Rural Integrated Psychology Internship Training:  Meeting the MH Needs of Underserved Military and Rural Families
        
     
    
        
    
    
        Project Description:
        This grant is designed to address the crucial shortage of psychologists treating children, adolescents and families in the military and in underserved rural communities.  Increasing the numbers of behavioral health providers in rural areas will be accomplished through an expansion of the pre-doctoral internship training program located in the Munroe-Meyer Institute/ University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). 
This project will provide training for 18 additional psychology interns, 12 pediatric and family medicine residents, and 24 mental health practitioner (counseling, psychiatric nursing, marriage and family therapy, and social work) students through supervised interdisciplinary training experiences in underserved areas.  Interns will participate in rotations in interdisciplinary approaches to working with children and families as well as rotations in primary care settings.  
     
    
        Keyword(s):
        Integrated care training,  Rural,  Behavioral Health
     
    
        Core Function(s):
        Training Trainees, Performing Research or Evaluation, Demonstration Services
     
    
        Area of Emphasis
        Health-Related Activities
     
    
        Target Audience:
        Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
     
    
        Unserved or Under-served Populations:
        Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote
     
    
        Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
        State
     
    
    
        COVID-19 Related Data:
        
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