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In the Summer Issue 2008...

Learn about the Study of Transitions and Recovery Strategies (STARS) which is a mixed-methods, exploratory, longitudinal study of recovery among individuals with serious mental health problems. Study findings demonstrate the importance of a caring, collaborative partnership between consumer and provider to help facilitate recovery and improve quality of life.
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Given the high rates of unemployment and underemployment among individuals with psychiatric disabilities, only a small number of studies have investigated the role work has in the lives of people who have been successful vocationally during their recovery from serious mental illness. This study sought to add to existing literature by determining how individuals perceive work and its effect on their recovery.
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Integrating vocational services into public mental health services is a key component of evidence-based supported employment for people with serious severe mental illnesses. While this approach has been developed in the USA, it has only recently been attempted internationally and in Australia. This report summarizes the early implementation challenges at the first Australian demonstration site.
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Complete Article Selections

Editorial
The Virtues of Dissent and Dialogue
Kenneth J. Gill

Articles
Understanding How Clinician-Patient Relationships and Relational Continuity of Care Affect Recovery from Serious Mental Illness: STARS Study Results
Carla A. Green, Michael R. Polen, Shannon L. Janoff, David K. Castleton, Jennifer P. Wisdom, Nancy Vuckovic, Nancy A. Perrin, Robert I. Paulson, Stuart L. Oken

Correlates of Insider and Outsider Conceptualizations of Recovery
Catana Brown, Melisa Rempfer, Edna Hamera

Building Life Around Foster Home Versus Moving On: The Competing Needs of People Living in Foster Homes
Myra Piat, Nicole Ricard, Judith Sabetti, Louise Beauvais

A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of the Kansas Consumers as Providers Training Program
Charles A. Rapp, Diane McDiarmid, Doug Marty, Sarah Ratzlaff, Anna Collins, Sadaaki Fukui

The Work and Recovery Project: Changing Organizational Culture and Practice in New York City Outpatient Services
Alysia Pascaris, Leslie Reed Shields, Jessica Wolf

Participant Evaluation of a CBT Program for Enhancing Work Function in Schizophrenia
Louanne W. Davis, Jamie M. Ringer, Amy M. Strasburger, Paul H. Lysaker

The Meaning and Importance of Employment to People in Recovery from Serious Mental Illness: Results of a Qualitative Study
Erin C. Dunn, Nancy J. Wewiorski, E. Sally Rogers

The Challenge of Integrating Employment Services with Public Mental Health Services in Australia: Progress at the First Demonstration Site
Eóin Killackey, Geoff Waghorn

The Educational Goals of People with Psychiatric Disabilities
Patrick W. Corrigan, Leah Barr, Hilary Driscoll, Michael G. Boyle

Education and Training Column
Student Supervision from a PSR Perspective
Dolly Sadow, Cynthia J. Wyatt, Gina M. Aguayo, Sandra Diaz, Patricia Sweeney

Book Reviews

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