Presents utilization rates as well as the results of psychiatric tests on older and younger populations of psychiatric patients and addicts in Iran. Data showed that the elderly proportionately use psychiatric and drug abuse services much less frequently than the younger population. (Author/RC)

Conducted a management and organization development program in eight mental health agencies. Describes the stages and activities of this 18-month effort and the results of its evaluation. There were significant, positive results for almost all the participating management teams as well as for their organizations. (Author)

Surveyed all federally funded community mental health centers to assess the training and education of former and incumbent directors, and gather their recommendations for training and education of successors. Data suggested incumbent directors have more managerial skills than predecessors; current directors feel the need for additional training.…

Reviews the literature on the crisis and aftermath, particularly the psychological effects of rape. Discusses findings from a national survey of rape crisis centers. Data was gathered in order to identify the nature and extent of services provided, determine number of rape victims treated, and understand problems confronted by service providers.…

Clinicians with highly deviant recommendation rates also exhibited extreme differences in their use of the normal and sociopathic categories. It was concluded that biases in the definition and assignment of labels might be reduced by means of a combined clinical-statistical approach to gathering and utilizing diagnostic information. (Author)

The Child Advocacy Unit (CAU) serves as a bridge between the legal and mental health professions in the representation of children. The CAU approach has sensitized both legal and mental health personnel to one another's disciplines. The most effective CAU is composed of a multidisciplinary team. (Author)

Master's and doctoral level counselors face exclusion from the mental health care system because of the trend toward funding by health insurance. Organized psychology is moving to bar doctoral level counselors and counseling education graduates from licensure. Counselors are losing their jobs to practitioners with insurance-eligible credentials.…

The paper describes the transition of service provision for 240 intellectually handicapped Australian children and their families from a relatively traditional service delivery system to one emphasizing home and family involvement and placement of services closer to home. (Author/PHR)

A Virginia elementary-secondary school blood pressure education program is described and evaluated. Evidence presented indicates that participants' cardiovascular knowledge levels increased significantly as a result of program participation. (JMF)

The article presents a preliminary review of statistics from a 1977 national survey to determine what specialized services are available in schools and rehabilitation agencies for the blind and visually handicapped. (DLS)

The present structure of the association is traced through both historical and functional perspectives. The structure, purposes, and services of the ACHA reflect the diversity of college and university health programs as well as geographic, disciplinary, and size-related variables. (JN)

Presents a counseling and human sexuality course model that provides counselors with an information base in human sexuality and assists them in exploring the emotional aspects of sexuality. Human sexuality is a vital aspect of personal development. (Author)

Sudden event-related crises can produce developmental shifts as part of the normal progression of the adult life cycle. Observations of individuals in crisis reveal the occurrence of profound structural changes in perception and experience. (Author)

In this comparison of volunteer programs in mental health institutions, the institution that placed a high value on the work of the volunteers and provided work-related satisfactions for them attracted volunteers who differed from those attracted by institutions that used volunteers only in ancillary capacities. (Author/BEF)

The concept of citizen governance has been implemented with marginal success. This paper presents an orientation and training program for citizen boards aimed at raising their competence in certain key areas including policy planning, program evaluation, public relations, organizational management and fund-raising. (Author)