Service Delivery Using Consumer Staff in a Mobile Crisis Assessment Program
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Description:
Interest has developed in the use of mental health consumers as staff members in community programs for persons with serious mental illness. The present study investigates consumer service delivery in a mobile assessment program designed to assist homeless people with severe psychiatric disorders. Consumer and non-consumer staff were generally comparable. Results suggest that consumer staff engaged in more street outreach and were less often dispatched for emergencies. There was a trend for consumer staff to be more likely to certify their clients for psychiatric hospitalization. In sum, consumer staff appear to provide a valuable contribution to this form of service delivery. (Authors)
Type of Resource:
Journal
Publication Date:
1996
Volume:
32
Issue:
1
Pages:
33-40