TY - JOUR
T1 - Introducing a professional development programme to a rural area mental health service
T2 - the importance of context
AU - Hodgins, Gene
AU - Murray, Greg
AU - Donoghue, Adrian
AU - Judd, Fiona
AU - Petts, Alison
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Australasian Psychiatry. ISSNs: 1039-8562;
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Objective: To describe the introduction of an ongoing professional development programme for clinicians in a rural area mental health service. The programme involved a series of workshops delivered by clinical psychologists. The training component of each workshop focused on discrete cognitive behavioural strategies, targeted at the amelioration of anxiety and mood symptoms.Conclusions: The paper emphasizes contextual aspects of the programme: its setting, the modality of delivery, resourcing issues and maximizing engagement by the participants. Preliminary evaluation data are reviewed, and it is argued that programmes that focus on local capacity building in rural settings are an important component of redressing the urban'rural imbalance in the availability of evidence-based psychological treatments.
AB - Objective: To describe the introduction of an ongoing professional development programme for clinicians in a rural area mental health service. The programme involved a series of workshops delivered by clinical psychologists. The training component of each workshop focused on discrete cognitive behavioural strategies, targeted at the amelioration of anxiety and mood symptoms.Conclusions: The paper emphasizes contextual aspects of the programme: its setting, the modality of delivery, resourcing issues and maximizing engagement by the participants. Preliminary evaluation data are reviewed, and it is argued that programmes that focus on local capacity building in rural settings are an important component of redressing the urban'rural imbalance in the availability of evidence-based psychological treatments.
KW - Cognitive behavioural therapy
KW - Mental health services
KW - Professional development
KW - Rural and remote psychiatry
KW - Training
U2 - 10.1111/j.1039-8562.2004.02086.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1039-8562.2004.02086.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1039-8562
VL - 12
SP - 153
EP - 160
JO - Australasian Psychiatry
JF - Australasian Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -