ACT team members' responses to training in recovery-oriented practices.
To further our understanding of the consequences of training in recovery principles and practices, this study examined ACT team workers' responses to a state-wide recovery training initiative. Analysis of trainees' comments revealed ten themes expressing endorsement of or difficulties with recovery-oriented practices. Trainees' comments supporting a recovery orientation described service recipients in holistic terms and described using various techniques to attain "client-centered" goals. Recovery-oriented tasks that posed dilemmas for trainees were: reconciling system-centered goals with recipients' goals, establishing collaborative relationships with recipients, and using a recovery orientation with recipients who are in crisis and/or who "don't admit to being mentally ill."
Felton
Barbara J
BJ
ACT Institute of New York State, New York, NY, USA. bfelton@pathwaystohousing.org
Barr
Amy
A
Clark
Gary
G
Tsemberis
Sam J
SJ
D001242:Assertiveness; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000193:education; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003479:Curriculum; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D017831:Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry); D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006040:Goals; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009518:New York; D009629:Person-Centered Psychotherapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*