USF 2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 66
Location/Phone: MHC 1101, (813) 974-4602
The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute’s mission is to strengthen mental health services in the State of Florida through research, training, and education (Florida Statute 240.514).
The Institute’s programs are conducted by four departments: Aging and Mental Health, Child and Family Studies, Community Mental Health, and Mental Health Law and Policy. The Institute conducts a broad range of applied research, training, and dissemination activities related to the planning, development, delivery, and evaluation of public mental health services. The Institute’s training and consultation activities are provided for a variety of audiences including mental health and health care professionals, the Florida legislature, administrators, policy makers, planners, consumers, students, and the public.
The Institute provides continuing education opportunities for mental health and health professionals and is approved to provide continuing education credits for the following professional organizations: American Psychological Association, Florida Department of Professional Regulation, Florida Board of Nursing, and the Certification Board of Addiction Professionals of Florida. The Institute also provides continuing education credits to professional groups such as physicians and attorneys through the following organizations: the USF Continuing Medical Education Office and the Florida Bar Association.
The Institute offers undergraduate and graduate students research assistantships, volunteer and part-time employment opportunities. Students may earn academic credit for independent research performed at the Institute in conjunction with USF courses. Institute faculty teach credit courses in degree-granting programs in cooperation with other USF colleges and offer certificate courses in planning, evaluation and accountability.
The Institute’s pre-doctoral internship program for psychologists is approved by the American Psychological Association. Undergraduate and graduate students participate in the Institute’s Multicultural Mental Health Training Program designed to attract minority students to the mental health field.
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Dean - DAVID L. SHERN
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Karen M. Hall - webCat@ugs.usf.edu
Effective Date: Semester I, 2000
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