title: Professional pre-service training for working with the long-term mentally ill.
abstract: The knowledge base with respect to helping persons with long-term mental illness is expanding dramatically. Specific skills can be identified as critical for those who work with the long-term mentally ill. In contrast to in-service training, preservice (university-based) programs have been slow in offering relevant skills-based curricula. A model is proposed for describing current and future pre-service curricula. Curricula can be categorized as to whether it provides exposure, experience, or expertise in working with the long-term mentally ill. More than ever before the pre-service training programs seem ripe for the introduction of skill-based curricula relevant to helping persons who are psychiatrically disabled.
authors.affiliation: Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston University, MA 02215.
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farkas
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States