Evaluating outcomes in an adult inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation unit

Abstract

Patients with severe and enduring mental illness often require recovery-focused inpatient rehabilitation in order to improve functional impairment and successfully reintegrate into the community. Here, the authors describe a case note audit of patients admitted to a rehabilitation unit over a two-year period to establish how many patients were successfully discharged back into the community and what the vocational reintegration outcomes were. The study highlights the crucial need for evaluating these outcomes in order to guide future practice and improve care quality.