Outcomes of a Residential and Community-Based Co-occurring Disorders Treatment Program

Addressing Severe Mental Illness Rehabilitation in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru

“…Latin American countries could adopt current evidencebased practices by learning from the experiences of countries that started deinstitutionalization five decades earlier (43,44). Interventions such as day treatment programs, sheltered workshops, and incarceration of people with mental disorders have proved harmful in many high-income countries, whereas evidence-based interventions, including supported housing, ACT, and IPS supported employment, have provided clear benefits (45,46).…”

Individuals with schizophrenia who act violently towards others profit unequally from inpatient treatment—Identifying subgroups by latent class analysis

“…With regard to treatment, it was found that addressing both the SSD and the SUD at the same time has been shown to be most effective. Recent evidence suggests a combination of antipsychotic medication and psychosocial interventions (i.e., supported employment, family interventions, social and self-management skills training, cognitive behavioral interventions) to be most effective in preventing relapse of both SSD and SUD in the community setting (Acquilano, Noel, Gamache, Hendrick, & Drake, 2020;Drake et al, 2006;Lecomte et al, 2019). However, treatment for some patients with SSD (often with a PD and/or SUD as a comorbidity), who are in inpatient treatment, remains challenging and different subgroups are suggested to have different treatment needs (Hodgins, 2014;Schiffer et al, 2017).…”