Barriers to community integration for participants in community-based psychiatric rehabilitation.
This pilot study examined barriers to community integration for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) enrolled in a community-based psychiatric rehabilitation program. Program staff administered a self-report scale to 135 adults (mean age = 43.3 years, 53% men, 65.1% White). Staff completed the same measure. Individuals with mental illness and staff differed significantly in their reports of the type, number, F (1, 73) = 29.25, P < .0001, and severity (F (1, 176) = 43.53, P < .0001) of barriers to community integration. Clinicians should assist adults with SMI to identify relevant barriers, and participate in treatment planning and outcome evaluation.
Lemaire
Gail Schoen
GS
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. lemaire@son.umaryland.edu
Mallik
Kalisankar
K
D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010358:Patient Participation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States