SUMMARY
Rehabilitation services aim to support mentally ill patients to gain or regain cognitive emotional, social, intellectual and physical skills needed to live, learn, work and function as independently as possible in the community with the least interference by the symptoms (Liberman, 2009). Psychiatric disorders are leading causes of morbidity in the society but most persons with such disorders do not receive appropriate care. Addressing unmet needs by increasing access and improving the quality of services are a major goal of mental health services research and service delivery system. Some progress toward this goal has been achieved through the development of effective social work and allied delivery interventions (Young et al., 2009; Wang et al., 2009; Young et al., 2010). Current challenges for health services and social work interventions are to strengthen, sustain and disseminate the interventions that improve the quality of care, promote access for those with unmet needs and increase efficiency so that care is affordable for all (Wells et al., 2009).
Mentally ill condition which include behavioral and mental health problems, e.g, depression anxiety disorders (including post-traumatic stress and disruptive behavioral disorders (such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mood disturbances substance use, suicidal behavior and aggressive, disruptive behavior) are leading causes of adjustment problems in adolescents, young and old people worldwide. Attention has been drawn to global mental health and beyond treatment oriented programmes and services in health setting to include broader approaches inspired by public health and social – inclusion considerations (Horton, 2009).
