Mental Health Consultation in Peace Corps Training

1 January 1964

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry

Vol. 10 (1) , 1-6
https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1964.01720190003001

Abstract

Introduction There has been increasing encouragement to the psychiatrist to broaden his function beyond that of the narrowly clinical and to lend his specialized knowledge and skills to activities outside of direct patient care.¹³Freeman⁸has pointed out the character of one area of this new participation, that of "Mental Health Consultant." Caplan^4-6has described the types of mental health consultation and discusses the difficulties involved in performing these tasks. Parker¹⁶points out the problems which are encountered if the consultant is viewed only in the stereotyped role of the diagnostician and therapist for the mentally ill. Along with others,^7,14she has indicated the need for supervision that psychiatrists working in this area may have, both to provide them with technical instruction and to help them in dealing with the anxieties this new role may stimulate.¹⁷ Based on our experiences as mental health consultants to two different Peace Corps

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