Journal of Mental Health Counseling articles from January 2001

Journal of Mental Health Counseling archives from January 2001

Introduction to the Revised AMHCA Code of Ethics.(American Mental Health Counselors Association)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... I am pleased to publish the revised Code of Ethics of the American Mental Health Counselors Association. This is the first major revision to the AMHCA Code of Ethics since 1987. The revised Code is also available to all interested parties on...

Code of Ethics of the American Mental Health Counselors Association.
January 1, 2001... 2000 Revision PREAMBLE Mental health counselors believe in the dignity and worth of the individual. They are committed to increasing knowledge of human behavior and understanding of themselves and others. While pursuing these...

Controversial Issues in the Diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Review of the Literature.
January 1, 2001... The publication of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association, 1980) marked the introduction of the multiaxial classification system for mental disorders. Axis II disorders,...

Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Primer for Mental Health Counselors.
January 1, 2001... Electroconvulsive therapy is the treatment of choice for severe depressive episodes. Although little definitive research exists to explain its effectiveness, since its development in 1938 it has proven effective for the treatment of depression...

Does a Prompting Statement Impact Client-Reported Pretreatment Change? An Empirical Investigation.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which the use of a prompting statement can increase reports of pretreatment change. At a college counseling center, every other participant was read the prompting statement during the...

Asian American Mental Health Clients: Effects of Ethnic Match and Age on Global Assessment and Visitation.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Effects of client-counselor ethnic match (i.e., match, no match) and client age group (child, adult) on counselor-evaluated Global Assessment of Function (GAF) and visitation were investigated. The sample consisted of 253 Asian-American...

Sex Role Attributions of American-Indian Women.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Specific research on the sex roles of American-Indian women is lacking in mental health counseling. This article examines the sex role attributes of this population of women as compared to a predominately White normative group using the short...

Cultural Sensitivity and Cognitive Therapy in Thailand.
January 1, 2001... There has been increased emphasis placed on training counselors to be competent multicultural practitioners (Atkinson, Wampold, Lowe, Mathews, & Ahn, 1998; Arredondo et al., 1996; Kiselica, 1998; Ponterotto, 1998; Ridley, Li, & Hill, 1998; Sue...