Psychosocial rehabilitation and psychiatry: what are the boundaries?
OBJECTIVE
1. To examine the conceptual underpinnings of psychosocial rehabilitation and underscore its essential relationship to the practice of psychiatry. 2. To explore and dispel some misunderstandings and myths that practitioners in each field sometimes carry about the other.


METHODS
Literature review and observation.


RESULTS
Psychiatry and psychosocial rehabilitation's shared emphasis on the biopsychosocial nature of mental illness forms a compelling basis for cooperative enterprise.


CONCLUSIONS
Mentally ill persons are best served when the disciplines of psychiatry and psychosocial rehabilitation come together in a common cause.
Bachrach
L L
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Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Gaithersberg, USA. lbachrach@aol.com
D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011570:Psychiatry; D011788:Quality of Life; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012960:Socioenvironmental Therapy