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Psychometric properties of an assessment for mental health recovery programs
- Authors:
- FISHER Dennis G., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 45(4), August 2009, pp.246-250.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The concept of recovery can be operationalized from either the point of view of the consumer, or from the perspective of the agency providing services. The Milestones of Recovery Scale (MORS) was created to capture aspects of recovery from the agency perspective. Evidence establishing the psychometric properties of the MORS was obtained using: staff at a multi-service organization serving the homeless mentally ill in California; and the Vinfen Corporation, a large provider of housing services to mentally ill persons in Boston, Massachusetts. A test–retest reliability study was conducted using staff rating of clients at The Village, and evidence for validity was obtained using the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) as a validity measure.
Client disclosure of lesbianism: a challenge for health care providers
- Authors:
- MARTINSON Jace C., FISHER Dennis G., DeLAPP Tina D.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 4(3), 1996, pp.81-94.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Looks at a research project in Alaska to differentiate those who disclosed their sexual orientation to their health care provider from those who did not. Results found that disclosers had a greater number of friends to whom they disclosed, were less likely to currently drink alcoholic beverages, were more likely to have obtained a physical examination in Alaska in the previous five years, were older, and had seen more mental health counsellors than nondisclosers. The majority of the respondents who disclosed reported no perceived difference in health care provided following disclosure of sexual orientation.