From illness to wellness: An evaluation of Ohio's Wellness Management and Recovery (WMR) program in community mental health and consumer-operated service agencies

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley A. Bullock ◽  
Julie Sage ◽  
Danelle Hupp ◽  
Tanya Ozbey ◽  
Michael O'Rourke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Wellness Management And Recovery ◽  
Service Agencies

Psychometric Properties of the German Version of the Scale to Assess the Therapeutic Relationship in Community Mental Health Care (D-STAR)

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Loos ◽  
Reinhold Kilian ◽  
Thomas Becker ◽  
Birgit Janssen ◽  
Harald Freyberger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Community Mental Health Care ◽  
German Version

Objective: There are presently no instruments available in German language to assess the therapeutic relationship in psychiatric care. This study validates the German version of the Scale to Assess the Therapeutic Relationship in Community Mental Health Care (D-STAR). Method: 460 persons with severe mental illness and 154 clinicians who had participated in a multicenter RCT testing a discharge planning intervention completed the D-STAR. Psychometric properties were established via item analysis, analyses of missing values, internal consistency, and confirmatory factor analysis. Furthermore, convergent validity was scrutinized via calculating correlations of the D-STAR scales with two measures of treatment satisfaction. Results: As in the original English version, fit indices of a 3-factor model of the therapeutic relationship were only moderate. However, the feasibility and internal consistency of the D-STAR was good, and correlations with other measures suggested reasonable convergent validity. Conclusions: The psychometric properties of the D-STAR are acceptable. Its use can be recommended in German-speaking countries to assess the therapeutic relationship in both routine care and research.

Community Mental Health: Promising or Delivering?

1976 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 705-706
Author(s):  
BONNIE SPRING
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health
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