Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services 6/2010
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) is a program that helps adults and children who have experienced problems in living and functioning on a day-to-day basis due to psychiatric illnesses.
Psychosocial Rehabilitation is the process of facilitating an individual's restoration to an optimal level of independent functioning in the community. While the nature of the process and the methods used differ in different settings, psychosocial rehabilitation invariably encourages people to participate actively with others in the attainment of mental health and social competence goals. The process emphasizes the wholeness and wellness of the individual and seeks a comprehensive approach to the provision of vocational, residential, social/recreational, educational and personal adjustment services.
The goal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation services is to aid individuals in work, school, family, community, or other issues related to their mental illness. It is also to aid them in obtaining developmentally appropriate skills for living independently and to prevent movement to a more restrictive living situation. All services provided must be clinically appropriate in content, service location and duration and based on measurable and behaviorally specific and achievable objectives. PSR consists of the following services:
- Comprehensive assessment
- Written individual treatment plan
- Pharmacological management
- Individual psychosocial rehabilitation
- Group psychosocial rehabilitation
- Crisis intervention service
- Collateral contact
- Nursing service
- Psychotherapy
- Occupational therapy
The Psychosocial Rehabilitation program is managed by the Department of Health and Welfare’s Mental Health Authority.
You can search for Psychosocial Rehabilitation contact information in the 2-1-1 Idaho CareLine online database.