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A strengths-based case management service for people with serious mental illness in Israel: A randomized controlled trial

Gelkopf, M; Lapid, L; Werbeloff, N; Levine, SZ; Telem, A; Zisman-Ilani, Y; Roe, D; (2016) A strengths-based case management service for people with serious mental illness in Israel: A randomized controlled trial. Psychiatry Research , 241 pp. 182-189. 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.106. Green open access

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Abstract

Case management services for people with serious mental illness are generally found to be effective, but controlled and randomized studies assessing such services are scarce. The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a new strengths-based case management (SBCM) service in Israel, using a randomized controlled approach. The sample consisted of 1276 individuals with serious mental illness, who consume psychiatric rehabilitation services (PRS) in the community, and were randomly assigned to receive or not to receive the SBCM service in addition to treatment-as-usual PRS. Quality of life, goal setting and attainment, unmet needs, self-efficacy, interpersonal relationships, symptom severity, and service utilization were assessed by clients at onset and after 20 months. Results show that SBCM participants improved in self-efficacy, unmet needs, and general quality of life, and set more goals than the control group. SBCM participants also consumed fewer services at follow-up. Results suggest that SBCM services are effective in helping individuals with serious mental illness set personal goals and use PRS in a better and more focused manner.

Type: Article
Title: A strengths-based case management service for people with serious mental illness in Israel: A randomized controlled trial
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.106
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.106
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.
Keywords: Strengths-based model; Psychiatric rehabilitation services; Outcome assessment
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1514397
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