Formal mental health services offered in traditional Western settings may be neither appropriate for nor accessible to Korean Americans who are adjusting to divorce. This paper presents an overview of current research on postdivorce adjustment and single parenting in the United States, examines various cultural differences (e.g., African, Asian,…

The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health solicited public comment from stakeholders in the mental health community on various topics related to the Commissions mission. The goal was to gain a better understanding of the publics experiences with, concerns about, and hopes for the mental health care system. More than twelve hundred…

The role of the consultant in the mental health consultation process has been marked by disagreement. One view maintains that consultation should be a collaborative venture between consultant and consultee. Alternately, another view holds that consultants should make use of their expert power and direct the consultation process. Empirical evidence…

The use of tobacco products is one of the most critical health problems facing the country. Through the use of neuroimaging technologies, it is now possible to see some of the changes in brain functioning that occur from smoking. There may be other chemicals in cigarette smoke that contribute to addiction. The improved understanding of addiction,…

The Minorities and Communication section of the proceedings contains the following 4 selected papers: "Differences in Media by Online Business in Black- and White-Targeted Magazines: The Potential Impact of the Digital Divide on Ad Placement" (Osei Appiah and Matthew Wagner); "Racial Stereotyping and Mass Mediated Contact"…

It was found that the less (but not the more) liberal examiners attributed greater psychological maladjustment to the left politically active female clients than to males. Findings are interpreted as bolstering position of Szasz and others that conventional ideologies are strengthened by certain moral-political consequences of mental health…

The fact that 15 percent of our child and adolescent population suffers from serious mental health problems requires that we reexamine our traditional system for delivering services. The author examines existing patterns of counseling service in the light of those functions mental health workers should be able to perform. (Author)

Discusses the health problems of diabetes and obesity which are prevalent among the American Indians of Wisconsin, and describes a training program of paraprofessional health educators designed to help alleviate these problems in the Indian community. (JR)

Article presents a profile of associate degree mental health worker programs, considered the mental health worker curricula, and the role of the National Institute of Mental Health in developing manpower needs in mental health. (Author/RK)

Discusses proposals to modify or eliminate the Federal Government's reliance on voluntary accreditation agencies in determining eligibility of post secondary education programs for federal aid. Analyzes statutory language and legislative intent to determine the Commissioner of Education's authority to modify eligibility criteria. (JF)

This is a compilation of the testimony of a group of high school students at the Regional Hearings in Pittsburgh with their recommendations on health education. (JA)

Urges that mandatory sickle cell screening laws be repealed, and that all screening programs be voluntary; bogus sickle cell organizations are a major crisis in black communities and must be eliminated; research and education in sickle cell disease is badly needed. (Author/JM)

Discusses problems and issues related to the achievement of objectives in four output categories: organizational effectiveness, professional staff effectiveness, continuing education specialist development, and institutional linkage of continuing education. (Editor)

This study was primarily an investigation of the status of health services in public community colleges in the United States. (Author/RK)

Discusses the problem of making weight in the sport of wrestling and analyzes body functions as they relate to sports. (RK)