title: A brief program to upgrade the skills of community caregivers.
abstract: This paper describes a program to train community caregivers in mental health-related skills. The goal of the program was to enhance the participants' knowledge of family intervention techniques and to produce more favorable attitudes toward family intervention. A quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the program and is described in detail.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003376:Counseling; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012107:Research Design; D012946:Social Welfare; D013663:Teaching