1997 Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Primary Health Care - Direct Care: Intensive Adult Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program of the Central Highlands (APROTCH)

Abstract

The Intensive Adult Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program of the Central Highlands (APROTCH) is a psycho-social rehabilitation program which aims to address the needs of young adults who have recently experienced the onset of serious mental illness. The program was developed in 1996 in consultation with the Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) Victorian statewide services, in response to a significant change in the characteristics of referrals received.