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risks and complications if not treated. Strangely, “NGU’ is listed separately from chlamydia and is described as being spread by oral sex and as a risk to newborns. Also, Gardnerella, trichomoniasis, and monilliasis are attributed as a group to factors that may not predispose to all three. Pubic lice have been scratched from the list. Because the format is well suited to younger teenage=, it is a shame that the content lacks accuracy.
U.S. Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, vention Setvices, Altanta, GA 30333. Center for Sexually Transmitted Disease ) Statistics, Calendar Year 1985.1987. This report provides tabulated data by state, by sex, and by age group for the reportable STDs, comparing seven-year periods from 1956. Sexually Transmitted Disease Summary 1986. This large fold-out wall chart compares all STDs with respect to clinical findings, diagnostic measures, 1985 recommended treatments, and behavioral implications for prevention.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESC
HEAL
Vol. 9, No. 3
J., Hatcher, C. T&cFsychology of Child Fi Detection and lntewentim. New York, Brunne 5-5. 1987. 220 pp. $25.00.
Gayner,
This text offers an extensive review of juvenile arson as criminal behavior and as a symptom of serious psychopathology. The authors d.%cuss the historical context, etiologies, evaluation, psychotherapeutic strategies, and community intervention pmgrams, with a description of a specific program in San Francisco.
pub1 Hinkle, L. E. Homicide: Acad Med 1986 62(5) 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029.)
Buti NY
East
Numerous nted at a 1985 symposium in, patterns of homicide in New clude epidemi York City, Los Angeles, and several foreign counties, the role of domestic violence, sex onal homicides, the and various deter@
Yarber, W. L., STD: A Guide for Today’s Young Adults. 1985. ISBN 0-88314-307-O. (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1990 Association Drive, Reston VA 22091.) Dr. Yarber, a well-known health educator, proposes a curriculum guide for STD education in five class sessions or 250 minutes. The guide includes 12 learning opportunities designed for various levels of maturity and cognitive development, test questions, answers to common concerns of youth, and worksheets. The instructor’s manual contains the entire text of the student manual, which is available on its own.
SQCIOLOGY: Juvenile Delinquemy and Family Violence Center for Adolescent Mental Health, Columbia University School of Social Work, 622 West 113th Street, New York, NY 10825. Allen-Meares, P. Intervention With Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents. Practice Applications Vol. 4, No. 3,1986.9 pp. Curry, J. F. Aggressive or Delinquent Adolescents: Family Therapy Interventions. Practice Applications Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1985. 13 pp. Hartford, J. E. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Runaway and Homeless Adolescents. practice Applications Vol. 4, No. 2, 1986. 17 pp. These monographs summa&e social scrence research as a basis for guidelines for service providers in evaluation and/or treatment approaches.
sonality types associ with delinquency, the juvenile corrections system, current approaches to de~nq~en~, and the role of schwls, courts, families, and the mental health system. Three case stories are included. Karoly, P., Steffen, J. J. (editors). Adolescent Behavior Disorders: Foundations and Contemporaq Concerns. Lexington, Lexington Books, 19 ,315 pp. $39.80. ISBN 0-6691-3. This volume collects several state-of-t and practice reviews. Papers discuss the definition of psychosocial maturity, adaptation to life changes in adolscence, assessment of social competance, substance use and abuse, depression, communication training for probtern solving, behavioral approaches to delinquency, and perspectives on psychotherapy for behavior disorders. Keith, C. R. (editor). The AggressiveAdolescmt. ClinicaIPerspectives. New York, Free Press, 1984.487 O-02-916720-5. Clinical and resea papers collected in this volume include the assessment of aggression and violence in adolescents, legal and politica issues, various therapies, a review of female delinquency, and a cultural perspective.
risks and complications if not treated. Strangely, “NGU’ is listed separately from chlamydia and is described as being spread by oral sex and as a risk to newborns. Also, Gardnerella, trichomoniasis, and monilliasis are attributed as a group to factors that may not predispose to all three. Pubic lice have been scratched from the list. Because the format is well suited to younger teenage=, it is a shame that the content lacks accuracy.
U.S. Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, vention Setvices, Altanta, GA 30333. Center for Sexually Transmitted Disease ) Statistics, Calendar Year 1985.1987. This report provides tabulated data by state, by sex, and by age group for the reportable STDs, comparing seven-year periods from 1956. Sexually Transmitted Disease Summary 1986. This large fold-out wall chart compares all STDs with respect to clinical findings, diagnostic measures, 1985 recommended treatments, and behavioral implications for prevention.
JOURNAL OF ADOLESC
HEAL
Vol. 9, No. 3
J., Hatcher, C. T&cFsychology of Child Fi Detection and lntewentim. New York, Brunne 5-5. 1987. 220 pp. $25.00.
Gayner,
This text offers an extensive review of juvenile arson as criminal behavior and as a symptom of serious psychopathology. The authors d.%cuss the historical context, etiologies, evaluation, psychotherapeutic strategies, and community intervention pmgrams, with a description of a specific program in San Francisco.
pub1 Hinkle, L. E. Homicide: Acad Med 1986 62(5) 103rd Street, New York, NY 10029.)
Buti NY
East
Numerous nted at a 1985 symposium in, patterns of homicide in New clude epidemi York City, Los Angeles, and several foreign counties, the role of domestic violence, sex onal homicides, the and various deter@
Yarber, W. L., STD: A Guide for Today’s Young Adults. 1985. ISBN 0-88314-307-O. (American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1990 Association Drive, Reston VA 22091.) Dr. Yarber, a well-known health educator, proposes a curriculum guide for STD education in five class sessions or 250 minutes. The guide includes 12 learning opportunities designed for various levels of maturity and cognitive development, test questions, answers to common concerns of youth, and worksheets. The instructor’s manual contains the entire text of the student manual, which is available on its own.
SQCIOLOGY: Juvenile Delinquemy and Family Violence Center for Adolescent Mental Health, Columbia University School of Social Work, 622 West 113th Street, New York, NY 10825. Allen-Meares, P. Intervention With Behaviorally Disordered Adolescents. Practice Applications Vol. 4, No. 3,1986.9 pp. Curry, J. F. Aggressive or Delinquent Adolescents: Family Therapy Interventions. Practice Applications Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 1985. 13 pp. Hartford, J. E. Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Runaway and Homeless Adolescents. practice Applications Vol. 4, No. 2, 1986. 17 pp. These monographs summa&e social scrence research as a basis for guidelines for service providers in evaluation and/or treatment approaches.
sonality types associ with delinquency, the juvenile corrections system, current approaches to de~nq~en~, and the role of schwls, courts, families, and the mental health system. Three case stories are included. Karoly, P., Steffen, J. J. (editors). Adolescent Behavior Disorders: Foundations and Contemporaq Concerns. Lexington, Lexington Books, 19 ,315 pp. $39.80. ISBN 0-6691-3. This volume collects several state-of-t and practice reviews. Papers discuss the definition of psychosocial maturity, adaptation to life changes in adolscence, assessment of social competance, substance use and abuse, depression, communication training for probtern solving, behavioral approaches to delinquency, and perspectives on psychotherapy for behavior disorders. Keith, C. R. (editor). The AggressiveAdolescmt. ClinicaIPerspectives. New York, Free Press, 1984.487 O-02-916720-5. Clinical and resea papers collected in this volume include the assessment of aggression and violence in adolescents, legal and politica issues, various therapies, a review of female delinquency, and a cultural perspective.