Abstract
In this paper, we discuss development of the Vietnam National University graduate Clinical Psychology Program, which has the goal of training both Vietnamese researchers who will develop and evaluate culturally appropriate mental health
treatments, as well as Vietnamese clinicians who will implement and help disseminate these evidence-based treatments. We first
review the background situation in Vietnam regarding mental health, and its infrastructure and training needs, and discuss
the process through which the decision was made to develop a graduate program in clinical psychology as the best approach
to address these needs. We then review the development process for the program and its current status, and our focus on the
schools as a site for service provision and mental health task shifting. Finally, we outline future goals and plans for the
program, and discuss the various challenges that the program has faced and our attempts to resolve them.
treatments, as well as Vietnamese clinicians who will implement and help disseminate these evidence-based treatments. We first
review the background situation in Vietnam regarding mental health, and its infrastructure and training needs, and discuss
the process through which the decision was made to develop a graduate program in clinical psychology as the best approach
to address these needs. We then review the development process for the program and its current status, and our focus on the
schools as a site for service provision and mental health task shifting. Finally, we outline future goals and plans for the
program, and discuss the various challenges that the program has faced and our attempts to resolve them.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s12646-011-0078-x
- Authors
- Bahr Weiss, Peabody School of Education MSC 552, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- Hoang-Minh Dang, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Victoria Ngo, The Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Amie Pollack, Peabody School of Education MSC 552, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- David Sang, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Trung T. Lam, Danang Psychiatric Hospital, Da Nang, Vietnam
- My Loc Thi Nguyen, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Huynh-Nhu Le, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
- Nam Tran, Peabody School of Education MSC 552, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- Cong Tran, Peabody School of Education MSC 552, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
- Khanh N. Do, Vietnam Institute of Psychology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Journal Psychological Studies
- Online ISSN 0974-9861
- Print ISSN 0033-2968