Review of Law and the mental health professions: Friction at the
                        interface.

This article explores the twofold key claim often made within the Biblical Counseling Movement: (1) that doctrine of the sufficiency of Scripture necessitates a Biblical counseling approach that is predominantly or exclusively derived from Scripture and (2) that the counseling approaches derived from the secular mental health professions are either unnecessary or so inherently defective as to be improper resources for counseling by Christians. Particular focus is given to two key passages used to support this perspective: 2 Peter 1:1–11 and 2 Timothy 3:1–17. It is argued that neither of these passages provide Biblical warrant for the sufficiency of Scripture doctrine as sometimes advanced by the Biblical counseling movement.

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Introduction to the Special Issue on the Sufficiency of Scripture

Journal of Psychology and Theology ◽

10.1177/0091647121992420 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 009164712199242

Author(s):

William L. Hathaway

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Professions ◽

Biblical Counseling ◽

Special Issue ◽

Biblical Authority ◽

Christian Psychology

This article provides an introduction to the special issue on the sufficiency of Scripture. The special issue examines the biblicist approach to the sufficiency of Scripture and offers alternative understandings or examples of the how the sufficiency of Scripture relates to counseling. The introduction notes the issue includes contributions from integrationist, theological, Christian psychology, and Biblical counseling perspectives that share both a commitment to a high view of Biblical authority and an openness to resources for counseling offered by the contemporary mental health professions.

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A Structured-Training Approach to Teaching Diagnostic Interviewing

Teaching of Psychology ◽

10.1177/009862839402100304 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 144-150 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Susan M. Bögeis

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Health Professions ◽

Simulated Patients ◽

Training Methods ◽

The Past ◽

Training Approach ◽

Interviewing Skills ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Approach To Teaching ◽

Clinical Problems

In this article, recent developments in the teaching of diagnostic-interviewing skills in the mental health professions are discussed. First, the tasks and skills of the diagnostic interviewer are analyzed. Second, empirical evidence on effective interviewing styles is outlined. Third, training methods for teaching diagnostic interviewing are reviewed. A training program, developed to teach diagnostic interviewing to undergraduates, is then described. The program is highly structured, and simulated patients are used to introduce complex clinical problems and to evaluate students’ emerging competencies. Student and trainer satisfaction with the program has been high during the past 6 years.

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Effect of Mental Hospital Volunteer Work on Career Choice

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1969.25.1.35 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 35-40

Author(s):

Murdo M. Dowds ◽

James A. Kulik ◽

Karl E. Scheibe

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

College Students ◽

Mental Hospital ◽

Health Professions ◽

Volunteer Work ◽

Control Groups ◽

Volunteer Program ◽

Career Plans ◽

Academic Year

This study was designed to investigate the effect of participation in a mental hospital volunteer program on students' subsequent career plans and activities. Responses of the volunteers on follow-up questionnaires were compared with those of two control groups of college students not in the program. The number of volunteers planning careers in mental health professions increased significantly after participation in the program while the control groups showed little change in career plans. The volunteers also evaluated their summer's experience as highly important for their future vocational plans, and a high percentage planned to spend their next summer engaged in mental health activities. The program had only limited effects, however, on the academic-year behaviors of the volunteers.

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Geriatric Psychiatry Consultation in the Community

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674379403908s05 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 39 (8_suppl) ◽

pp. 27-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Paul Stolee ◽

J. Kenneth Le Clair ◽

Linda Kessler

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Medical Education ◽

Continuing Medical Education ◽

Health Professions ◽

Target Population ◽

Geriatric Psychiatry ◽

Psychiatric Consultation ◽

Future Directions ◽

Outreach Services ◽

Methodological Approaches

While increasing emphasis is being placed on geriatric psychiatry consultation and outreach services, there is considerable variation in terms of the composition and direction of these programs. Programs vary in terms of their objectives, location, target population, use of health professions and other resources and their method of consultation. The purposes of this paper are to review the characteristics of existing programs, to review the needs of the targets of consultation and to consider theoretical and methodological approaches which have been found to be useful in mental health/psychiatric consultation, in continuing medical education, and in program evaluation. On the basis of this review, future directions for effective approaches to consultative outreach in geriatric psychiatry will then be proposed.

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