The Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem or Faculty of Social and Community Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center.
Department of Community Mental Health, Haifa University.
Psychiatr Rehabil J. 2023 Sep;46(3):185-195. doi: 10.1037/prj0000582.
The Community Rehabilitation of Persons with Mental Health Disability Law (2000a) is one of Israel's most important pieces of social legislation. It grants persons with psychiatric disabilities the right to receive rehabilitation in the community. This article is a case study of the development and implementation of a policy that led to the Rehabilitation Reform and that has become an important component in Israel's comprehensive mental health reform. The purpose of the study was to review and analyze the law and its elements, examine its implementation during its first two decades of operation, and to identify the issues it faces entering its third decade of application.
The study examined the key components of the reform such as intended beneficiaries, financing, workforce, and services provided. It used Israel's official statistical data and drew upon a series of interviews with officials and experts on rehabilitation, mental health and social services.
In 2020, 30,000 persons were receiving community psychiatric rehabilitation services, constituting about one fifth of the estimated eligible population. In addition to the reform's achievements, this article also identifies a number of issues. Toward the end of the second decade, problems between the psychiatric Rehabilitation Unit and the mental health services became apparent.
As the Rehabilitation Law enters its third decade, it is recommended to establish an independent committee of experts to examine needed modifications in light of the conclusions drawn about the first two decades of its implementation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
《精神健康障碍人士社区康复法》（2000a）是以色列最重要的社会立法之一。它赋予精神残疾人士在社区接受康复的权利。本文是对一项政策的制定和实施的案例研究，该政策导致了康复改革，并成为以色列全面精神健康改革的重要组成部分。研究的目的是审查和分析该法律及其要素，考察其在头二十年的运作情况，并确定该法律在进入第三个十年应用时所面临的问题。
本研究检查了改革的关键组成部分，如预期受益人、资金、劳动力和提供的服务。它使用了以色列的官方统计数据，并借鉴了一系列关于康复、精神健康和社会服务的官员和专家的访谈。
2020 年，有 3 万人接受社区精神康复服务，约占估计有资格的人口的五分之一。除了改革的成就，本文还确定了一些问题。在第二个十年结束时，精神病康复股和精神卫生服务之间出现了问题。
随着康复法进入第三个十年，建议成立一个独立的专家委员会，根据实施头二十年得出的结论，审查需要进行的修改。（PsycInfo 数据库记录（c）2023 APA，保留所有权利）。
