Examines long-term outcome of cognitive-behavioral treatment in 63 patients with panic disorder. Many patients (27%) sought further treatment for panic during follow-up because of less-than-adequate response to treatment; nevertheless, additional treatment did not result in further clinical improvement. Pretreatment severity of disorder and the…

Evaluations of the risk of recurrent violence were conducted for 162 Canadian mentally disordered criminal defendants through the assembly of actuarial data, scores from special-to-purpose psychometric instruments, and scaled global predictions of dangerousness to others. Professional clinicians were not more accurate than nonclinical raters. (JPS)

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome (n=34) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatment conditions for 8 weeks: individualized cognitive treatment, support group, or control. Results indicated significantly greater reductions in gastrointestinal symptoms and amelioration of depression and anxiety for the cognitive therapy group, and these results…

Forty medical students were randomly assigned to write about personal traumatic events or control topics during the course of the program. Participants in the emotional expression group showed significantly higher antibody levels against hepatitis B at the four- and six-month follow-up. This finding provides further support for a link between…

Individuals (n=177) who had participated in an 18-month trial of behavioral interventions involving food provision and financial incentives were examined 12 months later. Food provision, but not financial incentives, led to better weight loss than standard behavioral treatment, but over 12 additional months of no-treatment follow-up, all treated…

Couples (n=48) completed a measure of relationship satisfaction and participated in two videotaped problem-solving interactions. Thirty-six men and women completed the same satisfaction measure 2.5 years later. Withdrawal by men and woman-demand-man withdrawal in issues identified by the women reliably predicted decline in wives' relationship…

Meta-analyses were performed on 12 studies of treatment with sex offenders (n=1,313). A small, but robust, overall effect size was found for treatment versus comparison conditions. Cognitive-behavioral and hormonal treatments were significantly more effective than behavioral treatments but were not significantly different from each other. (JPS)

Analyzes latent variable cross-lagged models of the relation between depressive symptoms and drinking behavior separately for men (n=951) and women (n=621). Among women, heavier alcohol consumption predicted less depressive symptomology one and three years later, whereas among men, having more depressive symptoms predicted less alcohol consumption…

Patients (n=156) meeting criteria for panic disorder with agoraphobia were randomly assigned to group cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) or a delayed-treatment control. Compared with the control group, CBT-treated patients showed significant reductions in impairment that were maintained at follow-up. Anxiety and phobic avoidance were…

Describes a program for the prevention of conduct problems among preschool-age sons of alcoholic fathers. Families (n=42) participated in a 10-month intervention involving parent training and marital problem solving. Significant changes in child behaviors were observed only within the group of families who completed the program and in which…

Random regression models were used to investigate the role of initial severity in the outcome of four treatments for major depression: cognitive behavioral therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy, imipramine plus clinical management, and placebo plus clinical management. Initial severity of depression and impairment of functioning significantly…

Surveys all U.S. counselor programs to determine the extent of AIDS-related training. The responding programs (n=243) identified AIDS as a high priority for inclusion in curricular programming, yet nearly 40% did not include AIDS training in their curricula. Includes suggestions for including AIDS-related training in programs. (JPS)

Proposes a culturally-sensitive conceptual framework for the mental health treatment of Hispanics, and illustrates how the dimensions of acculturation; language dominance and preference; and cultural norms, values, and beliefs affect the assessment of psychological and physical health. (JPS)

Discusses the meteoric rise and precipitous decline of Values Clarification, and explores conservative religious and political criticisms. Proposes a reconceptualization of Values Clarification that addresses these concerns in an attempt to revitalize the topic of values conflict and clarification and to establish an empirically-based guidance for…

Provides counselors with an introduction to the role of psychosocial processes in the experience of pain and offers assessment and intervention recommendations based on a cognitive-behavioral therapy approach to pain management. (JPS)