Psychosocial Rehabilitation

Distinctive and defining features of the Psychosocial rehabilitation approach (PSR)

Objective

The Psychosocial Rehabilitation Program (PSR) is a treatment modality that provides rehabilitation for behavioral disorders. PSR approaches are supported by scientific evidence as effective.

The purpose

Psychosocial rehabilitation assist individuals in rediscovering skills and accessing the community resources needed to live successfully and with a self-identified quality of life.

PSR approaches  clients in their chosen goal settings such as jobs and housing and then train and support them in those settings. Similarly, other training, such as social skills training takes place in a person’s natural environments.