SMI Intervention Case Study

This intervention is especially key to those who struggle with SMI. All health promotion material and medication education must be on a level easy to understand. Having patients repeat back the information or even teach the nurse what they were taught is an effective way to evaluate their knowledge of the information present to them. As previously mentioned, social factors should be taken into account when distributing medications to this population. It may not be feasible for a person to take certain types of medication depending on their living conditions.
One last intervention to help improve the lives of the homeless struggling with mental illness and substance abuse that I would implement is the integration of the homeless person