Notes that substantial confusion exists regarding comparative diagnostic criteria and treatment implications for school phobia and separation anxiety. Literature survey demonstrates tendency of school personnel to put all students exhibiting these disorders into group of "school refusers." Sees treatment issues handled similarly despite evidence…

Discusses how an existential approach to counseling can help counselors provide effective diagnosis, intervention and followup for culturally different clients from this country or from other societies. Existential counseling is not a psychological enterprise but a philosophical venture requiring holistic investigation. (JAC)

This document is one of seven publications contained in a series of materials for physicians on recognizing, intervening with, and treating adolescent alcoholism. The materials in this unit of study are designed to familiarize the physician with the intervention process as it may be used in the treatment of adolescent alcoholics. Both the…

Notes that premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a commonly occurring problem that must be dealt with by both the helping and the health professions. Provides a brief update on recent advances in understanding and treating PMS. Emphasizes points of contact among various health professionals in developing an interdisciplinary approach to intervention.…

Describes plans for Community Outreach Education Program (COEP), designed to provide educational interventions to disseminate information about diagnoses, assessment, management, and treatment of dementia to health care professionals, service providers, staff or volunteer and community agencies, and family members. Describes plans within context…

Presents as a formal model the process by which New York City Public School children are identified and provided with substance abuse prevention education or intervention services. The aligning of the students with specific services is like a psychological diagnostic-prescriptive process. Displays schematically the decision model, differential…

Identifies a five-level framework of psychological adjustment specifically for use by school psychologists. The levels range from one of excellent adjustment to severe psychopathology. Guides the school psychologist toward interaction with clients based on a differential scale of adjustment. (Author/KS)

Discusses the value of diagnostic classification systems to counseling professionals. Describes the Ecological Diagnostic Classification Plan, an approach to diagnosis that includes the environment as a possible cause of pathology and target of intervention. (Author/KS)

Focuses on possible causes of attention deficit disorder (ADD), changes in ADD terminology, the diagnosis of ADD, the school counselor's unique position in addressing this disorder, and the multidisciplinary team-multidimensional approach to treatment of ADD individuals. School counselors should know the specific diagnosis of individuals with ADD…