An education for the future.

The 21st century clinical psychologist will need to become actively engaged in establishing our nation's health care policies and priorities to ensure that the psychological aspects of care are given greater priority. The clinician's workplace and target clientele will drastically change, with the development of a global and preventive perspective becoming the key to the profession's future.

Child abuse and neglect in military and civilian families.

Patterns and correlates of child maltreatment were investigated both within the military and between military and civilian families. The results revealed that certain patterns and correlates emerged within the military that were significant. For example, loss of control and lack of tolerance were two major reasons given for abuse by military perpetrators .

Corporal punishment in schools: myths, problems and alternatives.

In many countries, corporal punishment of school children continues to be an officially or unofficially sanctioned form of institutional child abuse. Continuing support for the use of corporal punishment is related to the following factors: (1) widely held beliefs regarding the effectiveness of corporal punishment, (2) an unawareness of problems resulting from the use of physical punishment, and (3) a lack of knowledge about effective disciplinary alternatives. The purpose of this paper is threefold: One is to show that many of the beliefs are myths, e.