Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Vol 48(1), Mar 2025, 1-2; doi:10.1037/prj0000641
Although a number of established practices are known to promote good outcomes for persons with psychiatric disabilities, significant challenges remain. As scholars and practitioners, we must work to ensure that psychiatric rehabilitative services are culturally relevant, accessible to the people who need them, and reflective of the needs and lived experiences of persons with psychiatric disabilities in today’s context. Facilitating access to culturally relevant services involves conducting foundational research on the effectiveness and efficacy of established practices in diverse samples; tailoring existing services and developing new services to better meet the needs of diverse populations; and delivering such services in a manner that reduces health care disparities. Promoting service accessibility entails putting research findings into practice; ensuring that a trained workforce is available to provide services; and aligning policies and funding. Enhancing the relevance and impact of psychiatric rehabilitation services requires incorporating the perspectives of persons with lived experience across all phases of research and program delivery. The author’s goal is for the research published in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal (PRJ) to address these critical issues. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)