Permanent Supported Housing (PSH) is a recovery-oriented, evidence-based practice designed to help people with serious mental illness live as independently as possible. A core principle of PSH and psychiatric rehabilitation is facilitating the person's full participation and integration into their community. This includes supporting their engagement in social, recreational, educational, and vocational activities, which are essential components of a meaningful life and long-term recovery. The practitioner's role is to provide flexible, person-centered supports that help the individual build skills and connections to achieve this integration.

A. PSH is designed to provide long-term, ongoing support as needed, not short-term interventions. The "permanent" aspect is key to its success in providing stability.

C. PSH is founded on the "Housing First" philosophy, which specifically eliminates requirements for treatment compliance or "readiness" as prerequisites for obtaining housing.

D. Motivational interviewing is a valuable clinical technique used within PSH, but it is a specific tool, not the overarching programmatic best practice or goal, which is community integration.

1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Permanent Supportive Housing Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) KIT. (2010). The toolkit emphasizes that PSH services are recovery-focused, with a primary goal of helping individuals "become successful and satisfied in the living, working, learning, and social environments of their choice" (p. 1, Introduction). This directly aligns with the concept of community integration.

2. Tsemberis, S. (2010). Housing First: The Pathways model to end homelessness for people with mental illness and addiction manual. Hazelden. This foundational text for the model underlying PSH states that a key principle is a focus on recovery and community integration, moving beyond simple housing provision to support a full life in the community (Chapter 2: Core Principles of Housing First).

3. Pratt, C. W., Gill, K. J., Barrett, N. M., & Roberts, M. M. (2014). Psychiatric Rehabilitation (3rd ed.). Academic Press. Chapter 11, "Supported Housing," describes the evolution from linear models to the supported housing approach, which prioritizes consumer choice and integration into normative community housing. The text emphasizes that the goal is "living successfully in the community" (Section: A New Paradigm: Supported Housing).