Evaluating the effectiveness of a psychiatric rehabilitation program.

This study attempted to examine the changes and related factors in discharged chronic mental patients attending a psychiatric rehabilitation program in Hong Kong adopting a self-help group (SHG) approach with holistic care emphases on the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual functioning of the program participants. A quasi-experimental design involving an experimental group (109 participants attending the program) and a control group (154 patients from a psychiatric outpatient clinic who had never attended any SHG before) was adopted with the participants responding to measures assessing their functioning in the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual domains. Results showed that those who joined the SHG with holistic care elements had more friends and more social satisfaction than the control subjects. Duration of attendance, religious involvement, and group involvement were three key factors related to the outcomes of the program participants. This pioneering study provides support for the effective use of the SHG approach with holistic care elements to help discharged chronic mental patients in the Chinese culture.

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Implementing and Evaluating Goal Setting in a Statewide Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin ◽

10.1177/0034355213505226 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 228-237 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

William A. Anthony ◽

Marsha L. Ellison ◽

E. Sally Rogers ◽

Lauren Mizock ◽

Asya Lyass

Keyword(s):

Goal Setting ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

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Adjunctive neuropsychological remediation in psychiatric rehabilitation: Program description and priliminary data

Schizophrenia Research ◽

10.1016/0920-9964(91)90189-x ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 4 (3) ◽

pp. 304-305 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Jaeger ◽

E. Douglas

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

Program Description ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

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Themes and Metaphors in Songwriting with Clients Participating in a Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

Music Therapy Perspectives ◽

10.1093/mtp/27.1.4 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 4-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

S. Thompson

Keyword(s):

Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

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The Effectiveness of a Community Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program Led by Laypeople in China: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Frontiers in Psychiatry ◽

10.3389/fpsyt.2021.671217 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Ying Chen ◽

Chow S. Lam ◽

Hong Deng ◽

Eva Yau ◽

Kam ying Ko

Keyword(s):

Social Functioning ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation ◽

Rehabilitation Program ◽

Controlled Study ◽

Rehabilitation Services ◽

Control Group ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Community Psychiatric ◽

The Family ◽

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program

Background: Community psychiatric rehabilitation has proven effective in supporting individuals and their families in recovering from mental illness. The delivery of evidence-based community rehabilitation services, however, requires health care workers to possess a set of specially trained knowledge and skills. Most developing countries, including China, do not have specially trained mental health personnel. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility and efficacy of a community psychiatric rehabilitation program delivered by laypeople.Method: We conducted a randomized controlled study. Patients at two sites in Chengdu, China, were randomly assigned to either the laypeople-delivered (LPD) community psychiatric rehabilitation group (N = 49) or the drop-in center control group (N = 45). The outcomes were changes in symptoms, social functioning, and family functioning over 6 months, as measured by the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), the Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP), the Family Burden Scale of Disease (FBS), and the Family APGAR index.Results: The number of sessions received over the 12-week period of treatment ranged from 20 to 100%, with a mean completion rate of 77.32% for all 12 sessions. Statistically significant interactions between group and time were found for the total PANSS [F(2, 94) = 12.51, p < 0.001] and both the Negative PANSS [F(2, 94) = 5.89, p < 0.01] and Positive PANSS [F(2, 94) = 6.65, p < 0.01] as well as the PSP [F(2, 94) = 3.34, p < 0.05], FBS [F(2, 94) = 5.10, p < 0.01], and Family APGAR index [F(2, 94) = 4.58, p < 0.01]. The results showed that the experimental group outperformed their counterparts in symptom management, personal social functioning, family care burden, and coherence.Conclusion: These results support the feasibility and efficacy of having laypeople deliver psychiatric rehabilitation services. A discussion and limitations of the study have been included.

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