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Law, Wai-yu Irene. "Mental health policy in Hong Kong : an analysis of the policy on the provision of community care for ex-mental patients /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13762114.

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Lai, Sum-yee Sumi, and 黎心怡. "Equal opportunities for the mentally-ill." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44569853.

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Rayborn, Kimberly Nicole Bryant. "Student perceptions of mentally ill offenders." Thesis, The University of Southern Mississippi, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10104495.

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Since deinstitutionalization, the responsibility for mentally ill members of society has shifted to the criminal justice system in a process of trans-institutionalization or “criminalization of mental illness” (Slate & Johnson, 2013, p. 28). Though various groups have been studied to ascertain their perception of mentally ill individuals and offenders, previous research focuses largely on students of psychology, social work, and medicine. Little research has been conducted regarding the perceptions of criminal justice students toward mental illness, despite the increasing involvement of the criminal justice system in treating and handling mentally ill individuals in the past thirty years. This exploratory research serves as a replication to a study which was conducted by Thompson, Paulson, Valgardson, Nored, and Johnson (2014).

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Lai, Sum-yee Sumi. "Equal opportunities for the mentally-ill /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22284394.

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Garde, Maria Salomé. "Mentally ill homeless and companion pets." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2186.

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The present study assessed the relationship between mentally ill homeless and their companion pets and questioned if the pets acted as a barrier for them to receive shelter and other services. The study also sought to find if pets acted as a communication tool between this population and society. themselves because they are mentally vulnerable and victims of a mental disorder.

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Kukla, Marina Elizabeth. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND NONVOCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS ENROLLED IN VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2117.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Purdue University, 2010.
Title from screen (viewed on April 1, 2010). Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Gary R. Bond. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-77).

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Szeto, Lai-lee Lily. "Perceptions of the conditionally discharged patients towards their status." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2003. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B4389530X.

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Yeung, Yee-yu. "An assessment of the implementation of social rehabilitation for the mentally ill." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13552983.

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Vaughan, Hillary A. Faulk. "Effects of an intermediate care program for inmates with severe persistent mental illnesses." View electronic thesis, 2008. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2008-2/vaughanh/hillaryvaughan.pdf.

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Harrington, Scott Winslow. "Measuring hallucinations in the chronic mentally ill." Scholarly Commons, 2003. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2679.

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Hallucinations are one of the defining criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia, but extremely difficult to measure. This is simply because hallucinations are private events and the community does not have access to information within the skin. There are several measures of hallucinations, but most are cumbersome, expensive, and have questionable psychometric properties. This investigation attempted to look at the relationship between a clients' self-report of a hallucination and observable indicators of hallucinations. Participants in the study were chronically mentally ill individuals taking medication, but suffering from hallucinations. This study advanced a previous thesis on the same topic by revising the self-report tool, operationally defining hallucinatory behavior with a well-established instrument, and collecting reliability data. It was hypothesized that there would be a correlation between a client's self-report of hallucinations and observable indicators reported by staff (e.g., client talking to self or laughing while alone outside). The staff at a residential treatment center for the chronic mentally ill collected data on client hallucinatory behavior and correlated it with a revised self-report measure of hallucinations. The data indicated there is no relationship between a client's self-report of hallucinations and the staff report. The data did show however, that the staff reported more symptomology than the clients reported during the same time period.

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Card, Amanda Nicole, and Heather Nicole Sylvester. "Service utilization among the mentally ill homeless." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3143.

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This study conducted in-depth interviews with 11 homeless or formerly homeless individuals at eh Central City Lutheran Mission. The focus of this research project is mental health service utilization among the homeless in San Bernardino. A wide array of services are available to the mentally ill homeless in this area, however services offered often do not meet the needs of this population.

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Ayres, Jennifer Susan. "Policing the Mentally Ill in Coronado, CA." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4418.

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The growing number of individuals suffering from mental illnesses and their inability to access intervention methods has adverse effects on the criminal justice system. These impairments increase the likelihood that police officers will have negative attitudes about persons with mental illnesses. This study sought to understand whether police officers' empathy, education, experience outside of work as well as on the job, and officers' training in the field of mental health all related to police officers' attitudes relating to persons with mental illness. The purpose of this study was to expand the body of knowledge and determine how factors such as police officers' empathy, education, experience on the job and personal experience, and officers' training in the field of mental health relate to police officers' attitudes regarding persons with mental illness. Gilbert's model of attribution process served as the theoretical model for this study. A mixed methods research methodology was used to determine the relationships between mental illness and officer empathy, experience, education, and training. Twenty-four participants completed face-to-face interviews and the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire was utilized for data collection. Empathy scores were analyzed for all study participants. QDA Miner Lite was used for qualitative data analysis. The perception of the training and the officers' outside experience with the mentally ill both have positive impacts on the attitudes towards the mentally ill while on duty. While empathy could not be linked to these relationships, personal experiences and perceptions cannot be dismissed as unrelated to empathizing with a specific population. Ultimately, the police gain knowledge and understanding resulting in positive community perception of police, better community service and creating an overall positive social change.

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Sharp, Christopher. "INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS REGARDING MENTALLY ILL OFFENDERS: PERCE." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3321.

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The federal program of deinstitutionalizing psychiatric facilities has resulted in a well documented, ever-increasing mentally ill population in the nation's prisons and jails. Historically, the criminal justice system has maintained a laissez-faire attitude toward the mentally ill, and only became involved with the mentally ill when a crime had been committed. As such, the President's Mental Health and Criminal Justice Consensus Project was developed to explore ways that the two systems could work together to address the growing problem of the mentally ill offender. However, challenges arise because the criminal justice system has typically been viewed as a loosely coupled, fragmented system that is unwilling or unable to address the social issue of the mentally ill offender. The concept of coupling between agencies has serious ramifications for the ability of agencies to successfully collaborate. Theoretical foundations for collaboration between mental health and criminal justice agencies lie partly in labeling theory and the drive to avoid the negative stigmatization of the mentally ill by the formal criminal justice system. A second theoretical foundation is found in developmental theories, which seek to explain the development of organizational knowledge and skills, in handling mentally ill offenders, through interaction between the mental health and criminal justice systems. In this study, it is asserted that agencies that are appropriately coupled and have experience with collaboration will perceive greater benefits from the collaborative exchange. Furthermore, this leads to the main hypothesis of the current study that agency coupling and collaborative experience will increase the perception of benefits of collaboration and support of collaborative efforts that deal with mentally ill offenders. To assess the main hypothesis of the current study, a modified Dillman methodology was utilized. The research population consisted of a complete enumeration of the 20 Florida State's Attorneys Offices, the 66 County Sheriffs, the 54 Probation Office Managers, and the 313 municipal law enforcement agencies for a total study population of 453 possible respondents, of which 49% responded. Overall, the findings of the current study illustrate a willingness of agencies to couple with outside agencies to address the phenomenon of the mentally ill offender. The results provide theoretical support for the need to reduce the negative stigma of a mentally ill individual being additionally labeled a criminal offender. The results additionally bolster the belief that the knowledge and skills to do this can best be accomplished through interaction with outside agencies.
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Health and Public Affairs
Public Affairs: Ph.D.

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Bromet, Elizabeth S. "The relationship between vocational rehabilitation services, demographic variables and outcomes among individuals with psychiatric disabilities." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1116127984.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xv, 171 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-171). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

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Mitchell, Penelope Fay. "Mental health care roles and capacities of non-medical primary health and social care services : an organisational systems analysis /." Connect to thesis, 2007. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00003854.

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Taylor, Amanda Christine. "Employment specialists' competencies as predictors of employment outcomes." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2141.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Purdue University, 2010.
Title from screen (viewed on May 25, 2010). Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Gary R. Bond, John McGrew, Kevin Rand, Dennis Devine. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-85).

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Whittle, J. G. "Developing dental services for the elderly mentally ill." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.374576.

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Scary, Thomas. "American Ignominy: The Incarceration of the Mentally Ill." Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2018. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/501251.

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Urban Bioethics
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Prisons and jails have become the de facto psychiatric hospitals of the twenty-first century. In the wake of deinstitutionalization, as mental healthcare transitioned to a community-based model, many patients with mental illness found themselves incarcerated rather than hospitalized. Strict drug laws combined with the current opioid epidemic are now forcing the government to consider treatment over punishment, lest the prison populations continue to swell. It is time to strongly consider using the involuntary commitment for severe cases of substance abuse if the patient is unwilling to undergo rehabilitation. Refusing to wait for the federal government to act, cities and states around the nation have begun to experiment with novel solutions to these issues, working within the framework of the prison system to achieve better outcomes.
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NeeSmith, David Hagan. "Committed and voluntary psychiatric patients a longitudinal comparison of commitment patterns among first-time inpatients in the Oklahoma mental health system /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1993. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/9403630.

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Lam, Ching-hang Christine. "A meditative environment : for the mentally I /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B25951725.

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Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998.
Includes special report study entitled: Psychology for the architecture : perception of space and behavioural pattern. Includes bibliographical references.

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Palmer-Erbs, Jung Victoria Katherine. "Interactive competence and mental health service utilization among the severely mentally ill." Thesis, Boston University, 1992. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/34649.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University
PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.
The American Psychiatric Association criteria for differential psychiatric diagnoses (DSM III-R) do not exhaust the list of socially problematic behaviors displayed by the mentally ill. The extent to which such behaviors influence a person's "career" as a deinstitutionalized patient is the major topic of this study. Fiscal crises and changing public commitments have reduced support to those with severe mental illness who are deinstitutionalized, increasing the importance of understanding how degrees of competence at activities of daily living and the extent of socially problematic behaviors affect their participation in the community. The concept Interactive Competence was developed on the basis of the writer's clinical experience and a review of the literature on community adjustment of persons with severe mental illness. The concept characterizes the social functioning of persons diagnosed as mentally ill, and includes demonstration of self-care (ADL) skills and self-management skills (trouble in relationships). Secondary analysis was performed on data from a 1984 probability sample of clients in Community Support Programs for seriously mentally ill adults. Factor analysis reduced items in the original instrument, The Uniform Client Data Instrument, to scales measuring Interactive Competence. Only persons with the diagnosis of Schizophrenia or Affective Disorders were studied (n=824 of 1053), excluding diagnoses which were diverse in nature and infrequent in occurrence. Bivariate correlation and regression techniques were used to test the major hypotheses: 1) Schizophrenics demonstrate less Interactive Competence than those with the diagnosis of Affective Disorder; 2) the greater the chronicity (length of time in the social role as a patient from point of first diagnosis) the less Interactive Competence; 3) lower level of Interactive Competence is associated with a lower level of mental health service utilization. Monitoring Interactive Competence self-care (ADL) skills and selfmanagement skills (trouble in relationships) provides new insights about the service utilization of the severely mentally ill and their families. Schizophrenics had less the Interactive Competence than those with Affective Disorders; those with lower scores on Interactive Competence used more services; family involvement influenced clients' use of crisis assistance services and urgent care services.
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Moran, James E. "Insanity, the asylum and society in nineteenth-century Quebec and Ontario." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0021/NQ27309.pdf.

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Hurlburt, Michael S. "An empirical framework for the evaluation of mental health care strategies targeted to community integration of severely mentally ill homeless individuals /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9722820.

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Eramo, Beverly Edith, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Family caregivers of the mentally ill and adaptive coping." Deakin University. School of Psychology, 2002. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20060712.152232.

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The issue investigated in this thesis concerned the adaptive coping strategies that caregivers of the mentally ill adopt at different stages of encounter with their family members illness. Specifically, family caregivers responses to the illness were investigated within the parameters of the Spaniol and Zipple (1994) 4-stage model of the evolution of caregivers responses to mental illness. The accuracy of the models representation of the experience of caregivers across all kinship relationships to the care-recipient was evaluated. Spaniol and Zipple proposed four stages which they termed (1) Discovery/Denial, (2) Recognition/Acceptance, (3) Coping and (4) Personal/Political Advocacy. The first stage is characterised by persistent denial of mental illness and seeking answers from multiple sources. The second stage involves caregivers expectations of professionals providing answers when the illness is recognised. At this stage caregivers experience guilt, embarrassment and blame. The cyclical nature of the illness impedes acceptance and caregivers experience a deep sense of loss and crisis of meaning as they gradually accept the reality of the situation. In the third stage coping replaces grieving and the issues encountered include loss of faith in professionals, disruption to family life and recurrent crises. Belief in family expertise grows and the focus of coping changes. The fourth stage proposes that caregivers become more assertive, self-blame decreases and the focus is upon changing the system. New meanings and values are integrated. This study found that the model did not accurately describe the experience of all caregivers. Caregiver did not deny mental illness and adaptive coping occurred throughout all stages. Coping evolved as the issues encountered changed and was independent of resolution of grief. The issues encountered were more extensive than the model proposed and differed according to kinship relationship to the care recipient. The ways in which adaptive coping evolved were identified, as were the issues and their accompanying responses. Caregivers coped by adaptively responding to the requirements of care provision, maintaining a sense of self worth and generating positive effect.

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Prociów, Paweł. "Mobile psychiatry : Personalised Ambient Monitoring for the mentally ill." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2011. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12152/.

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Mental health has long been a neglected problem in global healthcare. The social and economic impacts of conditions affecting the mind are still underestimated. However, in recent years it is becoming more apparent that mental disorders are a growing global concern that is not to be trivialised. Considering the rising burden of psychiatric illnesses, there is a necessity of developing novel services and researching effective means of providing interventions to sufferers. Such novel services could include technology-based solutions already used in other healthcare applications but are yet to make their way into standard psychiatric practice. This thesis presents a study on how pervasive technology can be utilised to devise an “early warning” system for patients with bipolar disorder. The system, containing wearable and environmental sensors, would collect behavioural data and use it to inform the user about subtle changes that might indicate an upcoming episode. To test the feasibility of the concept a prototype system was devised, which was followed by trials including four healthy volunteers as well as a bipolar patient. The system included a number of sensory inputs including: accelerometer, light sensors, microphones, GPS tracking and motion detectors. The experiences from the trials led to a conclusion that a large number of sensors may result in incompliance from the users. Therefore, a separate investigation was launched into developing a methodology for detecting behavioural patterns in inputs possible to collect from a mobile phone alone. The premise being that a phone is an everyday use appliance and is likely to be carried and accepted by the patient. The trial revealed that monitoring GPS tracks and Bluetooth encounters has the potential of gaining an insight into a person’s social and behavioural patterns, which usually are strongly influenced by the course of bipolar disorder. Lessons learned during these proceedings amounted to a clearer concept of how a future personalised ambient monitoring system could improve the outcome of treatment of bipolar disorder as well as other psychiatric conditions.

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Oliver, Tracy E. "Effectiveness of stigma reduction strategies for the mentally ill." Scholarly Commons, 2007. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/654.

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Prior research has indicated that public stigma towards individuals diagnosed with mental illness may be reduced by exposing individuals to the truths about mental illness and by exposing individuals to a mentally ill person who by society's standards is a productive functioning adult. This study detemined whether the conditions shown to be effective for the public may, in turn, decrease the extent to which individuals diagnosed with mental illness stigmatizes themselves. Four conditions (education alone, contact alone, education-contact, control) were used to determine which method was more effective in reducing the effects of stigma. Stigma was measured using the Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness total and subscale scores and Devaluation-Discrimination Scale which were administered before the treatment session (pre), at the end of the treatment session (post), and at a 2-week follow-up. Conducting 4 (condition) X 3 (time) ANOVAs showed no significant results for any measure. Due to low power from poor participation-in-the-2--week-follow-up, 4 x 2 mixed_factorial ANOVA's were conducted without the follow-up data. The ISMI and Devaluation-Discrimination scores for each condition differed significantly for pre/post scores but not for conditions, with no significant interactions.

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Johnson, Gwendolyn Watkins. "Assessing level of functioning in the seriously mentally ill." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280189.

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Level of functioning (LOF) has increasingly become a critical issue within the mental health field. Policy makers use LOF to compare costs and benefits, mental health care organizations use LOF to track client progress and evaluate new treatments, and agencies use LOF to evaluate individuals who are seeking services. Clients with serious mental illness (SMI) are an extremely heterogeneous group in terms of presentation, characteristics, and needs; however a great deal of uniformity exists in their high level of service utilization. This study examines the reliability and validity of a structured clinical interview designed to assess level of functioning in SMI populations. The interview is designed to assess experiences along six dimensions: interpersonal relationships, family living situation, socio-legal issues, medical/physical functioning, role performance, and self care/basic needs. Each scale consists of related questions and problem severity ratings that aid in the assignment of a functional score for each of the six subscales. A random sample of 355 assessments were drawn from a larger sample of interviews conducted with SMI clients in Southern Arizona. Three key relationships among the scale's components were investigated: (1) questions to problem severity ratings, (2) questions to functional scores and, (3) problem severity ratings to functional scores. Results of correlation analyses and confirmatory factor analysis provided evidence of internal consistency reliability and both convergent and discriminant validity for the structured interview.

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Shockey, Tracy Lee. "The issues faced by mentally ill gays and lesbians." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2119.

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This project is significant to social work because it addresses a topic that has not been given much attention. This particular population has not been studied much and we know little about the issues that are important to mentally ill gays and lesbians. Even in schools of social work this particular topic is frequently overlooked, and when it is discussed it is usually in relation to another topic.

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Abraham, Kristen Marie. "How employable are people with serious mental illness? Case managers' and undergraduates' expectations /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1172674385.

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Evavold, Suellen Ann. "Family Members of the Mentally Ill and Their Experiences with Mental Health Professionals." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27255.

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This qualitative research looks at the relationships between primary caregivers of mentally ill individuals and mental health professionals from the perspective of the caregivers. It reports the stories told to me by family members of mentally ill loved ones who were receiving mental health services in order to raise awareness of the challenges these caretakers face on a daily basis as they tried to support their loved ones in the community and the isolation they experienced because of current attitudes and practices of mental health professionals. Although family members voiced their frustrations at the relationship between themselves and mental health professionals, they were not complaining as much as viewing this study as a forum to vocalize years of frustration and recount numerous personally unsatisfying interactions and relationships with mental health professionals. I used four main research questions to guide the interviews in which I asked family members to share their experiences with mental health professionals. My investigation produced a general narrative of experiences rather than specific details about the treatment of family members. The overall results of my interviews suggest that family members believe a family-centered care approach in the treatment of mentally ill individuals and the respect of mental health care professionals for family members can enhance a mental health professionalâ s ability to treat individuals with mental illness. These results provide useful insights into the challenges that mental health professionals need to address and highlight some of the changes they need to make for community mental health care programs to work for both the mentally ill and their caregivers.
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McIlroy, Charles R. "Aftercare for the chronically mentally ill utilizing church resources in the community /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Fong, Wai-man Vivien. "The caring of the mentally ill in Guangzhou : an exploratory study /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1987. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12341563.

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Novak, Carol S. "Review of literature to identify barriers to employment for people with chronic mental illness and methods of overcoming identified barriers." Online version, 1998. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/1998/1998novakc.pdf.

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Dozoretz, Jeffrey Victor 1962. "THE EFFECT OF DIAGNOSTIC LABELS ON ATTITUDES TOWARD THE MENTALLY ILL." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276430.

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Newman, Andrea Ardele. "The healing nature of dwelling." Thesis, Montana State University, 2008. http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2008/newman/NewmanA0508.pdf.

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My thesis will discuss the historical pattern of mistreatment and misunderstanding of the chronically mentally ill and the continued struggle the population faces. I believe that architecture holds some of the answers for these issues concerning the "ill" and that environmental factors do play a large part in the effective treatment of this population. It is my intention to design a facility where the chronically mentally ill can live and communicate freely without the stigma that has plagued them for so long. I will use the tools that social theory, philosophers such as Heidegger and the concepts of phenomenology have given me to explore the question: how can architecture help heal the chronically mentally ill.

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Leung, Yuet-king Dilys. "Coping and adaptation strategies in families with the mentally ill member /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1992. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13417812.

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Trembath, Mark. "Detection of substance misuse in people with a psychotic disorder : preliminary analysis of the problem list as a new screening measure /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18764.pdf.

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Yeung, Yee-yu, and 楊義裕. "An assessment of the implementation of social rehabilitation for the mentally ill." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31964382.

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Arnott, Barroquillo Ashley D. "The role of the family in vocational recovery of individuals with psychiatric disabilities and criminal histories." CardinalScholar 1.0, 2010. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1562865.

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Chan, Yuen Mei-yuk Peggy. "Problems encourtered by discharged mentally ill patients and their families : case study of four young male schizophrenics and their families /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B1234865X.

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Kelly, Peter James. "Does homework improve outcomes for individuals diagnosed with severe mental illness?" Access electronically, 2007. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20080620.145514/index.html.

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Pang, Pui-yan Helen. "An exploratory study of mental health services in Guangzhou /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1991. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B13117105.

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Logee, Ashley Shannon. "How home-based clinicians assess and assist parent(s) who experience changes in family dynamics post discharge of their pre-latency/latency age child's first psychiatric hospitalization : a project based upon an independent investigation /." View online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5909.

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Hendrickson, Edward Lee. "Characteristics of seriously mentally ill clients who benefit from outpatient dual diagnosis (substance abuse/mental health) group treatment." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01312009-063225/.

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Pellack, David. "The chronically homeless mentally ill characteristics that predict program compliance /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3297096.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Counseling Psychology, 2007.
Title from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 25, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: A, page: 0519. Adviser: Michael L. Tracy.

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West, Tousha Terrell. "An evaluation study of the homeless chronically mentally ill program." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1997. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/573.

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This is an summative evaluation of the Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill program which examined the impact of case management and the outcome of the program on participant's substance abuse usage. Twenty-six participants' participated in the study. Participants were evaluated by two scales, the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Reid-Gundlach Social Service Satisfaction Scale. Participants were sampled from those who were admitted into the HCMI program. The result of the study revealed that the majority (73.1) of those surveyed were satisfied overall with the program and 73.1 percent felt they could count on their social worker in times of trouble. This indicates that the HCMI program is meeting its goal to serve those veterans who are homeless and chronically mentally ill in order to help them reconnect into society.

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Parr, S. J. "Changing provision for the elderly mentally ill : A geographical perspective." Thesis, Keele University, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371156.

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Owens, Georgann E. "Psychiatric Medical Care and Safe Housing for Mentally ill Homeless." Thesis, Walden University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13808549.

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Due to the deinstitutionalization movement, many mentally ill individuals have left asylum treatment centers and have had no safe housing. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore the attitudes and opinions of homeless, mentally ill people regarding the community resources they consume and how they perceive and navigate those resources. The research questions focused on homeless, mentally ill individuals' shared experiences accessing health care, psychiatric care, and housing services as well as, barriers that impacted homeless, mentally ill individuals' use of these services, and their needs to address these barriers. Data were collected using face to face, semi structured interviews with 12 homeless individuals. The thematic analysis consisted of open and axial coding. Axial coding was used to assign and like categories and subcategories of codes according to their properties and dimensions. Emergent patterns were identified from the data to explain the lived experiences of mentally ill homeless people and their opinion and attitudes towards navigating of mentally ill homeless programs. The responses expressed the needs that were unmet: lack of mental health assistance, food needs, hygiene needs, safety concerns and survival needs. In order to make positive social change outreach predicated on increasing clear communication between outreach workers and the homeless mentally ill allows for developing a trusting relationship necessary in establishing contact and credibility in providing on going impactful treatment for the homeless mentally ill population.

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Mortweet, Susan Lynn. "Measurement of perceived social support in the chronic mentally ill." Scholarly Commons, 1992. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2953.

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The perception of available social support in the chronic mentally ill may have implications for the maintenance of their social functioning and independence. Perceived social support has been a major focus in the development of theories and measures of social support, and a close relationship has been found between perceived social support and health outcomes in general (Sarason, Sarason, & Pierce, 1990). More specifically, effective social support systems within the chronic mentally ill have been associated with decreased number of hospitalizations (Cutler, Tatum, & Shore, 1987). However, no psychometrically sound measure of perceived social support exists appropriate to the circumstances of the chronic mentally ill. The purpose of this study was to develop such a measure and validate it with chronic mentally ill individuals. A 15-item questionnaire was developed through three iterations with 350 chronic mentally ill individuals, yielding a scale with a final coefficient alpha of.92. These and all other participants were outpatient clients of county mental health systems in California. The final questionnaire's relationship to other measures related to social support was then explored.

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Moodley, Aneshree. "Methamphetamine use and HIV risk among severely mentally ill inpatients." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10989.

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Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 69% of the global HIV burden. Due to a variety of social, economic and behavioural factors, mentally ill patients are more likely to engage in high risk sexual behaviours. In turn, co-morbid substance use which is present in up to 75% of mentally ill patients is a leading risk factor for sexual risk behaviours. Worldwide methamphetamines are the most commonly used illicit stimulant. Both injectable and noninjectable methamphetamines have evidenced associations with high risk sexual behaviours. Smoking and inhalation of crystal methamphetamine is the predominant mode of use in South Africa. The use of crystal methamphetamine amongst mentally ill persons in Cape Town has escalated over the last decade. We aimed to determine the occurrence of methamphetamine use and risky sexual practices amongst mentally ill patients. In addition we aimed to explore the associations between methamphetamine use and HIV sexual risk behaviours in a sample of mentally ill inpatients in Cape Town, South Africa.

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