ExplorationonRehabilitationServicetoPsychiatricPatientsandtheirfamiliesShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationMr.Zhong-liangBaoSPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationEstablishedsince16July1992,theAssociationgainedsupportandrecognitionfromtheseniorpsychiatristsandpsychologistsjoinedasmembers.1992716SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationTheAssociationhasbeenplannedtoestablishsinceMarch1989toJuly1992.1989319927Duringthisplanningstage,plentyofpreparationworksincludeddeterminationonthenatureofwork,thefunctionofAssociation,locationoftheAssociation,searchingfinancial,manpowerplanningandhiringfortheassociationshouldbemadeandseekingapprovalfromrelevantgovernmentdepartments.SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationServicesScopeoftheAssociation:Focusoncommunityeducationonmentalhealth,organizationoftrainingprogram,includingpsychosocialintervention,consultation,introductionofmentalillness,TheAssociationisthefirstorganizationtogetthecommonlawofsocialandhumanrighttoprovidethepsychosocialrehabilitationservice.SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociation61Corporatemembersincludingmentalhealthcenters,educationalinstitutionsandcorporateetc.61(:)545IndividualMembersincludingpsychiatricpatients’families,rehabilitants,psychiatrists,andpsychiatricnursesetc.545(:)Facilities:-ActivityRoom-DayHospitalSPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationFinancialsupportoftheAssociation::TheAssociationisnotsubsidizedbythegovernmentandthereforereliesonthesupportfromnon-governmentorganizationsintheSociety.Eventhough,ClubhouseModelisagoodmodelforpsychiatricrehabilitants,thedevelopmentoftheAssociationisnotgoingquitewellasotherwell-developmentclubhouseduetolimitedresources.SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationInShanghai,therearealotoforganizationsinvolvedinthemanagementofmentalhealthservices.Namely,ShanghaiCivilServiceBureau,ShanghaiUnitedOrganizationofDisabledandMentalDiseaseControlCentre.NostandardizedmonitoringmechanismisoneofthebarriersShanghaihastoknockdowninordertohaveawell-developedclubhouseandimprovetheservicestandardasinHongKong.SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationAccordingtothe“ShanghaiProvinceMentalHealthOrdinance”enforcedsince7Apr2002,everystreetinShanghaiisnoworganizing“FocalPointofRehabilitation”withitsownresources,astopwheredaytrainingactivitiesforpsychiatricrehabilitantsandmentallyretardedtobeheld.200247SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationTheAssociationprovidesfacilitiesincludingactivityroomanddayhospitalnow.Newservicesandfacilitiessuchashostel,tuckshop,bookshopandsupermarketarependingduetolimitedfinancialresources.AttitudestowardsPsychiatricPatientsSituationinShanghai:Biasanddiscriminationtowardspsychiatricpatientsstillexist.ThesituationhasbeenimprovedsignificantlytheseyearsduetotheeffortsoncommunityeducationmadebytheGovernment,relevantdepartmentsandpsychiatricprofessionals.:SevenkindofpsychologicaldisordershasbeenincludedinMedicalInsuranceCoverage().Self-financemedicalexpenses()decreasedfrom30%to15%.30%15%PatientswithoutMedicalInsurancecanapplyforMedicinalDeliveranceFund(),includingAgedPension()andMedicalInsuranceFund().AttitudestowardsPsychiatricPatientsShanghaiCharityFundanddispatchingtheHelpingPovertyCardTosolveproblemonprovidingtreatmentforthepersonwhoareunemployedandsufferedfromseverementalillness.Theexecutionofthe“ShanghaiProvinceMentalHealthOrdinance”hasrelievedthepatients’studyproblem.TheAssociationwillpromotementalhealtheducationtothepubliconMentalHealthDay,10Octoberofeveryyear.1010SPRA,ShanghaiPsychosocialRehabilitationAssociationWithovertenyear’sexperience,theAssociationnowconsidertoestablishnewfacilitiesincludingthefollowing::–PsychiatricRehabilitationHostel––PsychiatricTreatmentBase––CounselingClinic–Shops,TuckShopetc.