Educational therapy in a community mental health center.

The existence of serious psychosocial problems in adults caused by or strongly associated with various learning and educational difficulties has not been given sufficient attention by mental health programs. This paper discusses the nature, assessment, and amelioration of these problems through an educational therapy program located in a community mental health center. Educational therapy is essential for these adults because unless their learning and educational difficulties are corrected, no amount of psychotherapy by itself will fully resolve their psychosocial problems.