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Virginia State General Assembly, Richmond. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. – 1986
This document presents data on three studies requested by Virginia State Senate Joint Resolution No. 148 and carried out by the Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation in cooperation with other agencies. The three studies included in the report are: (1) an assessment of the appropriateness of housing young adults (ages 18-22)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Environment, Educational Finance
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1985
This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine mental health trends for treating adolescents with emotional or substance abuse problems. Committee chairman George Miller voices concern that while insurance coverage changes and third party health care reimbursements are expanding…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcoholism, Community Programs, Drug Abuse
McCullough, Paul M., Comp.; McPheeters, Harold L., Comp. – 1982
This publication presents adaptations of four papers given at a workshop on Staffing and Manpower Development, sponsored by the Mental Health Manpower Development project of the Southern Regional Education Board. The introduction delineates four dimensions to be considered in describing staffing patterns (organization, utilization, type, and…
Descriptors: Labor Needs, Mental Health Programs, Needs Assessment, Personnel Management
Bradham, Douglas D.; Chico, Innette Mary – 1986
Florida's District 12 Veterans Administration (VA) wanted to deliver medical case-management services to veterans not receiving home-based services due to the geographic restrictions of the VA's Hospital-Based Home Care Program. The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) desired to demonstrate the effectiveness of nurse…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Caregiver Training, Caregivers, Coordination
Bradham, Douglas D.; And Others – 1987
This document describes the TEACH (Train the Elderly And their Caregivers at Home) project, a demonstration project developed by Florida's District 12 Veterans Administration and the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services to reduce Medicaid nursing home expenditures by delaying or avoiding nursing home placement and to provide…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Gleason, David F.; Shore, Ellie R. – 1988
As self-help groups have grown in number, mental health professionals have found themselves increasingly involved in such groups. This study examined how mental health professionals viewed the appropriateness of a variety of roles sometimes assumed by mental health professionals when they work with self-help groups. Social workers, psychologists,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Beliefs, Health Occupations, Helping Relationship
Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1982
This final report describes the Lawrence Children's Health Project (LCHP), set up in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1979, in order to demonstrate and evaluate the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of an interagency approach to providing health care to children through a school-based local resource network. The LCHP service delivery is said to have…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Dedmon, Rachel, Ed.; Saur, William, Ed. – 1983
These 11 papers begin by discussing the delivery of mental health services to non-urban black consumers, focusing on traditional education for practice, ethnocultural sensitivity, and geography and victimization. The expanding clinical social work roles in nontraditional approaches to rural aging are discussed also, and mental health, social work…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Family Programs
Liontos, Lynn Balster – 1989
This ERIC Digest explores issues connected with AIDS/HIV education in public K-12 education by addressing five concerns: (1) Why are teenagers at risk? (2) What should be taught when? (3) Who should teach it and in what department? (4) How should teacher training prepare teachers to handle classroom, inservice, and community outreach HIV…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
French, Laurence – 1988
An indication of the failure of the mental health system in this country is reflected in the increasingly visible homeless population, many of whom suffer from some form of untreated mental illness. Public policy priorities have shifted from proactive, treatment-oriented policies to reactive, punitive institutionalization. The…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Health Needs, Homeless People, Institutionalized Persons
Mayo, Kathleen, Ed. – 1987
An outgrowth of three seminars sponsored by the State Library of Florida and the Florida Health Science Library Association in June 1985 for public, institution, and health sciences librarians, this guide is a direct response to those librarians' requests for help in letting their communities know that their libraries are accessible and reliable…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Family Health, Guidelines, Health Programs
Grant, James P. – 1986
This special UNICEF report documents the range of problems behind the decline of living standards in Africa and describes the practical steps which are being taken to confront the crisis. Discussed are (1) increasing implementation of immunization programs and progress in promoting oral rehydration therapy; (2) the impact on child survival and…
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Global Approach
Riggs, Kathy M. – 1985
In July of 1983, the state of Tennessee initiated The Healthy Children Initiative (HCI), a program designed to protect the health of Tennessee's children. Originally planned as a 4-year initiative, participating programs have been established on an ongoing basis. The first year's goal for Fiscal Year 83-84 was to make sure prenatal care was…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Children, Followup Studies, Health Programs
Appel, Yetta H.; And Others – 1984
This training manual is intended for use by school personnel, especially at the secondary school level, who must deal directly with suicidal behavior among students. Guidelines are presented for dealing with the reactions of a school system to an actual suicide and for dealing with the return to school of a student following a suicide attempt. An…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Community Resources, Helping Relationship
Listening Post, 1984
This special edition summarizes the discussions which proceeded during the Indian Health Service (IHS) Mental Health Plenary Session. Following introductory comments by four session participants are seven discussion topics: mental health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives; history and description of the program; services for children…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Human Services
