abstract：:To better understand how church-based support groups help African American families of persons with mental illness, this study examined the outreach efforts used to provide information about the support group to congregants as well as the participation outcomes reported by families who attended support group meetings....

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Pickett-Schenk SA

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper sets out in detail how the Singapore Anglican Welfare Council (SAWC) has worked from its charter vision to a number of interlocking strategies and programs in the rehabilitation of those with psychiatric disabilities in Singapore. While the pathway toward a holistic and integrated model of rehabilitation ma...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Thio S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:History is in the making in the mental health movement, with persons who live with a mental illness, are stable, and work in the mental health field as professionals (known as Consumer Providers). It is a new concept; and as with anything new, there is some resistance, some doubt about the wisdom of such a concept. Wi...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Fox V

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facilitating the integration of persons with psychiatric disabilities is an important goal of community programs. In addition to limitations such as inadequate housing, poverty, and unemployment, a common barrier to community adjustment identified by people with psychiatric disabilities is their perception of being st...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Prince PN,Prince CR

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PLAN (Planned Lifetime Assistance Network) is a care model originated by parents to provide long-term support for their loved ones with mental illness or other physical or mental disabilities. PLANs help families plan for the future and assume some of the support role that parents have been playing. Currently there ar...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Obloy C,Hutcheson S

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research has shown better prognosis rates for people with psychiatric disabilities in developing countries than in Western countries. By comparing psychosocial rehabilitation in India and the United States, this paper explores how cultual beliefs and practices impact the recovery of people with psychiatric disabilitie...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Stanhope V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article presents information on the methodology used in conducting focus groups with women with severe psychiatric disabilities. The purpose of the focus groups was to understand the experiences of low-income women with severe psychiatric disabilities in accessing and using primary health care services. Discussed...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Koppelman NF,Bourjolly JN

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the predictors of psychosocial outcomes (daily functioning and management of illness) for people with mood disorders. After controlling for demographic, severity of illness, and social support predictor variables, the study evaluated whether participation in self-help groups would predict improved ...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Powell TJ,Yeaton W,Hill EM,Silk KR

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peer-run warm lines are relatively new precrisis services, designed for providing social support. Participant observation of three warm lines revealed them to be complex entities, consisting of three contrary themes. Site 1 emphasized connectedness: build peer support networks and establish relationships. Site 2 empha...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Pudlinski C

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Satisfaction data have recently returned to popularity, as an outcome measure in managed behavioral healthcare systems. However, there are few examples of management uses of such data. We collected data 12 months after participants had completed a supported education program, concerning their retrospective satisfactio...

journal_title：Psychiatric rehabilitation journal

authors： Mowbray CT,Bybee D,Collins ME

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00