This article approaches autonomy and citizenship in the psychosocial rehabilitation process. The bibliographical review approaches concepts such as de-institutionalization and rehabilitation used by authors following the tradition of Basaglia, as well as American and British authors discussing the question rehabilitation/work/mental health. The results show that while the first are adopting a m...

The recovery approach has been steadily gain­ ing prominence as a guiding principle for mental health services (Department of Health 2001), with rehabilitation services in particular in the process of redefining themselves according to a recovery ethos (Shepherd 2008). This has entailed a funda­ mental shift in values for mental health services, from a predominant clinical recovery ethos (i.e. ...

We prospectively analysed hospital stay, discharge policy, hospital cost and postoperative recovery of 102 consecutive total hip arthroplasties performed in a Belgian university hospital during a one-year period starting in October 2001. Of the independent patients, 87.4% regained independence after 6 weeks and 19.6% used rehabilitation units. Preoperative residence, hip function and mental sco...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study is to compare the frequency of mental strain effects on employees in somatic and psychosomatic rehabilitation clinics as well as between the different occupational groups. Associations between mental strain effects and working conditions, cooperation in the team and employee satisfaction are also investigated. METHODS The present study is cross-sectional with a...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUNDS. A focus on psychiatric rehabilitation in order to support recovery among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) has been given great attention in research and mental health policy, but less impact on clinical practice. Despite the potential impact of psychiatric rehabilitation on health and wellbeing, there is a lack of research regarding the model called the Psychiatr...

This article describes the multiple roles that families can play in the psychiatric rehabilitation process and suggests ways for professionals to collaborate with them. The authors discuss the family's experience of loss and their process of recovery; their caregiving role; their role in supporting other families; their teaching and educational role; their advocacy role; their role as researche...

BACKGROUND Studies conducted in the USA have found the individual placement and support model of supported employment to be more effective than traditional vocational rehabilitation at helping people with severe mental illness to find and maintain competitive employment. AIMS To determine the effectiveness of the individual placement and support (supported employment) model in a Canadian sett...

september 2008  35 © 2008 Human Kinetics · Att 13(5), pp. 35-38 INJURY is a frequent consequence of being an athlete or participating in recreational sport. Each year in the United States, it is estimated that 7 million child and adult sport participants sustain injuries1 and more than 2 million sport injuries result in an emergency room visit, surgery, and/or rehabilitation.2 When athletes be...

A 6-month follow-up of a single-blind, randomized, controlled trial in Southwest Stockholm was performed in order to evaluate the effect of early supported discharge and continued rehabilitation at home after stroke. Eighty-three stroke patients with moderate neurological impairments, continent, independent in feeding, and mental function within normal limits one week after onset were included ...