Recently added articles from Journal of Mental Health Counseling:
A comparative review of U.S. military and civilian suicide behavior: implications for OEF/OIF suicide prevention efforts.(SPECIAL SECTION: HELPING MILITARY PERSONNEL AND RECENT VETERANS MANAGE STRESS REACTIONS)(Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom)(Report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Suicide is a significant public health concern within the United States' military. Suicide may occur before, during, and after military deployment or service for a multitude of reasons that may or may not be directly related to deployment. Therefore, it is crucial that mental health ...
Adult-acquired traumatic brain injury: existential implications and clinical considerations.(RESEARCH)(Clinical report)
Apr 01, 2009; ... Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can cause irreparable harm to individuals and have profound effects on families and communities. In addition to the physical and neurological effects, brain injury creates an intense boundary experience for clients that forces them to confront the existential ...
An ounce of prevention: an associate editor's view.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2009; ... It is my pleasure and honor to serve as the new associate editor of research for the Journal of Mental Health (JMHC) and to continue working with such distinguished colleagues as Drs. James Rogers, Loreto Prieto, and Victoria Kress. I have had the privilege of serving these past two years ...
Comprehensive program development in mental health counseling: design, implementation, and evaluation.(PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... With increasing emphasis on the use of evidence-based practices and efficient clinical operations, mental health counselors must be competent in comprehensive clinical program development that covers program design, implementation, and sustainability. To address this need, a practice model ...
Transgenerational trauma and child sexual abuse: reconceptualizing cases involving young survivors of CSA.(PRACTICE)(child sexual abuse)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... While current research on child sexual abuse (CSA) has delineated the immediate and long-term effects of sexual trauma, little has been written about intergenerational influences on the presence and etiology of CSA among young children. Dass-Brailsford (2007) defined transgenerational ...
Differences in mental health counselors' diagnoses based on client race: an investigation of adjustment, childhood, and substance-related disorders.(RESEARCH)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... This study of mental health counselors' diagnoses of African-American and Euro-American clients (N=899) found that African-Americans were diagnosed disproportionately more often with disruptive behavior disorders whereas Euro-Americans were diagnosed more often with less severe adjustment ...
Understanding suicidal behavior in the military: an evaluation of joiner's interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior in two case studies of active duty post-deployers.(RESEARCH)(Case overview)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Suicide in the military is a growing concern. We reviewed empirical studies and used two case studies to illustrate the potential explanatory role of Joiner's (2005) interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior: The theory posits that three variables--perceived burdensomeness, ...
"It was like a partnership of the two of us against the cutting": investigating the counseling experiences of young adult women who self-injure.(RESEARCH)(Clinical report)
Jan 01, 2009; ... Self-injury is an increasing phenomenon among young adult women. This qualitative study explored the counseling experiences of 10 young adult women with a history of self-injurious behavior: It examined the nature of the client-counselor relationship and how self-injury was treated. It ...
Depression and the elder person: the enigma of misconceptions, stigma, and treatment.(PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... It is estimated that half of the 35 million people in the United Slates who are over the age of 65 are in need of mental health services, though fewer than 20% are actually being treated (Comer, 2004). Coexisting mental and physical problems make recognition of depression in elder persons ...
Sexual behavior intervention program: an innovative level of care in male sex offender treatment.(PRACTICE)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... The literature does not provide practical, targeted alternatives to prosecution and incarceration for sexual offenders deemed at low risk for recidivism. The Sexual Behavior Intervention Program (SBIP) is an innovative level of care in male sex offender treatment that offers communities an ...
Non-suicidal self-injury and motivational interviewing: enhancing readiness for change.(PRACTICE)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... The authors advance motivational interviewing and the transtheoretical model of change as a conceptual framework for counseling clients who engage in nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviors. The major principles of motivational interviewing are applied in a case study of a client who ...
Cognitive style and theoretical orientation: factors affecting intervention style interest and use.(RESEARCH)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Developmental Counseling and Therapy (DCT), an integrative model for assessing client cognitive-emotional style and selecting interventions, has been presented as a meta-theory for increasing intentionality in mental health treatment planning. To examine the usefulness of DCT for training ...
On-scene mental health counseling provided through police departments.(RESEARCH)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... The expectation that police officers can address every need in every situation is daunting and unrealistic. Recognizing this, some police departments have instituted special training or used other resources to better serve the needs of citizens. One example is an on-scene crisis counseling ...
The nature of confirmatory strategies in the initial assessment process.(RESEARCH)(Report)
Oct 01, 2008; ... Because mental health counselors typically rely on confirmatory or supportive questions to gain initial impressions about their clients' presenting concerns, they tend to search for differential diagnostic information less frequently (e.g., Haverkamp, 1993: Parmlev, 2007). There has been ...
Counseling clients involved with violent intimate partners: the mental health counselor's role in promoting client safety.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Mental health counselors regularly counsel clients who are in intimate relationships with partners who are violent. There is a dearth of literature addressing safety-related considerations when counseling clients in relationships that involve intimate partner violence (IPV). The authors ...
Perceptions of multicultural counseling competency: integration of the curricular and the practical.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... A national survey of counselor trainees was conducted to investigate variables that influence the development of perceived multicultural competencies. The development of multicultural counseling competencies from an integrative educational perspective was overviewed as a framework for ...
Superficial self-harm: perceptions of young women who hurt themselves.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Although only 1% to 4% of the U.S. population engages in superficial self-harm (SSH), this behavior is much more prevalent in adolescents, with estimates ranging from 14% to 39%. While current studies primarily focus on clinical interventions, few have investigated SSH from an individual's ...
Indirect victimization from terrorism: a proposed post-exposure intervention.(Report)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Indirect victimization from media exposure to terrorism manifests in a variety of psychological distress symptoms. Risks for the public inherent in this exposure prompted construction of a post-exposure therapeutic intervention for moderating emotional responses. For empirical rigor, ...