Community Integration

Community integration of adults with psychiatric disabilities and histories of homelessness.

March 28, 2007
BY: Gulcur L, Tsemberis S, Stefancic A, Greenwood RM. New York University, New York, USA. leyla.gulcur@nyu.edu Community Ment Health J. 2007 Jun;43(3):211-28. Epub 2007 Mar 31.

This study tests components of Wong and Solomon’s (2002, Mental Health Services Research, 4(2), 13-28) model of community integration, identifying both the dimensions and predictors of integration. It evaluates community integration among adults with psychiatric disabilities assigned randomly to receive either independent scatter-site apartments with the Housing First approach (experimental) or services as usual (control).… Read More »»

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The Olmstead decision and the journey toward integration: the evolution of social work responses.

February 27, 2007
BY: Yong F. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2007;49(1-2):115-26.

The Olmstead decision declared unnecessary institutionalization as discrimination and triggered an expansion of community-based care for all people with disabilities including the elderly, thus accelerating integration. Setting a context for Olmstead and related social work interventions, this paper describes the evolution of definitions of disability and examines how social work has responded to the development… Read More »»

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Asset-building, financial self-management service model: piecing together consumer financial independence.

October 28, 2006
BY: Swarbrick M. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, Freeland, USA. pswarbrick@cspnj.org J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2006 Oct;44(10):22-6. Comment in: J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv. 2006 Dec;44(12):9.

This program represents an innovative approach to traditional money-management services. This asset-building, financial self-management service model has the potential to positively affect recovery, self-sufficiency, and community integration for people with mental illnesses. It is hoped this program will be replicated by other providers in a way that may effect systems change.

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Social communication skills in persons with post-acute traumatic brain injury: three perspectives.

April 28, 2006
BY: Dahlberg C, Hawley L, Morey C, Newman J, Cusick CP, Harrison-Felix C. Craig Hospital, Englewood, CO, USA. cdahlberg@craighospital.org Brain Inj. 2006 Apr;20(4):425-35.

OBJECTIVE: To describe social communication skills problems identified by individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared to significant other (SO) and clinician ratings; and associations between these skills and participation outcome measures. DESIGN: Cohort study. METHODS: Sixty individuals with TBI > or = 1 year post-injury were administered measures of social communication, societal participation, social… Read More »»

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