title: [Social support of chronically mentally ill patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Assessment of the social support system of mentally ill persons covered by a local rehabilitation programme situated in Targówek, Warsaw.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample consists of 92 participants with serious mental illness. Bizoń's Social Support Inventory and Social Support Map were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients' social networks were small (9 persons in average) but had a broad scope of functions. Therapists from community rehabilitation services constitute the biggest group of persons included in the individual network of social support. Lack of emotional support is observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Participation in a local system of rehabilitation improves the quantity and quality of individual systems of social support.
authors.affiliation: IV Klinika Psychiatrii IPiN w Warszawie.
authors.forename: Paweł
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bronowski
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Załuska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D028642:Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support; D012946:Social Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric / Q000592:standards*; D013997:Time Factors