Working Together for Mental Health: evaluation of a one-day mental health course for human service providers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Working Together For Mental Health course is an 8-hour course designed to demystify mental illness and mental health services. The main target group for the course is people working in human service organisations who provide services for people with mental illness.

Methods

A questionnaire was administered to all participants attending the course during 2003 (n = 165). Participants completed the questionnaire before and immediately after the course, and at three month follow-up.

Results

A response rate of 69% was achieved with 114 people completing the questionnaire on all three occasions. The responses showed a significant improvement in the self-assessed knowledge and confidence of participants to provide human services to people with a mental health p

SUBMITTER: Grootemaat P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1635693 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature