Recommendations are offered for training counseling students to address international issues. The authors discuss, for instance, the importance of learning about cultures outside the United States, the role of bias in international work, the dangers of implementing mental health delivery systems based on models derived in the United States, how to…

Reviews applications of counseling psychology to problems of physical health. Describes how counseling and psychoeducational models of direct service, counseling skills training, and consultation can be used to affect problems of physical health. Considers issues of psychological practice in health care settings with emphasis on ethics and service…

Since women are more likely than men to experience co-occurring mental health and substance abuse problems, they have a greater need for comprehensive treatment models. Additionally, women of color often have less access to routine medical care where early diagnosis and intervention can be done, so their mental health and substance abuse problems…

Among a small, cross-sectional sample of young Black males transitioning from foster care (n=74), this study explored the relationship of their negative social contextual experiences to two factors relevant to the delivery of mental health services to them: cultural mistrust of mental health professionals and attitudes toward seeking professional…

Presenting the results of a series of four consultations conducted by the National Advisory Council on Women's Educational Programs in the Southwest, Midwest, West, and Appalachia to investigate the educational needs of rural females, this report includes the following: (1) Highlights and Recommendations (nine recommendations); (2) Rural Women in…

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health created the School of the Future (SoF) project to enable selected Texas schools to coordinate and implement school-based social and health services on their campuses and to demonstrate the effectiveness of this method of service delivery by evaluating the project. SoF operated in four urban sites in Texas,…