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 Advancing a Recovery-Based Practice
People can recover from even the most serious and persistent mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression or bi-polar disorder. Studies suggest that individuals recover or significantly improve when provided the appropriate treatments and support systems. Over the last 30 years, an unwavering effort to use more effective and lower cost alternatives to long-term institutionalization led to psychiatric rehabilitation services.
Psychiatric rehabilitation promotes recovery, full community integration and improved quality of life for persons who have been diagnosed with any mental health condition that seriously impairs functioning. Psychiatric rehabilitation services are collaborative, person directed, and individualized, and an essential element of the human services spectrum. They focus on helping individuals re-discover skills and access resources needed to increase their capacity to be successful and satisfied in the living, working, learning and social environments of their choice.
It is the principle behind numerous evidenced-based practices, such as assertive community treatment and supported employment services, as well as emerging practices, such as peer support programs. Psychiatric rehabilitation services directly address the high risks that many persons with serious and persistent mental illness experience of repeated hospitalizations, high utilization of emergency room services, low levels of functioning in the community, homelessness, and unemployment
Membership has its benefits
Join close to 1,400 individual and organizational members who affirm daily that recovery from serious mental illness is possible. Like-minded people who believe every individual has an unalienable right to a fulfilling life. Whether you are a practitioner, research, educator, administrator or person in recovery, you can make a difference by demonstrating how psychiatric rehabilitation positively changes the treatment and stigma of persons of psychiatric disabilities to one of hope, self-determination, empowerment and recovery. Your membership is essential in helping us achieve these goals. Join today!
Official Sponsors
The Community Health Facilities Fund (CHFF) assists non-profit, community-based behavioral care providers in accessing capital through low-cost, fixed-rate loans. Loans provided by CHFF generally have a 25-year term. The interest rate is very competitive and is fixed for the term of the loan. CHFF lends up to 90% of the asset's appraised value. Please visit their website for more details.
Disabled Veterans Associations The mission of the Disabled Veterans Associations is to help improve the quality of life of our honorably discharged veterans by providing disabled veterans, their families and dependents-- whether they have been hospitalized at one of the VA medical centers, admitted to any of the nearly 150 state run and state funded veterans' homes, or are simply in need at home. Please visit the Disabled Veterans Associations website for more info.
Harmony Information Systems, Inc. (Harmony) is the leading provider of information technology solutions for health and human service (HHS) organizations. Harmony solutions help organizations maximize client outcomes by improving the efficiency of service delivery through state-of-the-art, easy-to-use, Web-based software and services. Harmony solutions target key areas for HHS agencies and organizations: case management, program management, financial management and outcomes management. Please visit Harmony's website for more info.
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USPRA NEWS
2009 Call for Presenters USPRA's Conference Committee is currently accepting proposals for Workshops and Institutes. 2nd Annual Leadership Summit Space is limited for USPRA's 2nd Annual Leadership Summit October 22-24th Details New Webinar Register for Career Development- Everyone is Doing It training on August 27th. Details
NOT TO MISS! NEW! On-Line CPRP Practice Test The CPRP Program has launched an On-Line Practice Test. Read all about it HERE
Journal Online The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal and as much as 5 years of archived material is now online as a member benefit to our Organizational Members. Details
Psych Rehab Academic Programs The Consortium for Psych Rehab Educators has compiled a list of known Academic Programs offering courses and programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation. Details
Networking Opportunities Now members can network with colleagues on Message Boards. Details
Support the National Consumer Memorial Please take a few minutes to view the "Recovered Dignity" video and learn more about the national consumer memorial Details
Cultural Competence Survey UIC National Research and Training Center, in partnership with the NAMI STAR Center, is conducting an online survey about cultural competence of consumer-run mental health programs Details
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