Psychiatric Rehabilitation: An Empowerment-Based Approach to Mental Health Services‪.‬

********** As services to people with serious mental illness have moved to the community over the past 40 years, social workers have expanded their roles in the field of mental health (Vourlekis, Edinburg, & Knee, 1998). Social workers are now the major providers of mental health services in the United States (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMHSA], 1999). More social workers are employed by community support programs for people with mental illness than any other profession (Rapp, Shera, & Kisthardt, 1993).