Case Managers' Attitudes Toward the Use of Homework for People Diagnosed With a Severe Psychiatric Disability.

MENTAL health counseling; HOMEWORK; MENTAL health personnel; PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; MENTAL health counselors; MENTAL health practitioners; MENTAL illness treatment; PSYCHOTHERAPY; MENTAL health services

The study examined mental health case managers' attitudes toward the use of homework and explored the relationship between clinician attitudes and systematic homework administration practices. A survey examining attitudes toward the use of homework was completed by 122 Australian mental health case managers. Case managers who held more positive attitudes reported better client responses to homework. Systematic homework enhanced client outcomes and the importance that case managers placed on the use of homework for severe psychiatric disabilities. The use of training and supervision programs to promote systematic homework administration practice is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]