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Mermelstein, Joanne; Sundet, Paul A. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1986
Survey of 20 community mental health centers in 12 Midwest grain belt farm states found continuum of farm crisis problems requires professional responses consistent with philosophy and goals of community mental health. Results indicate responses vary, not in relationship to severity of problems, but because of center philosophy and resource…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Economic Change, Farmers, Financial Problems
Pippard, James L. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1989
Discusses recent successes with innovative training program for staff working with chronically mentally ill. Describes program development, program structure, program content, and funding issues. Emphasizes value of collaboration between academia and mental health service agencies. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Institutional Cooperation, Instructional Innovation, Mental Disorders
Murty, Susan A. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1984
After discussing theories of attitude change, recommends that mental health workers overcome the negative attitudes of rural communities toward mental health programs by forming positive, personal, affective bonds with rural community members. Presents strategies for establishing and maintaining these bonds in private life, clinical work, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes
Wallace-Whitaker, Virginia – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Describes step-by-step procedure for creating a 20-minute public relations slide/tape show for a large community mental health and home health agency in rural Maine. Emphasizes importance of face-to-face contact, identifying and addressing the potential audience, creating a neighbor-to-neighbor atmosphere, and imaginatively using graphics to…
Descriptors: Advertising, Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Communications
