Social support and recovery in people with serious mental illnesses.

abstract：:Little is known about the medical conditions and medication use of individuals who are homeless and have mental health problems. This study used secondary data (N = 933) from a mental health clinic serving homeless adults. Primary outcomes were the number and types of self-reported medical conditions and medications. ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Arnold EM,Strenth CR,Hedrick LP,Paterson RC,Curiel J,Joseph AE,Brown TW,Kimball JN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Jail diversion and forensic community treatment programs have proliferated over the past decade, far outpacing evidence regarding their efficacy. The current study reports findings from a randomized clinical trial conducted in California for frequent jail users with serious mental illness that compares a forensic asse...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Cusack KJ,Morrissey JP,Cuddeback GS,Prins A,Williams DM

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical encounters with three outpatients at a CMHC who were managed with alternating periods of voluntary or uncoerced and involuntary or coerced treatment are presented. The two periods of coerced community treatment--of eight months and then two to four years duration--produced positive results quite distinct from...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Geller JL

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A suggested example of a systematic approach for linking planning with evaluation is presented. The proposed systematic processes would help deal with the ambiguities of the mental health field and provide a more objective way of planning and evaluating programs. Program evaluation can then be related to the predeterm...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Olkon SH

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study employed a citizenship measure to explore mental health providers' views of citizenship to support the societal participation of people with mental illnesses, with citizenship defined as a person's (or people's) strong connection to the 5Rs of rights, responsibilities, roles, resources and relationships and...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Clayton A,Miller R,Gambino M,Rowe M,Ponce AN

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive body of literature provides evidence supporting the effectiveness of assertive community treatment (ACT) with regard to non-forensic outcome measures, such as number of hospital admissions and length of stay. However, research findings on the effectiveness of ACT for forensic outcome measures, such as rea...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Marquant T,Sabbe B,Van Nuffel M,Goethals K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is an exploration of mental health consumers' perspectives on information, including scientific information, and on other inputs to decision-making. Four focus groups were held with severely mentally ill consumers at two sites in the summer of 2005. Consumers varied in age, race and diagnosis. Participant r...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tanenbaum SJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this research, we examine the relationships between the housing characteristics and dimensions of community adaptation for 107 psychiatric consumer/survivors. Hypotheses about which housing characteristics best predict which dimensions of adaptation were made based on previous research and theory. Using a longitudi...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Nelson G,Hall GB,Walsh-Bowers R

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychiatric rehabilitation supports individuals with mental disorders to acquire the skills needed for independent lives in communities. This article assesses the potential of outsourcing psychiatric rehabilitation by analysing care farm services in the Netherlands. Service characteristics were analysed across 214 car...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Iancu SC,Zweekhorst MB,Veltman DJ,van Balkom AJ,Bunders JF

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes literature about paraprofessionals who assist children or families in the areas of mental health, education, or early childhood education, and focuses on three main questions: How effective are paraprofessionals?; what are the common and appropriate roles and responsibilities of paraprofessiona...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Walter UM,Petr CG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In California and in Great Britain plans are being made to move the treatment setting for many sex offenders from large state hospitals to community sites. The most useful aspects of the state hospital programs can be adapted to the community setting. In the proposed treatment centers, graded levels of security may in...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Freeman AM 3rd

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need to move mental health systems toward more recovery-oriented treatment modes is well established. Progress has been made to define needed changes but evidence is lacking about the resources required to implement them. The Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) in California was designed to implement more recovery-o...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Felton MC,Cashin CE,Brown TT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Violence inflicted by individuals with mental illness towards healthcare workers has received significant media attention. Though such incidents are relatively infrequent, they inspire reactive responses and contribute to further stigmatization of the mentally ill. Prevention of violence is an important challenge for ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Weisman RL,Lamberti JS

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is concerned with the significance of recent changes in the public's ability to correctly identify descriptions of mental illness. Whereas other investigators have argued that increased abilities to identify mental illness may lead to greater acceptance of the mentally ill, this paper suggests that increase...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Phillips DL

更新日期：1967-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluating the impact of early intervention as a means to prevent or ameliorate developmental disabilities has been a long standing problem and the issue of effectiveness continues to be debated. This study explored the utility of Goal Attainment Scaling as a planning and evaluation tool whereby intervention outcomes ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Simeonsson RJ,Bailey DB Jr,Huntington GS,Brandon L

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been partial implementation of the Saskatchewan Plan to replace the large centralized public mental hospital with small regional centers stressing community care. Intensive treatment of new patients together with intensive rehabilitation of old patients has greatly reduced the accumulation of chronic patient...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lafave HG,Stewart A,Grunberg F

更新日期：1968-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This Is My Brave (TIMB) is a contact-based mental illness stigma reduction program, set in theaters, meant to reduce stigma, increase beliefs about empowerment and recovery, and improve attitudes towards treatment seeking for mental health concerns. The authors conducted the first empirical evaluation of TIMB using a ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kosyluk K,Marshall J,Macias DR,Andrus D,Guerra D,Robinson M,Ostos A,Chapman S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe uses for a 17-item instrument that efficiently measures the functioning level of chronically mentally ill persons living in the community. The Multnomah Community Ability Scale is designed to be completed by case managers who work with chronically mentally ill consumers. The instrument is sensitiv...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Barker S,Barron N,McFarland BH,Bigelow DA,Carnahan T

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have investigated the reasons why pregnant and puerperal women fail to seek or accept treatment for perinatal depression in low- and middle-income countries, where there is a high prevalence of this disorder. To help fill this gap, this study investigated the factors influencing the decision not to seek or...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Baldisserotto ML,Miranda Theme M,Gomez LY,Dos Reis TBQ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the prevalence rates and characteristics of past-year mental health consultation for Ontario's adult (18 + years old) immigrant populations. The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 2012 was used to calculate the prevalence rates of past-year mental health consultation by service provider type. Charact...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Islam F,Khanlou N,Macpherson A,Tamim H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes a culturally relevant intervention using a collaborative depression care model to integrate mental health and primary care services for depressed low income Chinese-Americans at a community health center. A total of 6,065 patients were screened for depression. Of the 341 who screened positive, 57 ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kwong K,Chung H,Cheal K,Chou JC,Chen T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hardships of war affect all members of society. Those most acutely affected are service members and their families. Civilian service personnel mobilized within an active reserve component experience a disruption of life style which can cause stress. Service members are trained to be effective soldiers, but very li...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Rabb DD,Baumer RJ,Wieseler NA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to develop criteria for appropriate and inappropriate referrals by telephone counselors to a crisis clinic. Interviews were conducted with staff members and volunteers of the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Service to explore possible criteria for making a referral. Nine criteria for inappr...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Walfish S,Tulkin SR,Tapp JT,Russell M

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the comprehensiveness of disaster mental health state plans and their adherence to published best practices in three states that experienced post-9/11 federally-declared disasters. There were 59 disaster mental health best practices used in this study to assess each state disaster mental plan's...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McIntyre J,Nelson Goff BS

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:As one of the most popular social media used around the world, YouTube may be able to serve as a new medium for mental health education. This study aims to analyze and compare the performance of YouTube in disseminating dementia education to Chinese Americans at different time points of the upload period. ME...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Lam NHT,Woo BKP

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research was carried out as a pre-test, post-test patterned intervention with one group in order to evaluate the psychoeducation given to older people at nursing homes for a healthy lifestyle and developing life satisfaction. The research was done with 21 female and 21 male older people staying at the state-owned ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Tambağ H,Öz F

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A state-wide survey of 453 clinicians serving people with severe mental illness in community mental health centers evaluated the degree to which they provide services to families and their perceptions of barriers to developing such services. Most clinicians did not provide many services to families and reported barrie...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Kim HW,Salyers MP

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery from substance abuse and mental health disorders (dual-diagnosis) requires time, hard work and a broad array of coping skills. Empirical evidence has demonstrated the buffering role of social support in stressful situations. This paper investigates the associations among social support (including dual-recover...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Laudet AB,Magura S,Vogel HS,Knight E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of the social welfare movement suggests two simultaneous but divergent philosophies within that movement. One philosophy includes a commitment to the individual client and action to increase the individual's opportunity to select his own goals and methods of achieving such goals. The opposing position assu...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Sulzer ES

更新日期：1967-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades of the 20th century, many psychiatric hospitals changed the living environments of their clients with long-term psychiatric disabilities. We investigated the effect of this environmental psychiatric rehabilitation and normalization process on the activity and participation level of such clients...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： van Wel T,Felling A,Persoon J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00