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Efficacy of psychosocial rehabilitation program: The RFS experience
Rupasri Chowdur1, Ramaprasad Dharitri, S Kalyanasundaram
1The Richmond Fellowship Post-Graduate College for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Ashok Nagar, Banashankari I Stage, Bangalore - 560 050, India.
Indian Journal of Psychiatry
|March 25, 2011
Summary
The Richmond Fellowship Society (RFS) "ASHA" half-way home
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Background:
- Severe and persistent mental illness causes debilitating disabilities.
- Psychosocial rehabilitation interventions aim to reduce disability and promote societal reintegration.
- The Richmond Fellowship Society (RFS) offers a rehabilitation program at their 'ASHA' half-way home.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the efficacy of the RFS 'ASHA' half-way home rehabilitation program.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective evaluative approach.
- Fifty-four clients with schizophrenia or affective disorder participated.
- An evaluation checklist assessed client functioning; paired sample t-test analyzed progress from admission to discharge.
Main Results:
- Significant improvement observed in all parameters from baseline to discharge (P≤.05).
Conclusions:
- The psychosocial rehabilitation program at the RFS half-way home demonstrates a beneficial effect on client functioning.
