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Volunteer programs in mental health

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A comparison of different types of volunteer programs in two mental health institutions is presented. The types of rewards available to volunteers and the method of structuring the volunteer program have an effect upon the types of volunteers attracted to and retained by the institutions. The institution that places a high value on the work of the volunteers, involves them in the professional treatment team, and provides work-related satisfactions for them attracts volunteers who differ in many respects from those attracted by institutions that use volunteers only in ancillary capacities.

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  1. Benjamin Gidron
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Dr. Gidron is the Director of the Joseph J. Schwartz Graduate Program for Training Community Center Directors and Senior Personnel at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. The research upon which this paper is based was carried out as part of Dr. Gidron's doctoral dissertation.

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Gidron, B. Volunteer programs in mental health. Administration in Mental Health 7, 133–147 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00820336

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