The Middle-Level Mental Health Worker: II. His Training
Harold L. McPHEETERS M.D.1
1 Commission on Mental Illness and Retardation Southern Regional Education Board Atlanta, Georgia
In recent years the number of two-year college training programs for mental health workers has grown from one to 140, nearly all in community colleges. The author describes the development of the programs and discusses their important features. He empasizes the need for mental health and related agencies to establish positions for the graduates and incorporate them into their programs.
