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Tips, Volume 23, No. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, 2003/2004, Wolf P. Wolfensberger

Training Institute Publication Series (TIPS)

• The Family

• Heterosexual Sex Outside Marriage

• Finding a Mate

• Marriage is Forever--Sort of

• Changes in Family Life

• The Self-Centered Mind-Set in Modernistic Marriage

• Marriage/Family & Money

• The Issue of Legalizing Some Form of Union Between Homosexuals

• Children

• Hostility Toward Children

• Abandonment/Neglect of Children by Their Parents, & Its Legitimization by the Intelligentsia

• Children Swimming In, & Being Junked by, Material Goods & Indulgences

• Child Health & Attacks Thereon

• Child Junking--Inducing Children Into Early Sexuality, Sexual Immorality, or Seductiveness

• Real & Purported Child Abuse, Including Sex …

Mental Health Referral Patterns Of Rural Pastors, Alicia A. Clark

Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)

This research evaluated the role of the rural pastor in making mental health referrals. A questionnaire was mailed to pastors in several rural California counties in order to assess the referral patterns of pastors to mental health professionals. The questionnaire consisted of demographic information and Likert-style questions inquiring about pastoral interaction, willingness to refer, and referral history with mental health professionals. It was expected that many variables including levels of education, counseling experience, exposure to mental health, specific denominations, and belief systems would affect the referral pattern to mental health professionals. It was also expected that all rural pastors would …