Mr. McGreevey said that New Jersey officials would conduct special inspections of two nursing homes that, despite having no mental-health credentials, are now housing more than 300 former patients from New York psychiatric hospitals.
Training may range from two days (the TrueBlue study) to a university awarded postgraduate qualification with additional work experience (mental health nurse credential required to receive the MHNIP).
In 2012, there were 1,153 credentialed mental health nurses in Australia and the MHNIP had been taken up by 470 organisations [ 37].
45 As educational inequalities do not seem to exist to the same extent within all regional and historical contexts, we propose future studies to explore further under what conditions educational credentials affect mental health, instead of just the dichotomous question of whether education is related to mental health, still nurtured by large-scale epidemiological studies.
Whatever the truth about Campbell's behaviour, or whatever its impact, his newly acquired credentials on mental health advocacy are impressive.
Epidemiological studies have shown an association between educational credentials and mental disorders, but have not offered any explanation for the varying strength of this association in different historical contexts.
As researchers attempt to track evidence of the causal association between educational credentials and mental health, it is crucial to take the macro context into consideration and to draw implications from empirical results in a contextually specific manner.
"They took into account the humanitarian issues and agreed to release her once we have proven our credentials and history of mental illness," he said.
That said, there are still some people who purport to offer "naked therapy" today, but it's important to note they don't have the licensing or credentials to offer legitimate mental health counseling.
A spokesman for the Federation of State Medical Boards said that the federation had not yet considered the licensing issue, and that so far, state medical boards were simply cautioning prospective users of mental-health sites to check the credentials of the doctors.
