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Mental health workers' ratings of the importance of the goals of a cooperatve cmhc‐state hospital screening‐aftercare program
Author(s) -
Lueger Robert J.
Publication year - 1981
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(198110)9:4<355::aid-jcop2290090414>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - mental health , pilot program , state hospital , psychology , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , family medicine , medical education
Ratings of the importance of the goals of a pilot community mental health center (CMHC)‐state psychiatric hospital cooperative program aimed at providing screening and aftercare were obtained from 214 mental health professionals. Respondents were employed at state hospitals, at CMHCs that were participating in the program, and at CMHCs that were not participating in the pilot cooperative program. Ratings of importance were found to differ across goals, between mental health workers of state hospitals and CMHCs, between participating and nonparticipating CMHCs, between professions, and as a function of distance between CMHCs and state hospitals. Implications of the findings for the evaluation of the success of a cooperative screening‐aftercare pilot program are discussed.