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Community mental health in rural schools: A demonstration project
Author(s) -
Solomon Gary,
Hiesberger John
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(198010)8:4<353::aid-jcop2290080409>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - mental health , referral , psychological intervention , context (archaeology) , medical education , nursing , psychology , service delivery framework , service (business) , medicine , psychiatry , business , paleontology , marketing , biology
A pilot program was initiated by a rural community mental health center in which staff went into the local junior and senior high schools to provide personal‐problem‐oriented counseling services to students. Results of the program suggest that students perceived their problems as serious, that they found counseling interventions helpful, that they favorably perceived referral to a mental health professional, and that students desired the availability of such services within the school environment on a regular basis. Conceptual and service‐delivery issues are discussed within the context of a preliminary model for mental health‐public school collaboration in the delivery of counseling services to students in rural areas. Suggestions for future research are noted.