Community integration through therapeutic recreation: day-treatment patients compete in a softball league.
A team of male psychiatric patients drawn from two community mental-health day-treatment centers competed in a community-based softball league. Treatment objectives were twofold: therapeutic recreation and participation in a community activity apart from a traditional psychiatric setting. Points of success, while anecdotal, seem to suggest avenues through which further efforts toward community integration may be achieved.
D000328:Adult; D001484:Baseball; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011998:Recreation; D013177:Sports; D013812:Therapeutics