Community treatment for the seriously mentally ill
Is this community psychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11053568 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol T Mowbray (Wayne State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 893-902 |
| Publication date | 1990-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1007/bf00938069 |
| PMID | 2091460 |
| OpenAlex | W2075902476 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
Conclusions Community treatment for seriously mentally ill individuals fits well into the philosophy of community psychology. Community psychologists have skills and experiences with other populations that represent assets in improving the ACT service model and producing richer and more useful research results for the future. Maybe we should ask ourselves why community psychologists have obviously avoided this intervention area and the population of seriously mentally ill individuals. Does this represent an adolescent reaction to the parent discipline — clinical psychology? Is the label “mentally ill” as stigmatizing to community psychologists as it is to the general population? Are these individuals written off as not worthy of or capable of benefiting from preventive interventions? Advocates for the seriously mentally ill are mounting a backlash against prevention services. We would be well advised at this time to become involved in community treatment and demonstrate that community psychology is for all vulnerable and at‐risk population groups. If the truth of the matter is that “community psychology is not doing much of a job of empowering people” (Berkowitz, 1990), maybe the truth of the matter is also that we need to reach out to more disenfranchised populations with research to show that community psychology can do the job of empowering some
Community psychology · Criminology · Health psychology · Intervention (counseling) · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Community Health and Development · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Social Psychology
A Modified Esid Approach to Studying Mental Illness and Homelessness
Assertive community treatment
Measuring empowerment in client-run self-help agencies
Quality of Life in Boarding Houses and Hostels
How treatment of persons with serious mental illness is portrayed in undergraduate psychology textbooks
The role of case management within a community support system
Community Mental Health
The relationship between long‐term psychiatric clients' psychological well‐being and their perceptions of housing and social support
Assertive community treatment for frequent users of psychiatric hospitals in a large city
Application of the training in community living program to rural areas
Consumer-run mental health services
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2003 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |