Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
psychosocial rehabilitation
Subclass of:
Rehabilitation therapy
Definitions related to psychiatric rehabilitation:
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Specialty field that promotes recovery, community functioning, and increased well-being of individuals diagnosed with mental disorders that impair their ability to live meaningful lives.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(psychosocial rehabilitation) Organized set of social, educational, occupational, behavioral, and cognitive interventions for increasing the role performance of persons with serious and persistent mental illness and enhancing their recovery; includes services aimed at long-term recovery and maximization of self-sufficiency, as distinguished from the symptom stabilization function of acute care; interventions may include one or more of the areas of skills training, peer support, or vocational rehabilitation, and are oriented toward empowerment, recovery, and competency.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(psychosocial rehabilitation) Programs, techniques, or processes of treatment by which individuals acquire psychological and social skills and attitudes which facilitate community interaction. (from PSY94)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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