Campus Location
Abilene Campus (Residential)
Date of Award
5-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Social Work
Degree Name
Master of Science
Committee Chair or Primary Advisor
Alan Lipps
Second Committee Member or Secondary Advisor
Katherine Hennecke
Third Committee Member or Committee Reader
Irene Fuentes
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate recovery outcomes defined by the Illness Management and Recovery Model (IMR) for the ongoing Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team, which operates under the Betty Hardwick Center in Abilene, Texas. The ACT Team is designed to be a community-based model of care for individuals experiencing psychosis and serious mental illness (SMI). IMR is a structured, evidence-based psychosocial intervention designed to help individuals with SMI understand and manage their symptoms, achieve personal recovery goals, improve their quality of life, and gain a sense of empowerment and self-efficacy. The IMR model is an integrated, curriculum component of ACT that focuses on empowering clients to take an active role in their recovery process. This thesis aims to evaluate the IMR component that the ACT team has already integrated to evaluate efficacy of the ACT model in promoting IMR-defined recovery outcomes in individuals with SMI and psychosis.
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Recommended Citation
Crimmings, Ella, "Evaluating IMR Defined Recovery Outcomes in Clients Receiving ACT Team Services" (2024). Digital Commons @ ACU, Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 787.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/etd/787