Paraprofessional role in a mental health continuing care program.
Health Soc Work, 1979/8;4(3):64-81.
Peterson CL, Wirth BA, Wolkon GH
PMID: 226464
Impact factor: 1.896
Abstract
The authors report on a unique program in which paraprofessionals provide continuing care services to patients in a large public psychiatric hospital, both before and after discharge. Data from one hundred patients indicate that paraprofessional caseworkers effectively managed 85 percent of the patients' post-discharge problems without needing to directly involve their professional teammates.
MeSH terms
Aftercare; Allied Health Personnel; California; Continuity of Patient Care; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Hospitals, Public; Humans; Interprofessional Relations; Patient Discharge; Primary Health Care; Social Work, Psychiatric
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