TY - CHAP
T1 - A Potential Role for Family Members in Mental Health Care Delivery: The Family Community Navigation Specialist
AU - Myers, Neely Anne Laurenzo
AU - Alolayan, Yazeed
AU - Smith, Kelly
AU - Pope, Susan Alicia
AU - Broussard, Beth
AU - Haynes, Nora
AU - Compton, Michael T.
PY - 2015/6
Y1 - 2015/6
N2 - Objective: Opening Doors to Recovery (ODR) in southeast Georgia included a family community navigation specialist (F-CNS) in addition to a peer specialist and a mental health professional. This qualitative study assessed the usefulness of the F-CNS role. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 30 respondents (ten ODR participants with serious mental illnesses; ten familymembers; and ten ODR leaders and team members, including two F-CNSs). Interviews were recorded and transcribed for qualitative analysis. Results: Many respondents found the F-CNS to be helpful, providing psychosocial support, serving as a communication liaison, and being a team member dedicated to the family. Aspects that might require improvement include insufficient description of the F-CNS role to participants and the limited experience and training of the F-CNSs. Conclusions: The F-CNS represents an unexplored role for family members of persons with serious mental illnesses that may complement the roles of other service providers and strengthen recovery-oriented teams.
AB - Objective: Opening Doors to Recovery (ODR) in southeast Georgia included a family community navigation specialist (F-CNS) in addition to a peer specialist and a mental health professional. This qualitative study assessed the usefulness of the F-CNS role. Methods: Semistructured interviews were conducted with 30 respondents (ten ODR participants with serious mental illnesses; ten familymembers; and ten ODR leaders and team members, including two F-CNSs). Interviews were recorded and transcribed for qualitative analysis. Results: Many respondents found the F-CNS to be helpful, providing psychosocial support, serving as a communication liaison, and being a team member dedicated to the family. Aspects that might require improvement include insufficient description of the F-CNS role to participants and the limited experience and training of the F-CNSs. Conclusions: The F-CNS represents an unexplored role for family members of persons with serious mental illnesses that may complement the roles of other service providers and strengthen recovery-oriented teams.
UR - http://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.201300569
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/potential-role-family-members-mental-health-care-delivery-family-community-navigation-specialist-1
U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.201300569
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201300569
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 25828874
SN - 1557-9700 (Electronic)\r1075-2730 (Linking)
T3 - Psychiatric Services
SP - 653
EP - 655
BT - Psychiatric Services
ER -