The efficacy of a consumer case management team: 2-year outcomes of a randomized trial.
This article reports the results of a randomized trial of a team of case managers who are mental health consumers compared to a team of nonconsumer. Using a repeated measures MANOVA design, consumer case managers were found to be as effective as a team of nonconsumer case managers in maintaining the stability of severely mentally disabled clients served over a 2-year period. Implications for the employment of consumers in mental health services and the vocational capacity of persons with mental illness are discussed.
School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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