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Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT): an overview of a new program
J S Lamberti1, V Melburg, N Madi
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY, USA.
The Psychiatric Quarterly
|July 31, 1998
Summary
Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT) helps individuals with serious mental illness achieve community goals. Further controlled studies are needed to confirm the effectiveness of this outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation program.
Area of Science:
- Psychiatry
- Rehabilitation Medicine
Background:
- Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT) is an outpatient program.
- IPRT is based on a model developed at Boston University.
- The program operates in New York State and Iowa.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of the Intensive Psychiatric Rehabilitation Treatment (IPRT) program.
- To examine the program's operation in New York State.
- To review the research foundations and preliminary evaluation results of IPRT.
Main Methods:
- Overview of IPRT program structure and operation.
- Examination of the research foundations of IPRT.
- Analysis of preliminary results from a state-wide evaluation of IPRT programs.
Main Results:
- IPRT assists individuals with serious and persistent mental illness in achieving community goals.
- Preliminary results from a state-wide evaluation are available.
- The program is currently operating in New York and Iowa.
Conclusions:
- IPRT is a significant new outpatient psychiatric rehabilitation program.
- Controlled studies are necessary to establish the program's effectiveness.
- The program aims to help individuals with serious mental illness achieve personally meaningful goals.