Psychiatric Rehabilitation for Veterans and the Evolution of the Field

Resnick, Sandra G.
Goldberg, Richard W.

Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, VA Central Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, West Haven, Connecticut, and Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine
VA Capitol Health Care Network, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Baltimore, Maryland, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Sandra G. Resnick, Northeast Program Evaluation Center, Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, VA Central Office, Department of Veterans Affairs, NEPEC (182), 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516 [email protected]

Received June 12, 2019

Accepted June 12, 2019

Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal 42(3):p 207-209, September 2019. | DOI: 10.1037/prj0000383

This special issue on psychiatric rehabilitation for veterans celebrates the Department of Veterans Affairs’ commitment to innovation in psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery through service delivery and research. The scope of the articles also raises issues about the evolution of the field and how one defines psychiatric rehabilitation. Special issues such as this provide the opportunity to push at the boundaries and encourage the field to continue to advance how psychiatric rehabilitation efforts are defined, measured, evaluated, and put into practice across the care continuum.