Deinstitutionalization has increased the importance of community mental health services.

Deinstitutionalization has increased the importance of community mental health services, resulting in increasing numbers of consumer living in communities and more community-based psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) services agencies (Reid, 1995; Segal, 1995) PSR service agencies differ from traditional community mental health programs that mainly focus onward managing psychiatric symptoms. In addition to symptom manage PSR agencies aim to better support consumers' choices and to aid more effective adaptation to society (Silverstein, 2000) Specifically, these agencies focus in succession ...

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