Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Social Work
First Advisor
Lewis H. Curtis
Term of Graduation
1977
Date of Publication
6-1-1977
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
Language
English
Subjects
Elahan Center for Mental Health and Family Living, Community mental health services -- Evaluation
DOI
10.15760/etd.1886
Physical Description
1 online resource (55 pages)
Abstract
Evaluative research in the field of mental health is carried out pursuant to several goals. One is to study a very particular intervention on a very particular client (or client population) in a controlled way with the aim to test a theory of intervention. This form of research requires basically an experimental research design. It also requires rigorously defined and measured intervention and a good control for factors other than intervention. The requirements for this form of research are stringent and the number of such projects reported is, therefore, rare.
The present study was done as a pilot study for the Elahan Center for Mental Health and Family Living (formerly Clark County Mental Health) in Vancouver, Washington. This agency has recently undergone much change. About eighteen months ago there was a change of Directors. At about the same time, though unrelated, the agency was involved in a public scandal around the drug program. As a result of much inter-agency strife and the change in administration, few employees from the old staff remain. The new administration is dedicatedly behaviorist in therapeutic orientation, as are some of the therapists. Use of para-professionals in professional capacities is high and most of tile para-professionals follow the behavioristic bent of the administration.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12292
Recommended Citation
Carlton, Dianne E., "An Evaluative Study of Client Satisfaction at a Mental Health Clinic" (1977). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 1887.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.1886
Comments
A practicum submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work.
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