title: [The model program of psycho-social treatment and staff training].
abstract: The model program of psycho-social treatment and staff training were reported in this issue. The mission of model program is supporting recovery of persons with mental illness and their family as well as empowering their hope and sense of values. The personal support specialists belonging to multi-disciplinary team have responsibility to support life-long process of recovery across hospitalization, out-patients clinic, day treatment, and outreach service. The shared value of multi-disciplinary team (the community life supporting team) is recovery so that the team renders self directive life, various alternatives of their lives, and peer group with models of recovery to persons with mental illness. There should be several technologies which are used in the team such as engagement, psycho-education, cognitive-behavior therapy, care-management, cooperating with other resources. The responsibility, assessment and evaluation techniques, guarantee of opportunities for training, and auditing system of the team and process of treatment are important factors to educate team staff. Raising effective multi-disciplinary team requires existence of a mentor or good model near the team.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Emi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ikebuchi
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000193:education