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Evaluating outcomes in an adult inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation unit
Author(s) -
Kelbrick Marlene,
AbuKmeil Suheib,
Picchioni Marco
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.443
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , audit , unit (ring theory) , medicine , mental illness , vocational rehabilitation , psychiatry , physical therapy , mental health , psychology , mathematics education , management , economics
Patients with severe and enduring mental illness often require recovery‐focused inpatient rehabilitation in order to improve functional impairment and successfully reintegrate into the community. Here, the authors describe a case note audit of patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit over a two‐year period to establish how many patients were successfully discharged back into the community and what the vocational reintegration outcomes were. The study highlights the crucial need for evaluating these outcomes in order to guide future practice and improve care quality.