Section: 6.2 - Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill in the Community | Mental Health Nursing | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    • Identify the treatment alternatives for the seriously mentally ill in the community.
    • Identify the treatment alternatives for the homeless in the community.
    • Describe the nurse’s role in the treatment of the homeless in the community.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 3 hours and 48 minutes.

    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    • Read the abstract. (2 minutes)

      Psychiatric Quarterly

    • Read the introductory part and sections ‘Receiving help’, ‘Minimizing Risk’, ‘Avoiding Stigma’, ‘Giving Back’, and ‘Conclusion’ at the end of the article. (20 minutes)

      Psychiatric Services Journal

    • Read the abstract. (2 minutes)

      The journal of behavioral health services & research

    • Read the entire article. (5 minutes)

      Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services

    • Read the sections ‘What is targeted case management’ and ‘Role of the Case Manager’. (2 minutes)

      IOWA Department of Human Services

    • Read the first two paragraphs from the section ‘Intensive case management as an alternative model’. (1 minute)

      Psychiatric Services

    • Read the entire article. (3 minutes). 

      SMI Adviser, American Psychiatric Association

    • Read 4rth to 8th paragraph of section ‘Introduction’. (6 minutes)

      International Journal of Mental Health Systems

    • Read section ‘Introduction’. (3 minutes)

      JAMA Psychiatry

    • Read section ‘Introduction’. (4 minutes)

      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    • Read from section ‘Introduction’ to section ‘Discrimination and Race’. (15 minutes)

      Frontiers in Psychiatry

    • Read sections ‘Who Are Peer Workers?’ and ‘Peer Support Role’. (2 minutes)

      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    • Read section ‘Key concepts’ and section ‘Categories of interventions’. (3 minutes)

      Mental Health Foundation UK

    • Read the entire article. (5 minutes)

      Department of Human Services, Pennsylvania

    • Read the entire article. (2 minutes)

      American Psychological Association

    • Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

      Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

    • Read the entire article. (4 minutes)

      Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

    • Read the entire article. (22 minutes)

      Mental Illness Policy Organization

    • Click on the images to open the PDFs. Read all the PDFs. (14 minutes)

      Critical Time Organization

    • Read from section ‘Effects of standard case management (SCM)’ to section ‘Effects of critical time interventions (CTI)’. (11 minutes)

      PLoS One 

    • Read four principles of section ‘Theoretical Framework of the Pathways’ Approach to Housing First’. (4 minutes)

      The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

    • Read starting from section ‘Concurrent problems’ to section ‘Barriers and obstacles to treatment’. (20 minutes)

      Lippincott Nursing Center

    • Read the entire article. (10 minutes)

      Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

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