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Needs-based planning for persons with serious mental illness residing in intermediate care facilities

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This study examined the association of clinical status to mental health service use among persons with mental illness living in residential care. Two hundred residents with a chart diagnosis of schizophrenia were randomly selected from four intermediate care facilities. The severity of psychiatric illness-community mental health (SPI-CMH) scale was used to assess clinical status and symptom severity according to three dimensions: symptoms and functioning, risk behaviors, and complication to illness. Lower levels of severity of psychiatric illness were associated with participation in workshops, family contact, and admitting to mental health problems. Results suggest that residents of the intermediate care facilities have clinical needs consistent with habilitation and rehabilitation services. While residents infrequently engage in high-risk behavior such as suicide and violence, they have considerable living skills and vocational needs. Future research should consider the relationship over time of mental health service utilization, severity of psychiatric illness, and psychosocial factors.

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  1. Department of Health Management and Policy, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 2723 Steindler Building, 52242, Iowa City, IA

    Rachel L. Anderson PhD (Assistant Professor)

  2. the Department of Mental Health Services and Policy Research at Northwestern University, USA

    John S. Lyons PhD (Associate Professor and Director)

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Anderson, R.L., Lyons, J.S. Needs-based planning for persons with serious mental illness residing in intermediate care facilities. The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 28, 104–110 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02287239

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