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Mental health courses as a facilitator for change in a rural community

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This study documents a university effort to assist a rural community in developing a mental health educational program for primary interveners within the community. Program goals were established and evaluated on a pre- and postcourse basis and compared with a noncourse-taking group of similar professionals within the community. Results suggest some significant change in the desired direction in the course groups. The satisfaction of program participants, the request for and provision of further programs, and the substantive community changes occurring in association with the courses support the concept of community-university liaison in the development of acceptable and realistic mental health programs in rural communities.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, 2025 Zonal Ave., 90033, Los Angeles, California

    Donald H. Naftulin M.D. (Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Continuing Education)

  2. Division of Continuing Education, Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, USA

    Frank A. Donnelly M.A. (Instructor in Psychiatry (Psychology) and Assistant Director of Research)

  3. Division of Continuing Education, Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, USA

    Patricia B. O'Halloran B.A. (Research Assistant)

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Naftulin, D.H., Donnelly, F.A. & O'Halloran, P.B. Mental health courses as a facilitator for change in a rural community. Community Ment Health J 10, 359–365 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410783

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