Psychological First Aid is an evidence-informed modular approach to help children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster and terrorism. Psychological First Aid is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping. Principles and…

This training guide is intended to help Head Start staff promote mental health for all members of the Head Start Community, by means of activities that build skills in creating responsive, respectful relationships with co-workers, parents, and children. The guide has five working sections, the first three of which are training modules. Each of the…

Defines primary prevention in mental health as the building of health and competencies from an early age to prevent adverse psychological outcomes. Describes potential approaches to primary prevention for young children, such as early detection and intervention; helper therapy; mental health education; competence training; social system…

Designed for anyone contemplating or presently established in private mental health practice, this book provides the answers to 50 pertinent questions concerning private practice. Questions were culled from a survey of graduate students in psychology, as well as experienced psychotherapists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health counselors,…

Each therapeutic contact provides unique opportunities to ameliorate suffering and cultivate change. This volume addresses the inherent struggle in therapy to create a therapeutic relationship and make the work compassionate, efficient, and effective. It provides assistance to students, supervisors, and educators in doing therapeutic work while…

This book is intended to aid educators in understanding the phenomenon of suicidal behavior among youth and in developing programs for intervention within the school setting. The first section, aimed toward an understanding of the phenomenon, covers risk factors, history, current trends, research, the problem of contagion, three levels of…

The monograph examines successful factors in preparing parents, teachers, and pupils for mainstreaming handicapped students and describes exemplary practices from a mental health perspective. Model programs were selected on the basis of the following criteria: temporal, instructional, and social integration; teacher and parent support and…

The dually diagnosed manifest a complex combination of cognitive and adaptive deficits compounded by significant psychiatric problems. These individuals pose a dilemma to human service agencies, which have historically become specialized to provide services for either problem, but not for both. Special guidelines for structuring therapeutic groups…

Every day, youth with mental health, substance use and co-occurring disorders come in contact with the juvenile justice system. The reasons for this contact are varied. Sometimes youth come in contact with the system as the result of behavior that draws the police and culminates in an arrest. Other times, the youth is referred by school officials…

This book provides crucial information about selecting and administering outcome assessment measures, collecting and interpreting data, and using outcome information in practice. It provides the information mental health professionals need to practice knowledgeably, efficiently, and ethically in todays' behavioral health environment. The chapters…

This booklet assumes that the first question that a mental health professional asks should not be what's wrong with this person, but what's making this person function like this. The answer may be that something's wrong with the way the person's environment is functioning, and, therefore, it is the environment that really should be changed, if…

The model, which assesses the mental health needs of deaf adults, uses a two-tiered approach that combines social indicators and key informant methods to establish a discrepancy between needs and usage. The model is applied to a large metropolitan community in the southwestern United States with a sizable Hispanic population. (JDD)

Exercise can be as effective as psychotherapy and antidepressant therapy in treating mild-to-moderate depression, and even more effective when used in conjunction with them. Exercise can also be preventive therapy for those not clinically depressed. The paper explains how best to work exercise into a depressed patient's therapy. (Author/SM)

Provides suggestions to mental health personnel for improving the delivery of therapeutic staff support in the public schools. Written from the school district's perspective, article provides basic information on how schools function, along with suggestions for improving communication with school personnel. (GCP)

Provides basic guidelines for supervisors to assess the evaluative competence of staff and offers specific suggestions about what questions to ask and how to explore staff's motivations and methods of self-assessment. (BH)