title: [Social reintegration: a dynamic program to help psychiatric patients acquire functional and interpersonal skills].
abstract: Since new mental health policies have been developed, government and community-based organizations appear to be working closer toward facilitating the social reintegration process regarding persons experiencing psychiatric problems. This article describes a project which fosters the development of a patient's functional and interpersonal skills in a para-hospital environment: supervised apartments. The program's objective is to encourage awareness of an individual's situation and especially to allow him or her to acquire and experiment a certain number of skills for the ultimate purpose of reintegrating the community. This project is carried out by the psychiatry department of Notre-Dame Hospital in collaboration with the Maison l'Echelon Inc., a non-profit organization that manages a group of supervised apartments for psychiatric patients.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thibodeau-Gervais
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Latulippe
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vincent
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006208:Halfway Houses / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012917:Social Adjustment
vernacular_title: Réinsertion sociale: programme d'action pour permettre aux patients psychiatriques d'acquérir des habiletés fonctionnelles et relationnelles.