Psychotic Disorders - Rehabilitation
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Social relationships as a decisive factor in recovering from severe mental illness.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Recovery research often describes recovery from mental illness as a complex individual process. In this article a social perspective on recovery is developed. AIMS: To ascertain which factors people regard as decisive to their own ... Read more...

Compeer friends: a qualitative study of a volunteer friendship programme for people with serious mental illness.

29 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: People with serious mental illness (SMI) experience numerous barriers to developing and maintaining friendships. AIMS: To explore the benefits and drawbacks of an intentional friendship programme (Compeer, Inc), which develops new social ... Read more...

The REACT study: cost-effectiveness analysis of assertive community treatment in north London.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is a key component of mental health care, but recent information on its cost-effectiveness is limited. This article provides a cost-effectiveness analysis of assertive community treatment and usual care ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Psychotic Disorders - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Social relationships as a decisive factor in recovering from severe mental illness. 29 Jun 2009
• Compeer friends: a qualitative study of a volunteer friendship programme for people with serious mental illness. 29 Jun 2009
• The REACT study: cost-effectiveness analysis of assertive community treatment in north London. 29 Jun 2009
• Psychosocial rehabilitation and quality of life for older adults with serious mental illness: recent findings and future research directions. 29 Jun 2009
• Is early intervention in psychosis cost-effective over the long term? 7 Jun 2009
• The role of leisure in the lives of psychotic patients: a qualitative study. 30 May 2009
• The impact of a changed environment on arousal levels of patients in a secure extended rehabilitation facility. 30 May 2009
• Does the dexamethasone suppression test reliably discriminate between psychotic and nonpsychotic major depression?: an exploratory analysis of potential confounds. 30 May 2009
• The working alliance and employment outcomes for people with severe mental illness enrolled in vocational programs. 29 Apr 2009
• Effectiveness and tolerability of oral ziprasidone in psychiatric inpatients with an acute exacerbation of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder: a multicenter, prospective, and naturalistic study. 5 Apr 2009
• High prevalence of hypokalemia in acute psychiatric inpatients. 3 Apr 2009
• [General psychiatry and forensic psychiatry - who cares for young people with psychotic disorders?] Apr 2009
• Voice recogniton. 30 Jan 2009
• Services in the community for adults with psychosis and intellectual disabilities: a Delphi consultation of professionals' views. 31 Dec 2008
• The Amitim program: an innovative program for the social rehabilitation of people with mental illness in the community. 30 Dec 2008
• Metacognitive and interpersonal interventions for persons with severe mental illness: theory and practice. 30 Dec 2008
• Predictors of distress and hope in relatives of individuals with schizophrenia. 30 Dec 2008
• Quantitative assessment of changes in self experience: an overview of research of the Scale to Assess Narrative Development. 30 Dec 2008
• Assessing psychiatric rehabilitation service (PRS) outcomes in Israel: conceptual, professional and social issues. 30 Dec 2008
• Psychiatric rehabilitation: an emerging academic discipline. 30 Dec 2008

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Technical information about 'Psychotic Disorders'

Definition: Disorders in which there is a loss of ego boundaries or a gross impairment in reality testing with delusions or prominent hallucinations. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D011618

Alternative terms: Psychotic Disorders; Disorder, Psychotic; Disorders, Psychotic; Psychotic Disorder; Psychoses; Schizoaffective Disorder; Disorder, Schizoaffective; Disorders, Schizoaffective; Schizoaffective Disorders; Schizophreniform Disorders; Disorder, Schizophreniform; Disorders, Schizophreniform; Schizophreniform Disorder; Psychosis, Brief Reactive; Brief Reactive Psychoses; Brief Reactive Psychosis; Psychoses, Brief Reactive; Reactive Psychoses, Brief; Reactive Psychosis, Brief;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.700.675;

Online Note: use PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS to search PSYCHOSES 1966-80

History Note: 81; was PSYCHOSES 1963-80

Technical Notes: puerperal psychoses = PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (IM) + PUERPERAL DISORDERS (IM); psychoses or psychotic disord in children = CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE