Converting Partial Hospitals to Community Integrated Recovery Centers

This paper describes the conversion of partial hospitals into recovery-oriented programs as part of system transformation. Steps included: participatory planning with stakeholders; strength based assessment of resources and needs; technical assistance; and changing funding strategies. Over a period...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2012-10, Vol.48 (5), p.557-563
Main Authors: Evans, Arthur, Okeke, Barnabas, Ali, Sade, Achara-Abrahams, Ijeoma, OHara, Tom, Stevenson, Tramaine, Warner, Nikena, Bolton, Cathy, Lim, Suet, Faith, Joe, King, Joan, Davidson, Larry, Poplawski, Paul, Rothbard, Aileen, Salzer, Mark
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Choices
Community
Community and Environmental Psychology
Community health care
Community Mental Health Centers - organization & administration
Community Mental Health Services - organization & administration
Conversion
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated - organization & administration
Diffusion of Innovation
Financing
Funding
Health Services Needs and Demand
Hospitals
Humans
Intellectual disabilities
Interest Groups
Medicaid
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - rehabilitation
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental Illness
Mental institutions
Original Paper
Philadelphia
Psychiatry
Recovery
Rehabilitation
Stakeholders
Substance abuse treatment
Technical Assistance
Transformation
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Summary:This paper describes the conversion of partial hospitals into recovery-oriented programs as part of system transformation. Steps included: participatory planning with stakeholders; strength based assessment of resources and needs; technical assistance; and changing funding strategies. Over a period of 8 years, use of partial hospitals decreased as persons with serious mental illnesses were transitioned to community integrated recovery centers. Preliminary outcomes suggest that these programs are more effective in engaging people in the community activities of their choice, confirming previous findings that showed that partial hospitals can be converted to recovery-oriented programs that focus more directly on promoting community inclusion.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-011-9449-y