A structured, standardized training program for key community professionals developed as part of a planned large scale mental health program, utilized a self-administered set of biographical and problem and complaint materials called the “Personal Data Kit.” Training focused upon systematized methods for data gathering, problem identification, and planning for counseling or referral by physicians and ministers. Approximately 75% of ministers and 60% of physicians completed a 12-wk. course. Studies were conducted to determine (a) changes in practices and attitudes among trainees, (b) changes in attitudes among professional and civic leaders, (c) characteristics of persons served by trainees, (d) opinions of trainees about the outcome of their counseling and referral activities.
Considerations of Ethics While Allowing Flexibility for Trainees: The Model and The Rationale for the Model of the Yale Global Mental Health Program