines the course content for instructors, facilitators, and course participants. (JOW)

Describes one principals' efforts to provide counseling services to children without further pressuring the school budget. Instead of referring students to municipal or county counseling services, he negotiated weekly counselor visits from the county mental health department to students at school. (MLH)

Reports on efforts by the Minnesota Heart Health Program to develop a system that permitted tracking educational program contacts, its implementation, and its use to make management decisions about program activities. (JOW)

Describes recent professional developments having an increased impact on provision of social work mental health services to children: the emergence of practice guidelines from government and disciplines, the growth of empiral research evidence documenting efficacy of selected interventions, and the impact of managed care programs. Reviews…

Discusses development and evaluation of community-based, telephone intervention suicide prevention centers. Reviews evidence regarding effectiveness of these centers and presence of causal relationship between crisis counseling exposure and suicide rate reduction. Offers cautions and recommendations. Examines model of health promotion program…

Claims counseling psychologist faces many challenges when choosing to work in community mental health center setting. Claims as early professional, the obstacles of immense paperwork and shrinking dollars translating into increased caseload allow for rich although costly training/professional experience. Discusses pros and cons within the context…