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Implementing psychosocial rehabilitation in long-term inpatient psychiatric facilities

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Using the focus group methodology, data were gathered from the initial experiences of Missouri’s four long-term psychiatric facilities with psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR). Significant implementation factors include the establishment of a firm PSR philosophical base; extensive staff training in PSR values, technologies, and the skills necessary to implement the technologies; support for staff as their roles change with the adoption of PSR; adaptation of PSR for use with forensic clients; use of community resources while clients are still inpatients; maintenance of PSR values and skills learned after clients are released into the community; and the establishment of a program evaluation system that assesses both outcome and process. Clients residing in long-term, public psychiatric facilities also can receive substantial benefits from this approach to service delivery.

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  1. Forensic Evaluation Service, St. Louis State Hospital, 5400 Arsenal St., 63139, St. Louis, MO

    Donald M. Linhorst Ph.D., M.S.W. (Director)

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Linhorst, D.M. Implementing psychosocial rehabilitation in long-term inpatient psychiatric facilities. The Journal of Mental Health Administration 22, 58–67 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02519198

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