Assessment of Symptoms and Cognition
Sam is a young man who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. You have been asked to review Sam for a new rehabilitation programme. You are interested in assessing symptom levels…
Treatment Adherence
Angela has been spending a fair bit of time with Sam in recent months. She is a 29-year-old single mother with one child. She studies part-time at the local university…
Healthy Lifestyles
Sam has been drinking too much. He has been feeling bored. He has put on some weight since he has been sitting around not knowing what to do with his…
Living Skills
After the completion of the previous programme and in the follow-up home visit, Sam identifies that he still has problems with cooking and wishes to do something about that. He…
Cognitive Remediation
Sam has been complaining a lot about his concentration and memory of late: ‘I forget appointments and sometimes I can’t remember whether or not I have taken my medication. If…
Reviewing and Clarifying an Individual Rehabilitation Programme
Sam’s practitioner has now identified several issues that Sam is facing, and she and Sam have been working on several of them over the last 3 months. They are making…
Supporting Families and Carers
Sam’s mother has been feeling down lately. It has become clear to her that Sam is not going to make a quick recovery and that he may not lead the…
Programme Evaluation and Benchmarking
Sam has been referred to a substance misuse programme as his alcohol intake was affecting his functioning (a brief overview of the programme is provided in Chapter 12). While Sam…
Social Skills and Employment
Sam has been socialising less with friends and family members, choosing to stay in his room by himself for most of the day. Sam has stated that he used to…
Peer Support in a Mental Health Service Context
Box 14.1 Terms used to describe peer support initiatives Consumer-delivered services (Salzer & Shear, 2002)Consumer drop-in centres (Mowbray et al., 2002)Consumer-operated self-help centres (Swarbrick, 2007)Consumer-run businesses (Kimura et al., 2002)Consumer-run…
