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In the Spring 2012 Issue

Learn how Canadian service providers' experiences and perspectives on recovery-oriented reform influence our understanding of the challenges faced when implementing recovery in a mental health system. Recommendations that support the implementation of recovery-oriented practices are provided…READ MORE

Shared decision making (SDM) is an important and ethically essential aspect of patient-centered care in medical settings. This study explores how consumers and providers in mental health settings make decisions in medication management consultations using a shared-decision making approach…READ MORE

People who experience psychiatric disabilities are often at greater risk for medical comorbidity and tend to underutilize health services. This study examined the impact of engagement in psychiatric rehabilitation services, including case management, on the use of general health services for individuals living in supported housing.  Findings suggest that psychiatric rehabilitation services provided in the context of safe and affordable housing may represent an important mechanism to access needed medical care… READ MORE

Workforce development is a key to systems change. Learn about seven phases or processes of workforce development for all programs or agencies as you consider ways in which your agency can advance an integrated workforce development plan …. READ MORE

Table of Contents

Editorial
Evidence-Based Practices and Recovery-Oriented Services: Is There a Relationship?
Should There Be One?
Kim T. Mueser

Articles
Service Providers’ Experiences and Perspectives on Recovery-Oriented Mental
Health System Reform
Myra Piat & Shalini Lal

Recovery in Mental Health: A Movement Towards Well-Being and Meaning in
Contrast to an Avoidance of Symptoms
Samantha Clarke, Lindsay G. Oades & Trevor Patrick Crowe

Decision Making in Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Care
Marianne S. Matthias, Michelle P. Salyers, Angela L. Rollins & Richard M. Frankel

Predictors of Health Services Utilization among Persons with Psychiatric
Disabilities Engaged in Supported Independent Housing
Sara Bressi Nath, Yin-Ling Irene Wong, Steven C. Marcus & Phyllis Solomon

Implementation of Individual Placement and Support: The Nottingham Experience
Justine Schneider & Athfah Akhtar

Brief Reports
Recovery through the Lens of Cultural Diversity
Nora Jacobson & Deqa Farah

Challenges Faced by Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Peer Support from the
Peer Supporter’s Point of View
Vivien Kemp & Anthony R. Henderson

Meso and Micro Level Workforce Challenges in Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Lennart Reifels & Jane Pirkis

The Relationship between Hope and Symptoms
William R. Waynor, Ni Gao, Joni N. Dolce, Loriann A. Haytas & Ann Reilly

Speaking Out
A Recovery Mentor at Work
Taania Huddleston

Education and Training Column
Developing an Integrated Workforce Development Plan
Patricia B. Nemec

Book Reviews

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