Our Mission
The United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, Inc. Texas is a 501(c)(3)
organization of psychiatric rehabilitation agencies, practitioners, and interested
organizations and individuals dedicated to promoting, supporting and strengthening
community-oriented rehabilitation services and resources for
persons living with varied chronic, episodic psychiatric abilities.
The primary purposes of the association are to:
- To promote and support the development of community-oriented psychiatric
rehabilitation programs for persons with psychiatric disabilities;
- To promote the concept and role of community-oriented psychiatric
rehabilitation as a primary programmatic modality in provision of mental health
services;
- To support and facilitate the formation and operation of inter-member
cooperative research studies and evaluations of the needs, methods, and
effectiveness of community-oriented psychiatric rehabilitation;
- To serve as a vehicle for professional communication, increased
understanding, and research utilization through the development of
newsletters, journals, conferences, and/or other similar mechanisms for
technology transfer;
- To exercise leadership and otherwise encourage the development of improved
concepts, methods, and practices associated with serving the needs of
persons with psychiatric disabilities and the training of personnel involved in
such activities;
- To encourage and facilitate improved coordination and continuity of services
provided to persons with psychiatric disabilities, especially with regard to
linkages between in-patient services, out-patient services, mental health
centers, and community-based psychosocial rehabilitation facilities; and
- To exercise leadership in informing the public and policy makers of the
problems and needs of persons with psychiatric disabilities, and to encourage
and conduct public education programs and/or other functions on behalf of
that group.
Our Vision
It is the vision of the United States Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (USPRA) to
be the preeminent source of training, advocacy and new technologies to help advance
the role, scope, and quality of services designed to facilitate the community
readjustment of people with psychiatric disabilities.
http://www.uspra.org
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