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[Evidence-based interventions in psychiatric rehabilitation: which ones should we prioritized and why?]
Tania Lecomte1, Marc Corbière2, Claude Leclerc3
1Professeure agrégée, département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec.
Objective:
This critical literature review describes current evidence-based psychiatric rehabilitation interventions.
Method:
A brief description of recent meta-analyses and (or) literature reviews is presented for each targeted intervention, along with their revelance for psychiatric rehabilitation and their limits.
Results:
The interventions presented include: family interventions, cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis, social skills training, cognitive remediation, integrated treatment for substance misuse and mental disorders, and supported employment programs.
Conclusions:
The psychiatric rehabilitation interventions presented in this article not only are based on empirical evidence but also offer clinical tools support the recovery of people with a severe mental illness.
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