11-17-93 Mental Health Research Center Update

                                      Contact:  Katherine Jackson

                         MEDIA ADVISORY

              MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER UPDATE

     The Charlottesville-based Rural Mental Health Research
Center's first year report will be given by director Jeanne Fox,
Ph.D., R.N.  Established by a $1.25 million grant from the National
Institute of Mental Health, the center focuses on three rural high-
risk populations: the elderly, mentally ill persons and women and
children.
     Fox, who is professor of behavioral medicine and psychiatry
and professor of nursing, will be assisted by Michael Blank Ph.D.,
director of clinical and community research. Blank will discuss the
racial matching of health care providers in rural areas.
     The talk, sponsored by the Virginia Health Policy Research
Center at the University of Virginia, will be held from noon to
1:30 p.m. Thursday at 3001 McKim Hall.
     For more information call Jeanne Fox at 979-8560.
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                                           November 17, 1993


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