title: Project Alternative: the road away from isolation.
abstract: The author describes why therapeutic social groups for long-term psychiatric patients sometimes don't work, and what makes them successful when they do. Project Alternative resulted in reduced rehospitalization, and staff were excited with the new life-style their clients adopted.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003863:Depression / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D009864:Ontario; D009938:Organizations; D009629:Person-Centered Psychotherapy; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012934:Social Isolation