Mental Health Treatment Settings: Community Outpatient

Question 1

Community-based mental health clinics:

Answer 1

These settings are designed for clients to meet with mental health professionals for ongoing medication management, lifestyle management, self-care activities, and group therapies. General monitoring of health conditions and referral to other health professionals is often a component of these clinics.

Question 2

Day Treatment programs

Answer 2

Lifestyle management programs designed to assist clients over an extended period and provide meaningful occupational engagement as tolerated for clients with more chronic mental health conditions.

Question 3

Typical client for day-treatment programs

Answer 3

More chronic mental-health conditions who need assistance for an extended period of time.

Question 4

Skilled nursing residential care and home health care:

Answer 4

Clients with chronic mental illness may reside in skilled nursing facilities to receive ongoing care when conditions are not suitable for living with family or friends or independently.

Question 5

Typical client for SNF residential care and home health

Answer 5

Chronic mental illness. Not suitable for living with family, friends, or independently.

Question 6

In some cases, ______ is required for clients with chronic mental health conditions to continue aging in place or residing in their homes.

Answer 6

home health care

Question 7

Both halfway houses and adult caycare programs are what type of setting?

Answer 7

Community residential settings

Question 8

Clients transitioning from a long-term hospitalization or a period of residence in a skilled nursing facility may move to a ____ or _____

Answer 8

halfway house or adult foster care setting.

Question 9

What is the purpose of halfway houses?

Answer 9

provide temporary supervision under group living conditions to encourage healthy occupational engagement and independent living.

Question 10

Adult foster care has a similar purpose to halfway houses; however it does with either a ______ or with _______

Answer 10

Smaller group

One personal at a time.

Question 11

T or F: Some halfway houses are more permanent than temporary.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The clubhouse model offers a physical space in which people with mental illness can receive?

Answer 12

support for community living and explore work potential

Question 13

A variety of clubhouse programs have been used to engage people with mental health conditions, typically of a _____ , in employment.

Answer 13

chronic nature

Question 14

With supported employment programs, what type of assistance, intervention, and approach is implemented?

Answer 14

On the job assistance
Therapeutic intervention
Strong collaboration between client, therapist, and employer.

Question 15

Participants at a halfway house are able to resume _____ and to engage in ____

Answer 15

community participation

job programs and education.

Question 16

Participants at a halfway house assume more responsibility for their

Answer 16

self-care, such as shopping and

cooking.