Prevention Counseling Programs Research Articles

Geneticization: the Cyprus paradigm.

Geneticization is a broad term referring to several related processes such as a spreading tendency to use a genetic model of disease explanation, a growing influence of genetics in medical practice, and the slow changing of individual and societal attitudes towards reproduction, prevention and control of disease. These processes can be demonstrated in medical literature on preventive genetic screening and counselling programs for beta-thalassaemia in Cyprus, the United Kingdom and Canada. The preventive possibilities of the new genetic and diagnostic technologies have been quickly understood and advocated by health professionals, and their educational strategies have created a web of social control, in marked contrast to the alleged voluntary decision-making process and free choice. Genetic diagnostic technologies have led to considerable changes in control and management of beta-thalassaemia, and have generated a number of unresolved incongruities.

Victims of traffic accidents: Incidence and prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder

The psychological consequences of traffic accidents have been rarely the subject of research. Responses of serious traffic accidents and the effects of an outreach program for victims were studied in a research project. Subjects selected from police registers participated in a preventive counseling program or in a monitoring group. Foci of this study were the way in which the subjects coped with the event and the symptoms that might develop. Measurements were carried out 1 month and 6 months after the accident. The results indicate that an average of about 10% of the victims suffer from post-traumatic stress disorders and that although counseling is appreciated by victims, it could not be proven that it was effective in preventing disorders.

Prevention of post-traumatic stress disorders

This article deals with issues which are helpful in designing preventive outreach programs for victims of traumatic stress. The first part outlines a theoretical approach to the process of coping with serious life events. The second part analyzes the various aspect of mental assistance after such events. Aims of psychological intervention and different components of intervention programs are discussed. Finally the authors describe a specific program of psychological assistance that has been developed for employees of organizations (especially banking corporations), who have become victim of violence, such as in bank robberies and hijackings. The article is partly based on the practice of preventive counselling programs which are being developed in The Netherlands.

Prevention of post‐traumatic stress disorders

AbstractThis article deals with issues which are helpful in designing preventive outreach programs for victims of traumatic stress. The first part outlines a theoretical approach to the process of coping with serious life events. The second part analyzes the various aspect of mental assistance after such events. Aims of psychological intervention and different components of intervention programs are discussed. Finally the authors describe a specific program of psychological assistance that has been developed for employees of organizations (especially banking corporations), who have become victim of violence, such as in bank robberies and hijackings. The article is partly based on the practice of preventive counselling programs which are being developed in The Netherlands.

Preventative Counseling for the Gifted Adolescent: From Words to Action

A reliable preventive counseling program is one that recognizes the distinct affective needs of the gifted adolescent and one that becomes an integral part of the curriculum.

Multivariate Identification and Prediction of University Student Problems

This study identified personality differences between college students who had and who did not have emo tional problems, and then used these personality differences to predict emotional problems in other students. Personality differences on seven measures predicted three kinds of emotional problems. The technique pre dicted problems with the great silent majority of students who never ask for official help. This information can be used to plan preventive counseling or educational programs early in the college career of potential prob lem students.