Improving Outcomes for Persons With Aphasia in Advanced Community-Based Treatment Programs

Improving outcomes for persons with aphasia in advanced community-based treatment programs.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Studies have yet to document that community-based aphasia treatment programs routinely produce results comparable or superior to published research protocols. We explore this issue here in an outcome study of individuals with aphasia enrolled in 2 community-based, comparably managed and equipped therapy programs, which use a specially designed computer-based tool that is ...

Work outcomes in family-aided assertive community treatment: vocational rehabilitation for persons with psychotic disorders.

Although there is still controversy about the ultimate wisdom of deinstitutionalization, states generally are continuing to implement this policy (Gralnick, 1985; Okin, 1985; Minkoff, 1987; Lamb, 1991). Hospital census continues to decline and the present mental health agency administrations of most states and countries have embarked on major initiatives to develop treatment and rehabilitation ...

Improving employment outcomes for persons with severe mental illnesses.

BACKGROUND Unemployment remains a major consequence of schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses. This study assesses the effectiveness of the Individual Placement and Support model of supportive employment relative to usual psychosocial rehabilitation services for improving employment among inner-city patients with these disorders. METHODS Two hundred nineteen outpatients with severe m...

Improving Student Outcomes of Community-Based Programs Through Peer-to-Peer Conversation

Treatment outcomes from community-based drug resistant tuberculosis treatment programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND There is increasing evidence that community-based treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis (DRTB) is a feasible and cost-effective alternative to centralized, hospital-based care. Although several large programs have reported favourable outcomes from community-based treatment, to date there has been no systematic assessment of community-based DRTB treatment program outcomes. The obje...