Psychiatric Rehabilitation Service (PRP)

Psychiatric rehabilitation process (PRP)
Introduction:
• PRP is a range of social, educational, occupational & behavioural interventions to help people with mental and emotional issues.
• It helps manage symptoms and activities of daily life, including housing, employment transportation, & a host of other services.
• PRP utilizes all the available community resources, leading to recovery, full community integration, and improved Quality of life.
• These diagnoses that qualify for PRP are:
• Major depressive disorder severe/psychotic symptoms
• Bipolar disorders and its types
• Schizophrenia
• Schizophreniform disorder
• Schizoaffective disorder
• Other psychotic disorders
• Delusional disorder
• Borderline personality disorder
• Any child who is enrolled in mental health clinic can receive PRP
Goals of PRP:
• Receiving high-quality & cost-effective services
• Recovery from mental illness
• Decrease hospital admissions.
• Improve Quality of life & social functioning.
• Successful participation & reintegration into the community.
• Promote independence, Personal growth & Empowerment.
• Improve vocational functioning and stress management.
• Increased involvement in treatment decisions.
A typical day of PRPs includes :
• Helping a person with a medical or psychiatric appointment.
• Training/coaching the client activities of daily living such as:
o Getting around at home
o Hygiene/Grooming,
o Dressing
o Planning & Cooking meals
o Housekeeping,
o Exercise & nutrition needs
• Training/coaching in community living skills such as:
o Managing finances
o Paying bills,
o Transportation
o Social & interpersonal skills
o Finding jobs & helping with the job application.
o Shopping for groceries
o going the DSS, housing authority etc
• Helping clients remember, keep, take to appointments & complete paperwork.
• Providing support to someone in the hospital and participating in the hospital discharge process.
Who Can Benefit From PRP?
• Any child with mental, behaviour or school issues.
• Any child who requires a mentor, big brother, big sister or a role model.
• Adults with severe mental health diagnosis who:
o Require ongoing assistance in managing day to day activities
o Require help in housing, employment, Transportation, fiancés and other issues.
o Need assistance with personal and social skills
o Lack the supportive environment and resources
o Needs skills & support to live an independent and empowered life.
Benefits of PRP
Benefits For adults
1. Housing.
2. Employment:
3. Transportation:
4. Wellness Management:
5. Legal Support:
6. Family and Community Supports:
7. Education:
8. Entitlements & financial assistance
9. Therapy and Medication compliance
10. Crisis management
Benefits For minors:
1. Helping to understand diagnoses, symptoms & treatment
2. Providing tools to become independent
3. Reducing inpatient hospitalizations
4. Reducing out of home placements.
5. Learning coping skills to deal with problems.
6.
7. Getting community resources, including DSS, supportive Housing & career development
8. Attaining a High School Diploma or Ged to attend College or a Trade School.
9. Securing stable living conditions.
10. Anger Management:
11. Educational services, IEP, support and advocacy
12. Strengthening communication skills at home & school.
13. Developing age-appropriate social skills.
14. Decreasing frustration with the school system
15. Teaching positive problem-solving methods
Location:
We can see you are the comfort of your home using telepsychiatry / video psychiatry
1. Telepsychiatry: Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
2. BALTIMORE Office:
4538 Edmondson Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21229
443-872-2230(office)
443-872-2227 (fax)
[e-mail]
3. Glen Burnie Office:
7310 Ritchie Highway Suite 100
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
443-704-1082 (Office)
443-479-0221 (Fax)
[e-mail]
Appointments: We offer same-day or next-day appointment
• Telepsychiatry: Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]
• Baltimore: 443-872-2230(office)
• Glen Burnie: 443-704-1082 (Office)