Current Psychiatry Reviews - Volume 9, Issue 3, 2013

Psychosocial/psychiatric rehabilitation (PSR) reflects best practice in mental health services. Principles of client-centered care, empowerment and progress in vocational and educational spheres are applied to the individual with the ultimate goal of living a fulfilling and productive life as much as any other person in society. However, the methods of PSR often involve artificial constructs to achieve personal growth for the client. Thi Read More

Introduction: Psychiatric/psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) is a set of practices aimed at facilitating the recovery of people with serious mental illnesses (SMI) such as schizophrenia. This paper reviews the history and foundations of PSR. Methods: A selective literature search using ERIC, Psychinfo and Medline from 1970 to 2012 was conducted with input from leading experts in the field of PSR to produce a narrative revie Read More

Introduction: A variety of treatment, rehabilitation and support options assist people with serious mental illness (SMI) in their pursuit of recovery. Psychiatric/psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) is an effective means to assist individuals with SMI achieve recovery, including successful community living. Housing is an important part of such community living. This paper addresses the role of PSR (skills training and environmental sup Read More

Introduction: People with serious mental illness (SMI) have an interest in working, but they experience high levels of marginalization from the community based labour force. Psychiatric/psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) has advanced a variety of innovative approaches to address the range of individual, occupational, workplace and societal factors that contribute to this marginalization. Employment and education-related ap Read More

Introduction: Social isolation and a lack of physical activity are common difficulties experienced by persons with serious mental illnesses living in the community, contributing to high suicide rates and early mortality among this population. Despite the gravity of these concerns, few efforts have been made to target these issues specifically through the development of social and/or psychological interventions to increase the enga Read More

Introduction: Psychiatric/psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) aims to facilitate the recovery of people with serious mental illness (SMI), and consists of enhancing and maintaining adaptive skills and supports of people with SMI so that they can be satisfied and successful in their environments of choice. The objective of our paper is to review PSR in relation to various health care environments, specifically in relation to mental, sub Read More

Introduction: Since the 1980s, it has been asserted in the scholarly literature that education in psychiatric/ psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) theory and techniques is a necessary component of academic preparation for practitioners providing services to people with serious mental illness (SMI) and, in fact, may be considered an academic discipline in itself. This paper is a systematic review of peer-reviewed publications on the p Read More