Journal of consulting and clinical psychology
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J Consult Clin Psychol · Aug 2010
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyRandomized trial of social rehabilitation and integrated health care for older people with severe mental illness.
The Helping Older People Experience Success (HOPES) program was developed to improve psychosocial functioning and reduce long-term medical burden in older people with severe mental illness (SMI) living in the community. HOPES includes 1 year of intensive skills training and health management, followed by a 1-year maintenance phase. ⋯ The results support the feasibility of engaging older adults with SMI in the HOPES program, an intensive psychiatric rehabilitation intervention that incorporates skills training and medical case management, and improves psychosocial functioning in this population. Further research is needed to better understand gender differences in benefit from the HOPES program.