Journal of Mental Health Counseling articles from January 2002

Journal of Mental Health Counseling archives from January 2002

Mental health counseling: toward resolving identity confusions. (Practice).
January 1, 2002... The development of a professional identity is an important aspect of the training and ongoing sense of belongingness of mental health counselors. Nonetheless, there are elements of the profession's identity that, being confusing and muddled,...

A critical analysis of the Multicultural Counseling Competencies: implications for the practice of mental health counseling. (Practice).
January 1, 2002... The authors discuss the implications of adopting the Multicultural Counseling Competencies created by the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (Arredondo et al., 1996) for members of the American Mental Health Counseling...

Mental health counselors' perceptions regarding psychopharmacological prescriptive privileges. (Research).
January 1, 2002... The perceptions of mental health counselors about securing psychopharmacological privileges and requisite training have not been studied. A survey was sent to a national random sample of 1,000 members of the American Mental Health Counselors...

A survey of counselor attitudes towards sex offenders. (Research).
January 1, 2002... This study investigated counselors' attitudes toward sex offenders and the relationship of these attitudes to counselors' experience, training, and personal characteristics. Participants were 437 counselors who were members of the Association...

The effect of social coping resources and growth-fostering relationships on infertility stress in women. (Research).
January 1, 2002... The experience of infertility creates negative economic, physical, social, and psychological effects, especially for women. This often results in multiple stresses and needs for coping in these women. Because the manner in which women cope with...

Reducing the stigma of mental illness. (Professional Exchange).
January 1, 2002... In a recent national survey, Pescosolido, Monahan, Link, Stueve, and Kikuzawa (1999) found that while Americans' current knowledge of mental illness is greater than in 1950, Americans continue to fear people with mental illness. Each year, an...

Suggestions for improving the delivery of therapeutic staff support in the public schools. (Professional Exchange).
January 1, 2002... Since 1992, the use of community-based mental health services has increased in the public schools (Parents Involved Network of Pennsylvania Fact Sheet #18, 1994). Also known as "wraparound," these mental health services include therapeutic...