Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Promoting Recovery and Self-Determination

The leading text and go-to practitioner resource on psychiatric rehabilitation is now in a thoroughly revised third edition, bringing readers up to date on current ideas, findings, and evidence-based best practices. The expert authors present the knowledge needed to help adults with psychiatric disabilities develop their strengths and achieve their life goals. The book describes effective ways to assess personal needs and aspirations; integrate medical and psychosocial interventions; implement supportive services in such areas as housing, employment, education, substance use, and physical health; and combat stigma and discrimination. "Personal Examples" throughout the text share the experiences of diverse individuals recovering from serious mental illness.
 
New to This Edition
*Increased attention to social determinants of health--for example, the impact of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, poverty, and criminal justice involvement.
*Chapter on developing more equitable, culturally competent services.
*Expanded coverage of physical health and wellness.
*New and expanded discussions of community-based participatory research, peer recovery support providers, and other timely topics.
 

Patrick W. Corrigan, PsyD, is Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Previously, he was Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Director of the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at the University of Chicago. Dr. Corrigan has spent most of his career providing and evaluating services for people with psychiatric disabilities. He has served as principal investigator of the National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment and led the team that developed the Honest, Open, Proud program. In addition to the impact of stigma on psychiatric disabilities and rehabilitation, he is interested in the role of social determinants of health such as ethnicity, gender identity, poverty, and criminal justice involvement. The author of more than 450 journal articles and 20 books, Dr. Corrigan is editor of the journal Stigma and Health.
 
Nicolas Rüsch, MD, is Professor of Public Mental Health at Ulm University in Ulm, Germany, and Consultant Psychiatrist in a home treatment team in nearby Günzburg. Dr. Rüsch is one of the editors of the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. His research interests include mental illness stigma; anti-stigma interventions, such as the Honest, Open, Proud program; self-concept and disclosure of mental illness; and mental illness and unemployment.
 
Amy C. Watson, PhD, is Professor in the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare at the University of Wisconsin/n-/Milwaukee. She is a past president of CIT International and is currently President of Crisis Response Programs and Training. Dr. Watson's work since the 1990s has centered on people with psychiatric disabilities who have contact with the criminal legal system, with a focus on police encounters and the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model. She is currently examining models to reduce/eliminate the role of police in mental health crisis response. Dr. Watson has authored over 100 publications. Earlier in her career, she worked as a probation officer on a team serving clients with serious mental illnesses.
 
Kristin Kosyluk, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Mental Health Law and Policy at the University of South Florida, Faculty Affiliate of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, and Director of the STigma Action Research (STAR) Lab. Dr. Kosyluk’s research focuses on understanding and addressing the stigma surrounding behavioral health conditions. More recently, Dr. Kosyluk has begun to work in the areas of stigma around HIV and substance use. She is also researching the impact of technology-based anti-stigma interventions. She is Vice President of the National Alliance on Mental Illness–Hillsborough County and board member at large of the Florida Rehabilitation Association, and serves on the editorial board of Stigma and Health.
 
Lindsay Sheehan, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Associate Director of the Center on Health Equity, Education, and Research at the Illinois Institute of Technology. With over 30 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Sheehan conducts research on the stigma of mental illness, suicide, health equity, and the evaluation of peer services for people with mental illness.  She developed the Inspiring Change community-based participatory research (CBPR) curriculum and has extensive experience implementing CBPR programming. She is director of a state-funded program to train certified recovery support specialists/certified peer recovery specialists. Dr. Sheehan also has a decade of experience working in community mental health care, including provision of counseling, case management, residential support, and vocational training services.
 

Preface
I. Fundamentals to Recovery-Based Rehabilitation
1. Who Are People with Psychiatric Disabilities?
2. Stigma and Mental Illness
3. What Is Psychiatric Rehabilitation?
4. Psychiatric Disability and Equity
II. Strategies That Promote Recovery
5. Assessment
6. Erasing Stigma and Promoting Empowerment
7. Wellness Self-Management and Recovery
8. Care Coordination
9. Medications
10. Housing and Citizenship
11. Employment and Education
12. Family
13. Psychosis and Cognitive Challenges
14. Criminal Justice
15. Physical Health and Wellness
16. Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder
17. Peer Supports and Services
References
Index