Service delivery using consumer staff in a mobile crisis assessment program

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作者
Lyons, JS [1 ]
Cook, JA [1 ]
Ruth, AR [1 ]
Karver, M [1 ]
Slagg, NB [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,NATL RES & TRAINING CTR PSYCHIAT DISABIL,CHICAGO,IL
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10.1007/BF02249365
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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Interest has developed in the use of mental health consumers as staff members in community programs for persons with serious mental illness. The present study investigates consumer service delivery in a mobile assessment program designed to assist homeless people with severe psychiatric disorders. Consumer and non-consumer staff were generally comparable. Results suggest that consumer staff engaged in more street outreach and were less often dispatched for emergencies. There was a trend for consumer staff to be more likely to certify their clients for psychiatric hospitalization. In sum, consumer staff appear to provide a valuable contribution to this form of service delivery.
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