Surveyed CORE-accredited rehabilitation counseling programs (RCE) (N=59) to detail the nature of training available in the area of psychiatric rehabilitation. Results revealed considerable diversity in the coursework and field experience among programs. Found only seven CORE-accredited RCE programs offer a distinct specialty in psychiatric…

Describes a group process experience, Work Exploration and Discussion Group (WEDG). This step in the rehabilitation of psychiatrically disabled was found to be useful because it gave clients the opportunity to face their fears about working and to clarify their own work values before initiating placement efforts. (Author)

Ex-psychiatric clients attending a psychosocial rehabilitation center and their counselors rated the client on 18 job-related attributes and made judgments of the client's probability of employment. The best predictor of client self-ratings of employability was nervousness, while counselors focused on work skills and client's feelings of…

Examines predictive relationships between assessed functional limitations and vocational rehabilitation (VR) services provided for five homogeneous client groups. Results indicate that specific functional limitations were determinants of some VR services but were largely irrelevant to provision of other services. Predictive relationships between…

Describes the Southwest Denver Community Mental Health Center, an innovative program with documented success in keeping chronic psychiatrically disabled clients out of the hospital. Future merging of rehabilitation and mental health systems could further benefit the people of southwest Denver. (Author)

A program of transitional employment was developed at Fountain House in 1958. Currently, this program works cooperatively with some 40 New York City business and industrial firms, enabling some 200 patients a day to go to work on a half-time basis as an integral part of their vocational rehabilitation. (Author)

A community-based program was designed to serve as an alternative to traditional short-term hospital treatment and after-care services for the psychiatrically disabled client. Comparisons revealed significant differences in favor of this approach. A rehabilitation counselor worked half-time and was an invaluable member. (Author)

As legislation permits, the state and federal rehabilitation programs have become increasingly involved in rehabilitation of psychiatrically disabled persons. The National Institute of Mental Health and the Rehabilitation Services Administration cooperate to implement federal policy in a number of programs. (JAC)

To positively affect psychiatrically disabled clients, rehabilitation practitioners require the ability to diagnose and increase client skills, to maintain one's personal effectiveness, and to coordinate one's efforts with the other persons involved in the comprehensive rehabilitation effort. Training programs need to be comprehensive and…

Besides more traditional state agency setting, rehabilitation professionals may be found in community mental health centers, mental hospitals, and community residential settings. Suggests modification of certain state agency practices in order to allow counselors to work more effectively with clients. (Author)