Training for Community Mental Health in an Urban Setting
M. ROBERT HARRIS M.D.1,
BETTY L. KALIS PH.D.2, , and
LIDA SCHNEIDER A.M.3
1 Associate Clinical Professor, University of California School of Medicine, Director, Langley Porter Community Mental Health Training Program, 401 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94122
2 Associate Clinical Professor, University of California School of Medicine, Clinical Psycology Consultant, Langley Porter Community Mental Health Training Program, 401 Parnassus Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94122
3 Lecturer in Psychiatric Social Work, University of California School of Medicine, and Social Work Consultant in the Langley Porter Community Mental Health Training Program
The nation's investment in community mental health requires not only that significant numbers of specialists be trained but also that all mental health professionals acquire some basic skills in the theory and method of this field. The authors describe the community mental health training program at Langley Porter, which began in 1960. They believe that this kind of training should be a required rather than an elective assignment in the training of psychiatric residents.
