Citation

Blakely TJ, Bruggink S, Dziadosz GM, Rose M. Community Ment. Health J. 2013; 49(4): 396-400.

Affiliation

Cherry Street Health Services, 100 Cherry St. S.E., Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA, thomas.blakely@wmich.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-012-9550-x

PMID

23054153

Abstract

This article describes a demonstration project carried out by a special team at a mental health agency serving adults with a serious psychiatric condition. The project consisted of combining the evidence-based practices of cognitive therapy, Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change with Social Role Theory and the Chronic Care Model that were the organizing concepts of the agency's assessment and treatment program. Measures of the results of clients' improved mental health and social functioning indicated the successful use of this combination.

Language: en