Rehabilitating the Chronically Mentally Ill: Social Work's Claim to Leadership

Wintersteen, Richard T.

doi:10.1093/sw/31.5.332

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“…Chronic illness of any kind presents people with many social, financial, and interpersonal problems. Long-term mental illness frequently strips its victims of strength, self-confidence and appropriately assertive behavior patterns (Wintersteen, 1986). Thus, such persons who reside in the community face the normal day-to-day issues of life with a diminished sense of competence and a heightened sense of vulnerability.…”

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The Strengths model of case management: Results from twelve demonstrations.

Rapp

Wintersteen²

1989

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal

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“…patterns (Wintersteen, 1986). Thus, such persons who reside in the community face the normal day-to-day issues of life with a diminished sense of competence and a heightened sense of vulnerability.…”

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The Strengths model of case management: Results from twelve demonstrations.

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Wintersteen²

1989

Psychosocial Rehabilitation Journal

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“…Currently, social workers are the dominant professionals in psychosocial rehabilitation -not surprising in a social model of service provision. Wintersteen (1986) contended that "social work is the only, or the most important, profession that deals with the long termmentally ill ... the conceptual framework and nearly a century of experience in helping clients with the complexities of social interaction give social work a track record that places it in an optimal position to provide leadership in this developing field" (p. 332). In the article, Wintersteen also promoted a rehabilitation model for social workers.…”

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The Challenge of Providing Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Kleinman

1992

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Although the number of occupational therapists working in mental health has dwindled, the number of people who need our services has not. In our tendency to cling to a medical model of service provision, we have allowed the scope and content of our services to be limited to what has been supported within this model. A social model that stresses functional adaptation within the community, exemplified in psychosocial rehabilitation, offers a promising alternative. A strongly proactive stance is needed if occupational therapists are to participate fully. Occupational therapy can survive without mental health specialists, but a large and deserving population could ultimately be deprived of a valuable service.

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“…First, chronic illness is distinguished by its gradual onset, indefinite duration, threat of relapse, and lack of return to prodromal functioning. Acute illness, in contrast, has an abrupt onset and finite duration (Anderson, cited in Wintersteen, 1986). The second criterion is diagnosis, which is made on the basis of psychiatric symptoms, such as depressed mood, hallucinations, or delusions.…”

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The role of psychologists in the treatment, management, and prevention of chronic mental illness.

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Schwebel²,

Dunn³

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American Psychologist

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In addition to suffering from the severe psychiatric symptoms of chronic mental illness (CMI), people with this type of disorder suffer from a variety of secondary disabilities and face societal obstacles that interfere with their ability to maximize their personal, social, and vocational potentials. Following the deinstitutionalization of long-term psychiatric patients in recent decades, many different understandings of the etiology, treatment, and management of CMI have evolved, including those derived from the biological, vulnerability, cognitive, case management, rehabilitation, and psychoeducational models. Because psychologists are trained in a wide range of psychological theories and a broad repertoire of applications, they have unique contributions to make within each model, particularly, as discussed here, to prevent, treat, and manage CMI through research, assessment, and intervention.

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Rehabilitating the Chronically Mentally Ill: Social Work's Claim to Leadership

Cited by 12 publications

References 6 publications

The Strengths model of case management: Results from twelve demonstrations.

The Strengths model of case management: Results from twelve demonstrations.

The Challenge of Providing Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

The role of psychologists in the treatment, management, and prevention of chronic mental illness.

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