Group therapy with Southeast Asian refugees.

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：:Open Dialogue is a model of mental health services that originated in Finland and has since, been taken up in trial teams worldwide. As this is a relatively unknown approach in the UK, it is important to tentatively explore perspectives of NHS staff and service-users. Sixty-one Open Dialogue conference attendees, both...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Razzaque R,Wood L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is proposed that the ombudsman program, originally conceived of as a protection of the political rights of individual citizens, can be profitably viewed as a primary prevention of psychological disorders. The ombudsman attempts to alleviate reality problems prior to the onset of psychological disruption by engaging...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Wolkon GH,Moriwaki S

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intake policy of an agency is presented as an integral part of an agency's impact upon community organization and hence as crucial in the effectiveness and efficiency with which it carries out the mission of total community care. Three possible models for intake policy are elaborated: direct service, extended comm...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Feldman SE,Jacobson M

更新日期：1969-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The service systems which assist the long-term mentally ill to function in the community have been routinely described as fragmented and uncoordinated. The development and implementation of case management has been seen as one response to this dysfunctional system. This article examines case management from the perspe...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Anthony WA,Cohen M,Farkas M,Cohen BF

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many if not most scenarios for reform of the U.S. health care system imply that health maintenance organizations (HMOs) will continue their rapid growth. Some advocates argue that a comprehensive health care system should offer services to the severely mentally ill on the same basis as the physically ill. Others note ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： McFarland BH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A necessary first step in the psychosocial treatment of persons with severe mental illness is helping them identify their goals. Unfortunately, goal assessment is often viewed as a categorical process in which individuals list needs for which they require services. Motivational interviews provide a more sophisticated ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Corrigan PW,McCracken SG,Holmes EP

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:In the last forty years deinstitutionalization has transferred the care of people with a serious mental illness from the psychiatric hospitals to community based facilities. More recently it has been questioned whether these new facilities offer the anticipated benefits of quality of life. This study examines the Qual...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Horan ME,Muller JJ,Winocur S,Barling N

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a survey of state statutes which restrict the civil rights of persons with a mental illness or who have been declared mentally incompetent. Five civil rights (jury service, voting, holding public office, marriage, and parenting) are examined. The results of the 1999 study are compared with the resu...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Hemmens C,Miller M,Burton VS Jr,Milner S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeless population has complex needs. Peers with experience of homelessness offer unique perspectives in supporting those experiencing homelessness. Peer support fostered and developed by professional organisations, termed intentional peer support (IPS), formalises this process. This review aims to assess the eff...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Barker SL,Maguire N

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual dietetic consultations were trialled in a community-based first-episode psychosis program. Participants received eight individualised dietetic consultations, plus weekly shopping tours and cooking groups. The outcome measure was waist circumference (WC). In total, 30 patients commenced the program. An inten...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Teasdale S,Harris S,Rosenbaum S,Watkins A,Samaras K,Curtis J,Ward PB

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about patients' electronic cigarette use, interest in and use of smoking cessation treatments, and providers' attitude towards such treatment. We assessed patients (N = 231) and providers (45 psychiatrists, 97 case workers) in four Community Mental Health Centers. Interestingly, 50% of smokers reported...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Chen LS,Baker T,Brownson RC,Carney RM,Jorenby D,Hartz S,Smock N,Johnson M,Ziedonis D,Bierut LJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identified the health resources that rural consumers in DHHS Region V indicated they would use for mental health problems. Data were collected by survey research methods from a probability sample of 3057 rural residents. The study found that rural residents prefer to use primary care givers for mental healt...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Flaskerud JH,Kviz FJ

更新日期：1982-07-01 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：:This study qualitatively explored the past treatment experiences of uninsured young adults who sought public emergency psychiatric care. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a racially diverse sample of 55 young adults (ages 18-25) using a semi-structured interview guide, and analyzed using a team-based open cod...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Narendorf SC,Wagner R,Fedoravicius N,Washburn M

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of 12-step programs and 12-step-oriented treatments for dually diagnosed individuals (DDI) remains unclear. Here are presented the results of a pilot study in which 10 seriously mentally ill patients received a modified 12-step facilitation (TSF) therapy emphasizing engagement of DDI in a specialized 12-step ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Bogenschutz MP

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes the development and psychometric assessment of the Evaluation of Client Services (ECS) measure of treatment satisfaction for people with chronic mental illnesses in community treatment settings. The ECS, a 20-item instrument, was validated in a sample of 184 individuals receiving outpatient ment...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Berghofer G,Castille DM,Link B

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study surveyed federally-funded emergency psychiatric programs in 33 California community mental health centers (CMHCs). Four aspects of service organization were examined: (1) the availability of various response styles (telephone service, walk-in service, follow-up home visits, mobile initial response); ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Gaynor J,Hargreaves WA

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advocacy plays a vital role in ensuring that mental health consumers' rights are maintained. However, the primary issues for which consumers seek advocacy support remain unknown. Understanding these issues provides a sound basis from which advocacy organisations may develop a clear service delivery focus. This study a...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Stomski NJ,Morrison P,Whitely M,Brennan P

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a brief introduction to response planning for terrorism and other disasters, the authors present their experiences in developing a grassroots, interdisciplinary group charged with incorporating a mental health response component into the bioterrorism response plan for the metropolitan Atlanta area. This grou...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Compton MT,Cibulas BK,Gard B,Kaslow NJ,Kotwicki RJ,Reissman DB,Schor L,Wetterhall S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts have been found to be predictors of suicide. This study aims to estimate the suicidal behaviors in rural China. We studied 784 respondents as informants of suicide and 1,247 respondents as informants of community living controls, with the NCS-R measures on suicidal behaviors. The...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Zhang J,Zhou L

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Work is good for both physical and mental health, and access to work is a basic human right. People with mental health conditions want to work and with the right support can work but are often excluded from the workplace. We explored factors influencing individual's perceptions of their readiness for employment. Parti...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Prior S,Maciver D,Forsyth K,Walsh M,Meiklejohn A,Irvine L

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phenomenon of hearing voices is currently a much-discussed topic, both in the field of research and in the field of care services. The majority of people who report "hearing voices" do not subsequently receive services or receive a diagnosis of psychopathology. This topic raises questions for professionals in the ...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Iudici A,Quarato M,Neri J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines which issues public psychiatrists perceive as having most impacted their careers over the past five years and whether this impact was experienced differently by psychiatrists in varying regions of the country. The author sent a questionnaire to all members of the American Association of Community P...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Ranz J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the direct and indirect effects of demographic predictors on level of resilience following a potentially traumatic event. We hypothesized that the direct effects of three variables (exposure to fire hazards, gender, and economic condition) on resilience following a fire disaster would be mediat...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Eshel Y,Majdoob H,Goroshi M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High levels of emotional exhaustion are frequently reported among clinicians working in community mental health settings. This study draws on social exchange theory and examines the relationships between emotional exhaustion and mental health provider work attitudes and turnover, and the moderating effect of functiona...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Dishop CR,Green AE,Torres E,Aarons GA

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A needs assessment surveying American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIs/ANs) at an AI/AN health center in the Midwestern United States was conducted, with an emphasis on traditional Native healing. Data from this study included qualitative material from interviews of community members (N = 27; age 12-82) and service pro...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Moghaddam JF,Momper SL,Fong TW

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV disease is an emerging community mental health concern. The need for specialized training to help community mental health professionals develop comprehensive knowledge and skills to serve this new population of clients is evident. The HIV clinical tutorial model is an innovative approach to continuing education ch...

journal_title：Community mental health journal

authors： Knox MD,Gaies JS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00