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Curriculum resources for training Direct care providers in public Sector mental health

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Direct care personnel who do not have graduate-level professional degrees provide a substantial amount of client care in mental health organizations across the nation. Training for them is minimal in many settings. This shortcoming may negatively affect client care, staff recruitment and retention, and the effective use of scarce resources. In this paper, we identify and review curriculum resources available to mental health organizations interested in implementing or enhancing training programs for direct care personnel. These include two relevant competency sets and six portable training curricula, as well as information on how to access these resources.

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  1. Assistant Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry), Executive Director of the Community Services Network, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center,Yale Department of Psychiatry, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT, USA, 06519

    Thomas H. Styron

  2. Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University Health Services, New Haven, CT, USA

    Matthew Shaw

  3. Research Associate for the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Addictive Diseases, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Ebony McDuffie

  4. Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry),Director of Behavioral Health Services, Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, CT, USA

    Michael A. Hoge

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Correspondence to Thomas H. Styron.

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This work was supported in part by Contract No. 03M00013801D from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Styron, T.H., Shaw, M., McDuffie, E. et al. Curriculum resources for training Direct care providers in public Sector mental health. APMH 32, 633–649 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-005-3266-y

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