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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 125, No. 9

Articles | March 01, 1969

The Health Careers Institute: A Mental Health Strategy for an Urban Community

HARRIS B. PECK; TOM LEVIN; MELVIN ROMAN

Am J Psychiatry 1969;125:1180-1186.

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Associate professor of psychiatry and director, Lincoln Hospital Mental Health Services, 333 Southern Blvd., Bronx, N. Y. 10454, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N. Y.

Assistant professor of psychiatry and project director, Health Careers Program, Lincoln Hospital-Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N. Y.

Associate professor of psychiatry and associate director, Lincoln Hospital Mental Health Services, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N. Y.

1968-69, American Psychiatric Association

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The authors describe their experience operating a health careers program in a disadvantaged urban area. They feel that this type of mental health service is ideal for such a setting. The health careers strategy is designed to: 1) provide the manpower for its program; 2) develop personnel so as to establish more effective collaboration with allied health programs; 3) effect psychosocial change in residents of the community exposed to the program; and 4) make an effective contribution to aspects of the community's development that are closely related to the mental health of its citizens.

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