Rural Outreach: Guidelines for Intervention (original) (raw)

International Journal of Mental Health, 1983

Abstract

In these times of mounting economic hardships, many mental health centers are being forced to reduce their services to rural communities. In place of full-time services at rural clinics, agencies are attempting to provide limited services through outreach efforts. However, rural outreach programs, which typically involve staff commuting from a central agency located outside the area, are fraught with several difficulties. In addition to the problems that beset many rural mental health programs, e.g., limited resources and funding, lack of transportation, value conflict between clients and providers [ 1-3] , outreach staff must handle the concerns rural residents have about the limited program. These concerns, voiced directly or indirectly, usually consist of the following:

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