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Assessment, preventive intervention, and interdisciplinary collaboration between the fire department and mental health services are highlighted as key factors in the identification and treatment of juvenile firesetters and their families. An interagency pilot program in New York City is described and the importance of "aggressive" outreach is emphasized.
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Community Mental Health Services , Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders/prevention & control , Firesetting Behavior/prevention & control , Juvenile Delinquency/prevention & control , Acting Out , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Combined Modality Therapy , Family Therapy , Female , Firesetting Behavior/psychology , Humans , Juvenile Delinquency/psychology , Male , Recurrence , Referral and Consultation , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
Based on a literature review and a survey of existing programs, this preventive outreach program emphasizes staff training in order to prepare college staff to implement a variety of outreach efforts following the suicide attempt or death of a student on campus. Specific guidelines are offered for the management of the suicide crisis, with special attention focused on the friends of the suicide victim.
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Student Health Services , Suicide Prevention , Data Collection , Death , Humans , New YorkABSTRACT
A collaborative study was conducted to compare automated methods for rapid determination of fat and moisture in meat and poultry products with the official AOAC solvent extraction and forced-air oven methods, respectively. Fourteen products were tested, with fat and moisture contents ranging from 2 to 43% and 44 to 74%, respectively. Eight of the collaborating laboratories analyzed the products by using a moisture/fat analyzer; 4 laboratories used the AOAC methods. Standard deviations for within-laboratory repeatability, between-laboratory reproducibility, and bias for each product indicated that the rapid methods were acceptable. The moisture/fat analyzer methods have been adopted official first action for fat and moisture analyses in meat and poultry products.
