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• Do Multicultural Education and Diversity Appreciation Training Reduce Prejudice among Counseling Trainees?
  A review of the research literature evaluating the effectiveness of multicultural education and diversity appreciation training (ME/DAT) was conducted to determine if there was support for the notion that ME/DAT effects reductions in prejudice among mental health counselor trainees. Results of the review produced four major conclusions.
• Does Culture Matter?
  Objects to current preoccupations with culture (particularly race) in psychology and education, suggesting that it is unethical to let culture influence decision making. Notes the paucity of empirical evidence of statistical interactions between treatment and culture in psychotherapy or teaching and culture in education.
• Models To Improve Service Delivery. Chapter 8
  This collection of papers presented at a 1996 conference on children's mental health focuses on models to improve service delivery.
• Promoting Optimum Mental Health through Counseling: An Overview
  A broad selection of topics representing important aspects of mental health counseling are presented in 56 brief articles. Part 1, "Overview: The Evolution of Mental Health Counseling," provides definition and a discussion of training and certification.
• Promoting Optimum Mental Health through Counseling: An Overview
  A broad selection of topics representing important aspects of mental health counseling are presented in 56 brief articles.
• Toward a Model of Psychological Health Empowerment: Implications for Health Care in Multicultural Communities
  The context for health empowerment includes individuals, health providers, and the regulatory environment. Psychological health empowerment consists of perceived control, perceived competence, and goal internalization.