Rick Forbess, M.S.S.W.

rforbess@bu.edu
Associate Director, Training

Rick Forbess is currently the Associate Director of Training at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University. He began his career as a provider, supervisor, and manager in community mental health centers in Texas and Maine. He received his Masters of Science Degree in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1978 and joined the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation as a Senior Training Associate in 1985. Since that time he has provided training and technical assistance to a wide range of mental health agencies throughout the United States and Canada in order to implement psychiatric rehabilitation, person-centered service planning, and other services guided by values considered central to facilitating a person’s recovery from mental illness. He has developed and assisted with the development of training technologies, manuals, guides, and program curricula and has co-authored published articles and book chapters on psychiatric rehabilitation and case management.

Publication Selections

Cohen, M, Forbess, R., & Farkas, M. (2000). Training Technology: Developing Readiness for Rehabilitation. Boston, MA: Center for Psychiatric ehabilitation.

Anthony, W.A., Forbess, R., & Cohen, M.R. (1993). Rehabilitation-oriented case management. In H. Bergman & M. Harris (Eds.) Case Management for Chronic Patients: Theory and Practice. Washington, D.C.: Harwood Academic Press.

Kennard, W.A., O'Brien, W., Cohen, M.R., Forbess, R., et al. (1991). Training for a new system of care. Manuscript, Boston University, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Boston, MA.

Nemec, P.B., Forbess, R., Cohen, M.R., Farkas, M.D., Rogers, E.S., & Anthony, W.A. (1990).Effectiveness of technical assistance in the development of psychiatric rehabilitation programs. Journal of Mental Health Administration.

Cohen, M.R., Nemec, P.B., Farkas, M.D., & Forbess, R. (1989). Training Technology: Case Management. Boston, MA: Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Anthony, W.A., Kennard, W., O'Brien, W., & Forbess, R. (1986). Psychiatric Rehabilitation: Past myths and current realities. Community Mental Health Journal, 22,249-264.