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Volume 12
Number 2
Psychosocial Correlates in Adolescent Children of Alcoholics-Implications for Intervention
Stanley & Vanitha
Peer Specialists and Carer Consultants Working in Acute Mental Health Units:
An Initial Evaluation of Consumers, Carers, and Staff Perspectives
Kling, Dawes, & Nestor
The Impact of Participation in a support Group for Carers of a Person with Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study
Wyman, Clarke, McKenzie & Gilbert
Wisconsin: Leading the Way to Person-Centered Planning in Community-Based Health- A Short Report
Grieder & Theis
Spinal Cord Injury and its Association with Negative Psychological States
Craig, Tran, Lovas, Middleton
Towards Promoting Recovery in Vancouver Community Mental Health Services, BC, Canada
Casey
Reference Group Focused Therapy for Schizophrenics (RGFT-S) - A New Rehabilitation-Oriented
Salganik & Soifer
Using Psychological Formulation As A Means Of Intervention In A Psychiatric Rehabilitation Setting
Hewitt
Rehabilitation for Children with Cerebral Palsy:Seeing Through the Looking Glass
Ahonen-Eerikäinen, Lamont & Knox
Volume 12
Number 1
Nieto, Gittelman, & Abad
Making Meaning in a ‘Post-Institutional’ Age: Reflections on the Experience of (De) institutionalization
Morrow & Jamer
Needs and Appropriateness of Help According to Types of Professionals
and Their Users
Fleury & Grenier
Nursing and the Teaching of Mental Health Care in Brazil
Kantorski & De Pinho
Process Levels and Service Complexity as Predictors of Time Demand in
Rehabilitation Counseling
Main
How Psychosocial Sport & Play Programs Help Youth Manage Adversity:
A Review of What We Know & What We Should Research
Henley, Schweitzer, de Gara, & Vetter
Rehabilitation and Recovery From Stressful Events - a Model
Eriksson
The psychotic among us:The Emerging View of Psychosis and its
Possible Implications for Stigma
Benning
(previous edition)
Volume 11
Number 2
The Recognition Of Fatigue: A qualitative study of life-stories from rehabilitation clients
Elsass, Jensen, Morup, Thogersen
Investigating the Assistive Technology Skill and Need for Knowledge of CPRPs
Gitlow, Hofmaster, & Wade
Discontinuation of an integrated treatment for schizophrenia disorders:
one-year outcome
Montero, Asencio, & Talavera
The positive effects of religiousness on mental health in physically vulnerable
populations: A review on recent empirical studies and related theories
Yeung & Chan
Psychiatry Morbidity Among Inmates of the 'Beggar Home’
Thakker, Gandhi, Sheth, Vankar, & Shroff
Integrated Psychological Intervention for Schizophrenia
Hegde, Rao, and Raguram
The Problem of Stigma during End-of-life Care at a Psychiatric Institution
McGrath & Jarrett
Volume 11 Number 1
Supported Education Strategies for People with Severe Mental Illness: A Review of Evidence Based Practice
Leonard & Bruer
Social Support And Quality of Life Among Psychiatric Patients In Residential Homes
Sharir, Tanasescu, Turbow & Maman
Disclosure of a psychiatric disability in supported employment: An Exploratory Study
Banks, Novak, Mank, & Grossi
Evaluation of a Mentored Self-Help Intervention for the Management of Psychotic Symptoms
Casstevens, Cohen, Newman, & Dumaine
The Effect of Socio-Cultural Context on Conceptualizing Autistic Disorder In the People’s Republic of China
Hsiao & Magyar
The Social And Academic Implications Of Drug Abuse Amonst Undergraduates in Nigeria
Kobiowu
Safe Minds – Perceptions of Safety in a Rehabilitation Clinic for SeriousPersistent Mental Illness
Waddell, Ross, Ladd, & Seeman
Living with unexplained somatic symptoms
Elsass, Jensen, Morup, & Thogersen
The theories, mechanisms, benefits, and practical delivery of psychosocial
educational interventions for people with mental health disorders
Griffiths
Psycho-social Issues in Childhood Autism Rehabilitation: A Review
McGrath
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Mental Health & Rehabilitation eCast November 2006The Mental Health & Rehabilitation eCast is
a monthly emailed newsletter with the purpose of informing mental health and rehabilitation
networks worldwide about the activities and resources produced by the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation as well as for disseminating
general mental health and rehabilitation news.
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Updated
Internet Courses Focus on Psych Disabilities and Recovery
The Professional
Development Program (PDP) is pleased to announce that our PDP Internet
Courses have been updated and revised in format to match our new
website design. The Internet Courses were
based on the academic specialization courses in psychiatric
rehabilitation from
For any questions, contact Sue McNamara at suemac@bu.edu or at (617) 358-2574. For additional distance learning options, please go to: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/training/distance/index.html
The next international conference on psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery hosted by the Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation will be held on Monday and Tuesday, April 14 and 15, 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rehabilitation and Recovery for All – Innovations in Science and Practice will hold pre-conference institutes on the morning of April 14th with the conference beginning that afternoon and running all day the 15th. On Monday evening there will be a poster session and reception. The last international conference was attended by 700 individuals representing 22 countries. For information, contact Joan Rapp at joanrapp@bu.edu.
A newly launched online national resource center is now providing comprehensive information on psychiatric advance directives (PADs), legal documents that people with mental illnesses can create to specify, in advance, their preferred course of treatment if they should experience a mental health crisis. The website provides a state-by-state breakdown of PADs-related statutes and listings of local resources for patients and families, discussion forums, answers to frequently asked questions, testimonials from people who have used PADs, and information on the latest research findings concerning mental health issues. The
Free Download for Overview Sheets
about Co-Occurring Disorders
To better educate states, communities, and behavioral health care providers, The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Co-Occurring Center for Excellence recently released the first 3 in a series of 10 overview papers for treatment professionals. The overview papers and technical reports summarize the science base for each topic they address and make recommendations for practice, systems, and state and local laws and regulations that support treatment and prevention systems. These first three overview papers:
- Definitions and Terms Relating to Co-Occurring Disorders
- Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Planning for Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders
- Overarching Principles To Address the Needs of Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders
are available as free downloads at http://coce.samhsa.gov/cod_resources/index_right_2.aspx?obj=77.
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