Implementing person-centered care in psychiatric rehabilitation: what does this involve?
BACKGROUND
It has been challenging to move beyond the rhetoric of "recovery" and "person-centered care" to concrete practices that embody these lofty, if also obvious, values.


METHODS
This paper describes two examples of person-centered care: the practices of person-centered care planning from the U.S. and Open Dialogue from Finland.


RESULTS
The key strategies that these two practices involve are 1) reorientation from patient to personhood; 2) reorientation of what is considered valued knowledge and expertise, and; 3) partnership and negotiation in decision-making.


CONCLUSIONS
This review focused on two examples of person-centered care which appear to be promising. Preliminary findings will need to be replicated and elaborated for such practices to be considered evidence-based.


CONCLUSIONS
It is possible to embody the values of person-centered care and recovery in everyday clinical and rehabilitative practice. A primary shift involved is in the role of patients and their family, friends, and peers and in the importance accorded their everyday life experiences and challenges.
Borg
Marit
M
Buskerud University College, Department of Health Sciences, Box 235, 3601 Kongsberg, Norway. marit.borg@hibu.no
Karlsson
Bengt
B
Tondora
Janis
J
Davidson
Larry
L
D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005387:Finland; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010358:Patient Participation; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014481:United States