Research Opportunities Table on Adults With Serious Mental Illness
| Theme | Specific Intervention | Strength of Evidence |
| Areas of Occupation | ||
| Work | Supported employment or Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programs to improve work placement in competitive employment and other vocational outcomes, particularly programs with high fidelity to the IPS model | Research sufficient |
| Supported employment programs to improve nonvocational outcomes | Priority research area | |
| Education | Supported education programs to meet postsecondary education goals | Priority research area |
| Social participation | Life and social skills training, with extended training in natural environments | Priority research area |
| Ability to generalize life and social skills training from one environment or one skill area to another | Priority research area | |
| Instrumental activities of daily living | Skills training plus health care management | Priority research area |
| Grocery shopping group to improve grocery shopping skills | Priority research area | |
| Parenting skills program | Priority research area | |
| Lifestyle interventions to improve health behaviors related to obesity and metabolic syndrome | Research sufficient | |
| Physical activity, exercise, and outdoor activities to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety | Priority research area | |
| Money management training | Priority research area | |
| Performance Skills | ||
| Cognitive skills | Cognitive remediation to improve life skills tied to real-life practice | Priority research area |
| Cognitive skills training in conjunction with supported employment | Priority research area | |
| Social cognition and problem-solving training | Priority research area | |
| Cognitive training to improve cognitive skills | Priority research area | |
| Cognitive remediation to improve life skills without real-life practice | Priority research area | |
| Emotional regulation skills | Emotional regulation and social skills training in conjunction with supported employment | Priority research area |
| Activity group to improve social interaction skills | Priority research area | |
| Stress management in conjunction with a job program | Priority research area | |
| Performance Patterns | ||
| Routines | Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy to establish and maintain routines for people with bipolar disorder | Priority research area |
| Roles | Client-centered role development program for the development of task and interpersonal skills within social roles | Priority research area |
| Context and environment | Environmental supports to improve adaptive functioning | Research sufficient |
| Cooking skills training in both clinic and home environment | Priority research area | |
| In-home employment program to prepare for community-based employment | Priority research area | |
| Activity demands | Use of a work behavior inventory to provide work-related feedback in combination with supported employment | Priority research area |
| Theme | Specific Intervention | Strength of Evidence |
| Areas of Occupation | ||
| Work | Supported employment or Individual Placement and Support (IPS) programs to improve work placement in competitive employment and other vocational outcomes, particularly programs with high fidelity to the IPS model | Research sufficient |
| Supported employment programs to improve nonvocational outcomes | Priority research area | |
| Education | Supported education programs to meet postsecondary education goals | Priority research area |
| Social participation | Life and social skills training, with extended training in natural environments | Priority research area |
| Ability to generalize life and social skills training from one environment or one skill area to another | Priority research area | |
| Instrumental activities of daily living | Skills training plus health care management | Priority research area |
| Grocery shopping group to improve grocery shopping skills | Priority research area | |
| Parenting skills program | Priority research area | |
| Lifestyle interventions to improve health behaviors related to obesity and metabolic syndrome | Research sufficient | |
| Physical activity, exercise, and outdoor activities to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety | Priority research area | |
| Money management training | Priority research area | |
| Performance Skills | ||
| Cognitive skills | Cognitive remediation to improve life skills tied to real-life practice | Priority research area |
| Cognitive skills training in conjunction with supported employment | Priority research area | |
| Social cognition and problem-solving training | Priority research area | |
| Cognitive training to improve cognitive skills | Priority research area | |
| Cognitive remediation to improve life skills without real-life practice | Priority research area | |
| Emotional regulation skills | Emotional regulation and social skills training in conjunction with supported employment | Priority research area |
| Activity group to improve social interaction skills | Priority research area | |
| Stress management in conjunction with a job program | Priority research area | |
| Performance Patterns | ||
| Routines | Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy to establish and maintain routines for people with bipolar disorder | Priority research area |
| Roles | Client-centered role development program for the development of task and interpersonal skills within social roles | Priority research area |
| Context and environment | Environmental supports to improve adaptive functioning | Research sufficient |
| Cooking skills training in both clinic and home environment | Priority research area | |
| In-home employment program to prepare for community-based employment | Priority research area | |
| Activity demands | Use of a work behavior inventory to provide work-related feedback in combination with supported employment | Priority research area |