ERIC Number: ED091593
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1973-Jun-30
Pages: 52
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To Evaluate the Effectiveness of Achievement Motivation Training for Mental Patients Being Rehabilitated to the Community: Goal Planning in Mental Health Rehabilitation.
Houts, Peter S.; Scott, Robert A.
A project sought to identify how the strategies used in training programs for the development of achievement motivation could be applied to the field of mental health. In addition to using goal planning in all its aspects, if focused on the patients' strengths rather than their problems. It also trained the staff who worked with the patients rather than training the patients themselves. (NTIS)
Descriptors: Attendants, Attitudes, Behavioral Objectives, Job Training, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Clinics, Mental Health Programs, Motivation, Motivation Techniques, Negative Attitudes, Positive Reinforcement, Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Programs
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Social and Rehabilitation Service (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Pennsylvania State Univ., Hershey. Dept. of Behavioral Science.
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