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The Effect of Training in a Strengths Model of Case Management on Client Outcomes in a Community Mental Health Center

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The purpose of this study was to determine theeffect on client outcomes produced by training casemanagers in a strengths model of case management.Outcomes of interest included client's quality of life, vocation/education, residential living,hospitalization rate, hospital days, and symptoms. Italso compared the results obtained by the strengthsmodel with results of a generalist model. Case managers at the experimental site were trained in thestrengths model. Those at the control site received notraining. Data were collected at both sites prior totraining and three months later. Improvement in quality of life, symptoms, and vocational/educationaloutcomes were found in the experimental group. Qualityof life and vocational/educational outcomes were betterin the experimental group than in the control group.

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Stanard, R.P. The Effect of Training in a Strengths Model of Case Management on Client Outcomes in a Community Mental Health Center. Community Ment Health J 35, 169–179 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018724831815

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