Mental Health Technology: An Approach to the Manpower Problem
PAUL JAY FINK M.D.1, and
HERBERT ZEROF ED.D.
1 Associate Professor and Director of Education and Training, Department of Mental Health Sciences, Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, 230 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19102
The authors describe a program for the education of middle-echelon mental health personnel. They include descriptions of the educational objectives, recruitment problems, and curriculum. The program, which leads to a bachelor of science degree, trains students to be skilled in specific areas of psychiatric therapy with a high level of responsibility for patient care.
