title: Development of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health Resources in Vietnam.
abstract: In this paper, we discuss development of the Vietnam National University graduate Clinical Psychology Program, which has the goal of training both Vietnamese researchers who will develop and evaluate culturally appropriate mental health treatments, as well as Vietnamese clinicians who will implement and help disseminate these evidence-based treatments. We first review the background situation in Vietnam regarding mental health, and its infrastructure and training needs, and discuss the process through which the decision was made to develop a graduate program in clinical psychology as the best approach to address these needs. We then review the development process for the program and its current status, and our focus on the schools as a site for service provision and mental health task shifting. Finally, we outline future goals and plans for the program, and discuss the various challenges that the program has faced and our attempts to resolve them.
authors.affiliation: Peabody School of Education MSC 552, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA.
authors.forename: Bahr
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Hoang-Minh
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Dang
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: Amie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Trung T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: My Loc Thi
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Huynh-Nhu
authors.initials: HN
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Nam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Cong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Khanh N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Do