Mental Health and Aging: Training for Non-Mental Health Staff and Volunteers inRural Arizona

摘要

The purpose of this project was to address the problems of inadequately preparedstaff, inadequate training, inadequate health services, by training non-mental professionals and others to assist the elderly with mental health problems, and to increase mental health system and popular awareness of, and response to, the mental health challenges and needs of older adults. Goals are: (1) develop and implement Anglo, Hispanic, and Native American cultural versions of a four-to-