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Orienting psychotherapists to better serve low income and minority patients
Author(s) -
Evans Leonard A.,
Yamamoto Joe,
Acosta Frank X.,
Skilbeck William M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198401)40:1<90::aid-jclp2270400116>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - orientation (vector space) , psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , low income , psychiatry , geometry , mathematics , socioeconomics , sociology
As a part of larger NIMH study, 29 psychotherapists who were begining training at a large urban psychiatric outpatient clinic participated in a special orientation program. The orientation program had the following objectives: First, to increase the therapists' knowledge about low income and minority patients; second, to increase the therapists's sensitivity to minority patients's requests and problems; and, third, to increase the effectiveness of the therapeutic encounter. The majority of therapists acted as their own controls; they saw patients before and then after participating in the orientation program. Data indicated that therapists improved significantly in knowledge, sensitivity, and effectiveness as a result of the special therapist orientation program.