TY - JOUR
T1 - Research in community mental health settings
T2 - A practicum experience for researchers
AU - Miller, Alexander L.
AU - Lopez, Linda
AU - Arnold, Jodi G
AU - Dassori, Albana M
AU - Bond, Gary
AU - Velligan, Dawn
PY - 2008/11
Y1 - 2008/11
N2 - Applying research findings to community mental health practices is slowed by provider concerns that research participants often differ from community populations in duration of illness, comorbid conditions, and illness severity. Selecting participants from community settings makes research results demonstrably relevant, but researchers and community providers can be mistrustful of one another, feeling that the other has little understanding of their needs and work. This mistrust impedes patient referrals for research. This column describes a program to increase researcher knowledge of community clinic procedures through structured interactions with clinic personnel. Follow-up interviews indicate improved attitudes and cooperation of researchers and community providers.
AB - Applying research findings to community mental health practices is slowed by provider concerns that research participants often differ from community populations in duration of illness, comorbid conditions, and illness severity. Selecting participants from community settings makes research results demonstrably relevant, but researchers and community providers can be mistrustful of one another, feeling that the other has little understanding of their needs and work. This mistrust impedes patient referrals for research. This column describes a program to increase researcher knowledge of community clinic procedures through structured interactions with clinic personnel. Follow-up interviews indicate improved attitudes and cooperation of researchers and community providers.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.59.11.1246
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.59.11.1246
M3 - Article
C2 - 18971398
AN - SCOPUS:55249127513
VL - 59
SP - 1246
EP - 1248
JO - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
JF - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
SN - 1075-2730
IS - 11
ER -