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Need for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Training for Mental Health Professionals

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PsyR is a multidisciplinary field where professionals from psychiatry, clinical psychology, psychiatric social work, psychiatric nursing, and occupational therapists work in close liaison with a person with psychiatric disability and family, learning from each other, sharing perspectives, and being consistent as a team. Despite the presence of evidence-based practices in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, they are not implemented in routine practice. One reason is the lack of training in psychiatric rehabilitation for mental health professionals. This manuscript makes a case for such training.

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    Hariprasad Ganapathy Vijayakumar & Thanapal Sivakumar

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Vijayakumar, H.G., Sivakumar, T. Need for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Training for Mental Health Professionals. J. Psychosoc. Rehabil. Ment. Health 9, 325–328 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-022-00263-x

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