Phyllis Solomon, PhD

Professor

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Research - Current Projects

Center of Community Integration Of Individuals wit Psychiatric Disabilities

Description: The UPenn Collaborative on Community Integration is the Rehabilitation Research & Training Center promoting Community Integration of Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities. This Center is in collaboration with Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania and Horizon House, Inc. the collaborative will target the obstacles that prevent people from being full members of their communities, develop supports to enhance community integration, and expand the range of opportunities for people who have mental illnesses to participate in their communities as active, equal members. The Center engages in research, training, and dissemination.

Project Sponsor: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the Department of Education

Dates: 10/03- 9/08

Project Staff: Mark Salzer, Principal Investigator (Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry), Phyllis Solomon, Co-PI, Other social work faculty involved – Jeffrey Draine, Roberta Sands, and Irene Wong