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This brief study reports on health center visits for psychotropic medication prescriptions and academic success. We analyzed records for students with mental health needs from 2000 to 2008. Building on previous research, we found two significant variables predicting post-treatment 6-year graduation among health center mental-health clients: returning for services beyond intake and utilization of psychiatric medication. Students who returned beyond their first health center contact graduated with better rates than intake-only students, and mediation utilization appeared especially beneficial. Although these results require tightly controlled replication, our findings support a beneficial role for psychotropic medication in promoting some students' academic success.

This study examined college counseling experiences and academic outcomes. About 10% of college students seek counseling for mental health needs, and many would be unable to persist without support. Building on previous research, the research found that participating in counseling was beneficial to academic success. Students who visited the counseling center and then remained in counseling as recommended were more likely to experience GPA increases and graduate than were their peers who either did not complete further counseling after their first visit or were referred off campus. Attending a greater number of sessions appeared to have greater benefits. Implications for professionals across campus are discussed. This study contributes to the ongoing investigation of college counseling outcomes on academic success. The findings add empirical evidence from actual client records to an extant literature that has focused primarily on student self-reports and counseling staff perceptions.

This brief study reports on health center visits for psychotropic medication prescriptions and academic success. We analyzed records for students with mental health needs from 2000 to 2008. Building on previous research, we found two significant variables predicting post-treatment 6-year graduation among health center mental-health clients: returning for services beyond intake and utilization of psychiatric medication. Students who returned beyond their first health center contact graduated with better rates than intake-only students, and mediation utilization appeared especially beneficial. Although these results require tightly controlled replication, our findings support a beneficial role for psychotropic medication in promoting some students' academic success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What happens when a satellite owned by a private company in one state crashes into another state's satellite? International space law has an answer. The solution, however, reflects a bygone, state-centric era created by the Peace of Westphalia in 1648. A better system must meet demands of the emerging commercial space sector. The treaty framework governing state activities in outer space reflects Cold War fears. Consequently, the space liability regime favors diplomatic, cooperative dispute resolution between states. States, therefore, must sponsor private entities' claims. If the treaty process is ineffective, state responsibility and international liability fill the gaps left by the space liability regime. Today, space is increasingly crowded as commercial ventures launch into space. For them, a state-centric liability regime is ineffective. I conclude by suggesting that states back commercial ventures by subsidizing liability insurance and encourage the private sector to circumvent the treaty framework through contractual allocation of risk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the comity legal doctrine and the recognition of tribal judgments by U.S. federal courts as of April 2012. Tribal courts which are used by Indian tribes in America are addressed, as well as an assessment of the U.S. Full Faith and Credit Act. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit case United States v. Shavanaux, which deals with a claim of domestic partner abuse, is also examined.