Abstract
As governing bodies, citizen boards of directors of community mental health agencies are expected to exert a very significant influence over mental health services. The citizens who serve on these boards are frequently not prepared for the board responsibilities they are expected to assume and often feel inadequate in this role. Board members are, therefore, generally passive and noncontributing, and attend meetings only sporadically. They tend to look to the executive director for leadership of the agency. Frequently, the roles of board and executive director overlap. In order for the board to represent adequately the general public interest, it is crucial that the quality of citizen board participation be improved. This can be achieved by providing board members, through training, with appropriate knowledge and skills. This article describes one such training program.
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