Principles Guiding Best Practices in Psychiatric Rehabilitation 2022

Principles Guiding Best Practices in Psychiatric Rehabilitation 2022 Principle 1 Psychiatric Rehabilitation practitioners convey hope and respect and believe that all individuals have the capacity for learning and growth. Principle 2 Psychiatric Rehabilitation practitioners recognize that culture is central to recovery and strive to ensure that all services are culturally relevant to individuals receiving services. 01:05 01:22 Principle 3 Psychiatric Rehabilitation practitioners engage in the processes of informed and shared decision-making and facilitate partnerships with other people the individual receiving services has identified. Principle 4 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices build on the strengths and capabilities of individuals. Principle 5 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices are person‐centered; they are designed to address the unique needs of individuals, consistent with their values, hopes and aspirations. Principle 6 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices support full integration of people in recovery into their communities where they can exercise their rights of citizenship, as well as to accept the responsibilities and explore the opportunities that come with being a member of a community and a larger society. Principle 7 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices promote self‐determination and empowerment. All individuals have the right to make their own decisions, including decisions about the types of services and supports they receive. Principle 8 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices facilitate the development of personal support networks by utilizing natural supports within communities, peer support initiatives, and self‐ and mutual‐help groups. Principle 9 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices strive to help individuals improve the quality of all aspects of their lives; including social, occupational, educational, residential, intellectual, spiritual and financial. Principle 10 Psychiatric rehabilitation practices promote health and wellness, encouraging individuals to develop and use individualized wellness plans. Principle 11 Psychiatric rehabilitation services emphasize evidence‐based, promising, and emerging best practices that produce outcomes congruent with personal recovery. Programs include structured program evaluation and quality improvement mechanisms that actively involve persons receiving services. Principle 12 Psychiatric rehabilitation services must be readily accessible to all individuals whenever they need them. These services also should be well coordinated and integrated with other psychiatric, medical, and holistic treatments and practices. 00:02 01:22 Psychiatric Rehabilitation? Psychiatric rehabilitation promotes recovery, full community integration, and improved quality of life for persons who have been diagnosed with any mental health condition that seriously impairs their ability to lead meaningful lives. Psychiatric rehabilitation services are collaborative, person-directed and individualized. These services are an essential element of the health care and human services spectrum, and should be evidence-based. They focus on helping individuals develop skills and access resources needed to increase their capacity to be successful and satisfied in the living, working, learning, and social environments of their choice. Principles Guiding Best Practices in PsyR. Chapter 1 1. PsyR practitioners convey hope and respect and believe that all individuals have the capacity for learning and growth. 2.PsyR practitioners recognize that culture is central to recovery and strive to ensure that all services are culturally relevant to individuals receiving services. 3.PsyR practitioners engage in the processes of informed and shared decision-making and facilitate partnerships with other people the individual receiving services has identified. 4. PsyR practices build on the strengths and capabilities of individuals. 5. PsyR practices are person centered: they are designed to address the uniques needs of individuals, consistent with their values, hopes and aspirations. 6. PsyR practices support full integration of people in recovery into their communities where they can exercise their rights of citizenship as well as to accept the responsibilities and explore the opportunities that come with being a member of a community and a larger society. 7. Psychiatric rehabilitation practices promote self determination and empowerment. All individuals have the right to make their own decisions, including decisions about the types of services and supports they receive. 8. PsyR practices facilitate the development of personal support networks by utilizing natural supports within communities, peer support initiatives, and self and mutual help-groups. 9.PsyR practices strive to help individuals improve the quality of all aspects of their lives, including social, occupational, educational, residential, intellectual, spiritual, and financial. 10. PsyR practices promote health and wellness, encouraging individuals to develop and use individualized wellness plans. 11. PsyR services emphasize evidence-based, promising, and emerging best practices that produce outcomes congruent with personal recovery. Programs include structured program evaluation and quality improvement mechanisms that actively involve persons receiving services. 12. PsyR services must be readily accessible to all individuals whenever they need them. These services should also be well coordinated and integrated with other psychiatric, medical, holistic treatments, and practices Best Practices in Understanding Psychiatric Disability. Chapter 2 1. Use person first language whenever referring to persons in recovery. 2. Refer to the mental health or psychiatric disability only when relevant to the situation or context; otherwise, do not mention it. 3. View the whole person(e.g hopes and dreams of the person; roles, functions, strengths, and needs and environment, culture, and context) and how those different aspects may affect the person, especially when systems and program pressures focus on one aspect (health condition). 4. Envision a positive future when working with the individual and significant others and share this hope regularly. 5. Engage the person in becoming the driver of the rehabilitation and recovery process, including assisting the person in developing the skills to direct their recovery journey and advocate for themselves. 6. Focus on strengths when assessing needs and designing interventions, identifying skills, knowledges, resources, and characteristics that the person can use to manage their health, develop a direction, and build a life of meaning and purpose. 7. Include the environment as an essential component of any assessment; the systems, physical environment, products and technology, family and social supports, internal and external stigma, culture and other context that may impact the person in their recovery. 8. Consider the contributions of treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery interventions in assisting a person in developing the domains of health, home, purpose, and community. 9. Emphasize wellness and well-being coordinating services for recovery from substance use, mental health challenges, physical health concerns, and trauma. Best Practice guidelines for Ensuring PsyR Practitioner Competencies. Domain 1 for CPRP, chapter 3. 1. Focus on identifying and defining competencies needed for each job role; drawing on broader competency lists for human service workers, mental health service providers, and PsyR practitioners. 2. Make academic pre-service education relevant through collaborative curriculum development that integrates accreditation requirements and the current needs of the field. 3. Provide competency-based-on-the-job-training. 4. Use supervisors with relevant training and experience to support ongoing knowledge and skills development for the workforce that is specific to PsyR. 5. Require credentials that demonstrate achievement of the competencies actually needed for the job and support staff in gaining and maintaining those credentials Best Practice Guidelines for Psychiatric Rehabilitation research and Evaluation. Chapter 4. 1. Read professional, peer reviewed journals to become familiar with important research and evaluation trends. 2. Visit organizational websites where systematic reviews are being conducted and stored, such as the Cochrane Collaboration. 3. Take steps to plan and implement a program evaluation if your organization is not implementing one; if it is become more familiar with its processes and goals. 4. Ensure that a participatory approach is being used in any evaluation, needs assessment, or satisfaction survey that is done within your organization. 5. Build relationships with research organizations that can assist and support your evaluation activities.