Lyons J S, Cook J A, Ruth A R, Karver M, Slagg N B
Mental Health Services, and Policy Program, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 1996 Feb;32(1):33-40. doi: 10.1007/BF02249365.
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.
人们对让心理健康消费者担任严重精神疾病患者社区项目的工作人员越来越感兴趣。本研究调查了一个旨在帮助患有严重精神疾病的无家可归者的流动评估项目中的消费者服务提供情况。消费者工作人员和非消费者工作人员总体上具有可比性。结果表明，消费者工作人员进行了更多的街头外展活动，被派往处理紧急情况的频率较低。消费者工作人员有更有可能为其客户开具精神病住院证明的趋势。总之，消费者工作人员似乎为这种服务提供形式做出了宝贵贡献。
