The purpose of this research was to analyze the effectiveness of psychotherapy for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders who reside in community residential settings. The present body of literature did not address the utility of psychotherapy treatment for this population. A key area of focus for this research was whether psychotherapy has an impact on psychiatric hospitalization rates for the target population. An additional research question was whether significant differences exist in psychiatric hospitalization rates between males and females for the target population. Data analyses were conducted using archival data from the Blossom Hill Corporation and Sunrise Farm Corporation in the State of Minnesota. Research questions were analyzed with a 2x2 factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results indicated no significant differences in hospitalization rates for individuals in the target population who received psychotherapy (n = 60) compared to those who did not (n = 76). Hospitalization rates also did not differ between gender in psychotherapy treatment response for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders in community residential settings. This study has implications for social change because it informs community residential providers in Minnesota serving individuals in the target population about the impact of psychotherapy on reducing psychiatric hospitalizations. Social change is further affected by providing data about how psychotherapy and theory can be used to better treat and understand the target population's mental health stability.

Våld mot människor med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning är ett allvarligt samhällsproblem. Omfattande tidigare forskning visar att denna grupp är överrepresenterade som offer för våld och övergrepp såväl inom som utanför funktionshinderomsorgens domän. Trots detta saknas forskning om våldets fenomenologi och kontextensens betydelse för våld inom funktionshinderomsorgens område. Denna scoping review syftar till att undersöka våldets karaktär på stöd- och omsorgsboende för individer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning. Detta arbete visar på att dessa boende är miljö där våld av både interpersonell och institutionell karaktär frodas. De boendes utsatthet förstärks av faktorer såsom graden av funktionalitet och kön. Våldets negativa effekter ses även förstärkta av den omständighet att det inte sällan är omsorgsorganisationen eller enskilda representanter för denna som står för utförandet av våldshandlingar. Genom att belysa risk- och skyddsfaktorer kopplade till våld och makt inom funktionshinderomsorgen och omsorgsboenden framträder bilden av den organisatoriska kulturen som en central faktor när det gäller våld och missförhållande kopplat till miljön på stöd- och omsorgsboenden. Trots att lagstiftning och riktlinjer inom funktionshinderomsorgen har utvecklats väsentligt de senaste årtiondena så tycks ett fostrande ideal med institutionella anor leva vidare inom delar funktionshinderomsorgen. / Violence against people with intellectual disabilities is a significant social problem. Extensive previous research shows that this group is over-represented as victims of violence and abuse both within and outside the domain of disability services. Despite this, research on the phenomenology of violence is lacking. This scoping review aims to examine the nature of violence in residential care settings for individuals with intellectual disabilities. This review shows that these settings for are an environment where violence of both an interpersonal and institutional nature thrives. Residents' vulnerability is reinforced by factors such as their level of functionality and gender. The negative effects of violence are also amplified by the fact that it is frequently the care organisation or individual representatives of the organisation who carry out acts of violence. By highlighting risk and protection factors linked to violence and power in disability care and residential care settings, the picture emerges of an organisational culture as a central factor in violence and abuse linked to the environment in residential care settings. Legislation and guidelines in disability care have developed considerably in recent decades, but still an educationist ideal with institutional roots lives on both inside and outside disability care.