title: Characteristics and clinical practices of rural marriage and family therapists.
abstract: This report presents a subset of data collected from the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Practice Research Network project conducted in 2002. A sample of 47 clinical members of AAMFT who indicated they practiced in a rural community provided descriptive information on demographic characteristics, training, clinical practices, and treatment of substance abuse disorders. Similarities and differences with the demographic characteristics and practice patterns of the overall sample of 285 are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied and Professional Studies, Texas Tech University, USA. james.morris@ttu.edu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States