What’s in the Basket of Services? Support Preferences of Mental Health Consumers and Family Members

Kerman, Nick; Eckerle, CurwoodSusan; SirohiReena,; TrainorJohn,

doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2013-018

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“…confusion). Other studies have compared consumer versus family member preferences for intensity of support services (15) as well as consumer preferences among housing options (16), decision-making practices (17), and their family’s involvement in mental health services (18). Less articulated in the literature are consumers’ priorities for their lives beyond psychiatric treatment, specifically those domains they find most important to their recovery.…”

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Sorting it out: Eliciting consumer priorities for recovery in supportive housing

Choy-Brown

Padgett

Smith

et al. 2016

American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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Objective This study aims to understand participant priorities in their personal recovery journey and their perspectives of recovery domains. Methods A card sort data gathering technique was employed to elicit priorities in recovery from consumers in supportive housing programs serving formerly homeless adults with severe mental illnesses in New York City. Participants (N=38) were asked to sort 12 cards printed with recovery domains in order of importance and describe the meaning attached to each domain. Results Mental health (95%), physical health (89%), and housing (92%) were the domains most frequently included and prioritized in the top three rankings. Family (76%) and partner (74%) were also frequently included and endorsed as most important second only to mental health. Housing was prioritized yet rated most important less often (58%). Work, school, hobbies, program, friends and neighborhood were less frequently endorsed. ‘Card sort talk’ revealed critical understanding of participants’ priorities and their reasons for endorsing other domains less frequently. Conclusions Most important to participants was regaining functional independence through improved mental and physical health and access to housing. With underlying principles of efficiency and empowerment, card sort is a promising engagement technique for providers to elicit consumer priorities in their own recovery.

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Sorting it out: Eliciting consumer priorities for recovery in supportive housing

Choy-Brown

Padgett

Smith

et al. 2016

American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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“…Complicating matters further for those with mental illness is that housing on its own may be insufficient for becoming and remaining housed-additional treatment and support are needed (Nelson, 2010). For example, people with mental illness identify a range of supports as essential for becoming and staying housed, such as income supports, programs to enhance food security, mental health services, employment supports, and life-skills training (Kerman, Eckerle Curwood, Sirohi, & Trainor, 2013). Without the appropriate supports, housing may be insufficient to reduce people's reliance on emergency services or facilitate stability of tenure.…”

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Canadian Service Providers’ Perceptions of Barriers and Support Gaps in Housing and Mental Health

Kerman

Sirohi

Curwood

et al. 2017

Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health

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People experiencing mental illness and homelessness face numerous barriers to becoming housed. Service providers who work with this population also encounter challenges to meeting service users' needs, yet their perspectives have been only minimally studied. Using survey data from a pan-Canadian study, this article explores the barriers and facilitators to fostering lasting change in housing and mental health according to 96 housing providers and 186 community-based mental health service providers. Findings show that the perspectives of mental health service providers are largely consistent with those of housing providers, and identify a range of support gaps and barriers.Keywords: housing, mental illness, community mental health services, unmet support needs, service provision RÉSUMÉLes sans-abris ayant des maladies mentales font face à plusieurs défis dans la recherche d'un logement. De leur côté, les gens qui travaillent dans le domaine ont de la difficulté à combler les besoins de ces

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What’s in the Basket of Services? Support Preferences of Mental Health Consumers and Family Members

Cited by 2 publications

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Sorting it out: Eliciting consumer priorities for recovery in supportive housing

Sorting it out: Eliciting consumer priorities for recovery in supportive housing

Canadian Service Providers’ Perceptions of Barriers and Support Gaps in Housing and Mental Health

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