Implementing a viable biofeedback program into an integrative mental health inpatient rehabilitation program has its appeals and its challenges. This article describes the biofeedback program within the Sierra Tucson inpatient rehabilitation hospital. The fact that the field of biofeedback provides a dynamic system of training, education, and empowerment can yield creative programmatic solution...

This paper describes the need for commissioners and service providers to consider the development of a whole-system approach to providing rehabilitation services for patients with complex psychosis, in the context of the current economic pressures and emergence of a competitive market in this area of mental health. The practical and organisational arrangements for the management of risk with su...

BACKGROUND Since there is evidence that mental health aspects (such as depression) may inhibit an optimal rehabilitation outcome, there is growing interest in the psychosocial aspects of vision loss as part of rehabilitation. The purpose of this study is to provide more insight into the construct validity and (longitudinal) interpretation of goals related to 'Coping with mental (emotional) heal...

The Malaysian Mental Health Act 2001 did not come into effect until the Mental Health Regulations 2010 came into force. The Act provides a framework for the delivery of comprehensive care, treatment, control, protection and rehabilitation of those with mental disorders. The Act governs the establishment of private and government psychiatric hospitals, psychiatric nursing homes and community men...

The Vocational Rehabilitation Association greatly welcomes the recent editorial by Professor Harrison [1]. As a multiprofessional body, we welcome the recognition that many professions are able to contribute to improved functional outcomes (including in work) for those disadvantaged through ill-health, physical or mental impairments [2]. We believe that those practising vocational rehabilitatio...

To cite this Article Pratt, Sarah I. , Van Citters, Aricca D. , Mueser, Kim T. andBartels, Stephen J.(2008) 'Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Older Adults with Serious Mental Illness: A Review of the Research Literature and Recommendations for Development of Rehabilitative Approaches', American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 11: 1, 7 — 40 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/154877607018...

Survivors of stroke are often left with severe mental and physical disabilities, which create a major social and economic burden. Many investigators have attempted to assess the role of rehabilitation in reducing such disability. Few controlled studies provide accurate assessment and documentation of benefit. Because of the presence of multiple variables and inadequate measures of outcome, it i...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to examine the effects of community-based rehabilitation program in chronic stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] Eleven subjects received community-based rehabilitation program ten times for ten months. The main outcome measures were the Modified Barthel Index score for activities of daily living and the Korean Mini-Mental State Examination score for cogni...