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Home Page

 05/13/2008
The Florida Self-Directed Care Program -A Practical Path to Self-Determination (PDF 181KB - 10 pages) 05/12/2008
International Conference on Self-Determination, 5/27-29/08 Detroit, Michigan 02/15/2008
International Coalition takes flight - NEC Article 10/05/2007
Recovering Humanity in South Korea: Nothing About Us Without Us 12/22/2006
Dan Fisher addresses the Irish Mental Health Commission, Nov, 2003 - NEC 11/29/2005
Daniel Fisher addresses the Irish Mental Health Commission - NEC 11/29/2005
Empowerment Model of Recovery From Severe Mental Illness: An Expert Interview With Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD - NEC 02/15/2006
In The News - National Empowerment Center 05/12/2008
Recovery Through Recognition of the History of Consumers and Survivors - NEC Article 02/15/2006
Research Studies, Articles, and Book Excerpts in the Pace Recovery Reader - NEC 11/29/2005
Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Statewide Consumer/Survivor Organizations (PDF 2MB - 104 pages) 02/05/2007
Recovery Consortium 01/25/2008
How Consumers Step Up to Design a Truly Recovery-based Mental Health System 02/06/2008

 

Alternatives 2008

 
Announcements 04/04/2008
Schedule 05/04/2008
Registration 04/03/2008
For Exhibitors & Presenters 04/22/2008
Call for Presentations 05/14/2008
Logo Artist 04/03/2008
Maps & Attractions 04/04/2008
Hotels & Transportation 04/03/2008
Scholarships 05/09/2008

 

In the News

  
In The News - National Empowerment Center 02/15/2008
Anne Beales Receives Member of the British Empire for Services to Mental Health 12/10/2007

 

Hurricane Katrina/Rita Aftermath Resources

  
NCD Report recommends that peer support by people with psychiatric disabilities be included in disaster planning 07/18/2006
APHA Points Out Psychosocial Needs After Katrina - NEC 02/16/2006
Consumers Organizing for Recovery from Katrina (CORK) - NEC 02/16/2006
Creating Trauma-Informed Service Systems - NEC 02/16/2006
Goals for Development of Peer Support in Louisiana - NEC 02/16/2006
Homeless Outreach to Displaced Persons of Hurricane Katrina - NEC 02/16/2006
HUD Establishes Single Toll-Free Number - NEC 02/16/2006
Hurricane Katrina Aftermath Resources - National Empowerment Center 07/18/2006
Medicaid and Medicare Meet the Challenge - NEC 02/16/2006
Mental Health Resources for Individuals Affected by Hurricane Katrina - NEC 02/16/2006
National Consumer Leaders Assist Louisiana Consumers After the Hurricanes - NEC            02/16/2006
Warmlines with National 800 Numbers - NEC 04/04/2008
From Relief to Recovery (PDF - 432KB, 15 pages, published September, 2006) 10/05/2006
International Conference on Self-Determination, May 27th to 29th, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan 01/30/2008

 

Events

  
Events - National Empowerment Center 04/29/2008
SAMHSA Summer Teleconference Series 07/07/2006

 

NEC Staff

  
National Empowerment Center Staff 02/25/2008

 

Programs & Services

  
Programs & Services - National Empowerment Center 02/15/2006

 

Consumer-Run Statewide Organizations

  
Consumer-Run Statewide Organizations - National Empowerment Center 05/08/2008

 

Resources & Links

  
The Florida Self-Directed Care Program -A Practical Path to Self-Determination (PDF 181KB - 10 pages) 05/13/2008
Consumer-Run Statewide Organizations - National Empowerment Center 02/15/2006
Assessing the Promise: An Evaluation of the Work of the Consumer and Consumer Supporter Technical Assistance Centers (PDF) 04/08/2005
Connectedness and Citizenship: Redefining Social Integration by Norma Ware et al (PDF 81 kb, 6 pages) 09/10/2007
Resources - National Empowerment Center 02/04/2008
Links to Other Empowering Websites 01/24/2008
ROSI and other Recovery Oriented Systems Indicators (PDF) 03/27/2006
Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures, Volume II (PDF) 03/27/2006
An Evaluation of Peer-Delivered Mental Health Disaster Relief Services in New York City (PFD) 03/10/2006
From Relief to Recovery (PDF - 432KB, 15 pages, published September, 2006) 10/05/2006
Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Statewide Consumer/Survivor Organizations (PDF 2MB - 104 pages) 02/05/2007

 

Recovery Stories

  
Oryx Cohen's Recovery Story - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Recovery Stories - National Empowerment Center 02/15/2006
Renee Kopache's Recovery Story - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Will Hal's Recovery Story - NEC Article 02/16/2006
A tale of two boys - NEC Article 04/17/2006

 

Dan Fisher's Presentations on Recovery

  
Daniel Fisher on Hope and Recovery - A series of radio programs recorded May 2008, in Australia 05/12/2008
Transcript of ABC Radio National's Perspective program featuring Daniel Fisher, May 7, 2008 05/12/2008
Recovering Humanity in South Korea: Nothing About Us Without Us (December 2006) 01/12/2006
Spreading Recovery to Portugal, N. Ireland and England (October 30, 2006 01/12/2006
Learning from Northern Europe (April/May 2006) 01/12/2006
Life Found in Translation - Magic Moment in Puerto Rico (February 2006) 01/12/2006
Resonating in Japan (November 2005) 01/12/2006
Consulting to the Mental Health Community in Northern Ireland (November 2004) 01/12/2006
The Key Elements of a Rural-Recovery Based Mental Health and Substance Abuse System of Care (December 12th, 2005) (PowerPoint Presentation) 01/12/2006

 

Articles

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Direct Link to Cross-Disability

  
Listening to consumer/survivors from the deaf community - NEC Article 02/16/2006
NEC: Image Description for Graphic "First they call us names" 02/16/2006
Preserve our rights and programs through cross-disability coalitions and education - NEC Article 02/16/2006

 

Empowerment

  
A Working Definition of Empowerment - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Citizenship rights & psychiatric disability - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Deadly restraint: Reform or abolish? - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Georgia consumer activists restore cemetery at Central State Hospital - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Judi Chamberlin is 1995 Pike Prize recipient - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Mental - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Rights are universal - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Self-determination and independence versus force and dependency - NEC Article 02/16/2006
MindFreedom International: advocating for human rights - NEC Article 11/07/2007
The Courant Report: When physical restraints kill - NEC Article 02/16/2006
We are more than our disorder - NEC Article 02/16/2006
You and Me - NEC Article 02/16/2006

 

Consumer/Survivor History Project

  
The Ex-Patients' Movement: Where We've Been and Where We're Going 09/25/2006
Do we need a survivor history of madness? - NEC Article 02/15/2006
It's About Time: Discovering, Recovering and Celebrating Consumer/Survivor History - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Peter Beresford on the need for a survivor-controlled museum of madness - NEC Article 02/15/2006
Recovery Through Recognition of the History of Consumers and Survivors - NEC Article 02/15/2006
Slide Show - Massachusetts Consumers/Survivors History Project - NEC 02/16/2006

 

International Consumer/Survivor Groups

  
Daniel Fisher on Hope and Recovery - A series of radio programs recorded May 2008, in Australia 05/12/2008
Transcript of ABC Radio National's Perspective program featuring Daniel Fisher, May 7, 2008 05/12/2008
International Coalition takes flight - NEC Article 10/05/2007
Brazil's social movement to close mental asylums - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Consumer/survivors organize in Eastern Europe - NEC Article 02/16/2006
It's a small world after all: Self-help and mutual support groups in Israel - NEC Article 02/16/2006
On the road with Judi Chamberlin: Six countries in four weeks! - NEC Article 02/16/2006
What I did on my summer vacation, or, some thoughts on survivor activism worldwide - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Life Found in Translation - Magic Moment in Puerto Rico, Feb. 25, 2006 - NEC Article 03/27/2006
Resonating in Japan - NEC Article 03/27/2006
Learning from Northern Europe 08/04/2006
Recovering Humanity in South Korea: Nothing About Us Without Us 12/22/2006

 

Legal

  
What is psychiatric malpractice? - NEC Article 02/16/2006

 

Managed Care

 
Having a voice in managed care: Consumer/survivors can influence the system - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Managed care is really managed financial risk - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Self-Managed Care: The most cost effective managed care - NEC Article 02/16/2006

 

Recovery (Includes Recovery Stories, see above)

  
A Look At . . Coping With Mental Illness - NEC Article 02/16/2006
A New Vision of Recovery: People can fully recover from mental illness; it is not a life-long process - NEC Article 02/16/2006
A tale of two boys - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Believing you can recover is vital to recovery from mental illness - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Catherine Penney discussed how she recovered from schizophrenia to become a psychiatric nurse on Dec. 1, 2004 at Mt. Holyoke College - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Confessions - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Dan's healing and recovery tree - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Empowerment Model of Recovery From Severe Mental Illness: An Expert Interview With Daniel B. Fisher, MD, PhD - NEC 02/15/2006
German Translation of 8/19/2001 article by Dr. Fisher - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Healing and recovery are real - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Healing from Depression - NEC Article 02/16/2006
How persons recovering and clinicians can promote self-managed care - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Long Description for Graphic Entitled "Empowerment Model of Recovery from Mental Illness" - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Meds Alone Couldn't Bring Robert Back - NEC Article 02/04/2006
NEC: Image Description for the Empowerment Model of Recovery from Mental Illness Graphic 02/16/2006
Oryx Cohen's Recovery Story - NEC Article 02/16/2006
People can recover from mental illness - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Psychiatrist To Discuss Recovery - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Recovery Stories - National Empowerment Center 02/15/2006
Renee Kopache's Recovery Story - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Self-care and recovery - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Someone who believed in them helped them to recover - NEC Article 02/16/2006
The empowerment model of recovery: Finding our voice and having a say - NEC Article 02/16/2006
What Are the Characteristics of a Person Who has Recovered from Mental Illness? - NEC Article 04/08/2008
Will Hal's Recovery Story - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed? New York Times article, March 21, 2006 03/30/2006
From Relief to Recovery (PDF - 432KB, 15 pages, published September, 2006) 10/05/2006
Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Statewide Consumer/Survivor Organizations (PDF 2MB - 104 pages) 02/05/2007
Spreading Recovery to Portugal, N. Ireland and England 11/03/2006
Intentional Recovery Planning, Creating Space for the Unique Journey - Introduction (Word Document, 52 KB, 4 pages) 11/11/2007
Intentional Recovery Planning Presentation - Alternatives 2006 - PowerPoint (PowerPoint 51 KB, 16 pages) 11/11/2007
Intentional Recovery Planning Presentation - Alternatives 2006 - PDF (PDF 58 KB, 16 pages) 11/11/2007
An Inquiry about One Peer-Driven Curriculum to Train Peer Coaches: Reflecting on Power, Privilege and Supporting Each Other's Recovery (PDF 145KB, 22 pages) 11/11/2007
An Inquiry about One Peer-Driven Curriculum to Train Peer Coaches: Reflecting on Power, Privilege and Supporting Each Other's Recovery (PowerPoint 166KB, 22 pages) 11/11/2007

 

Self Help

  
Kennedy Center staff learns about hallucinations - 05/11/2008 Article from www.connpost.com 05/13/2008
The Contribution of Self-Direction to Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services - NEC Article 03/20/2008
Advance Directives are what you make them - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Afraid of the dentist? - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Crisis Hostel: Alternative to psychiatric hospitalization - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Another Look at Depression (pdf) 02/22/2006
Depression Emotional Distress Bibliography (pdf) 02/22/2006
Nurturing Oneself in Depression (pdf) 02/22/2006
Escuchando voces que deprimen: Recursos y Estrategias para ayudarse asi mismo - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies (Part two) - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Making Advance Directives work for you - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Moral Therapy - NEC Article 02/16/2006
One woman's wish for "Depression Screening Day" and "Mental Health Awareness Month" - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities to Start a Small Business - Key to My Dream (pdf) 08/23/2007
Personal Care Attendant (PCA) services available to people with psychiatric disabilities - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Reclaiming your power during medication appointments with your psychiatrist - NEC Article
      Principles of a Recovery Model Including Medications (pdf)		 03/17/2006
Service dogs help people get back out into the community - NEC Article 01/16/2008
Stepping Stone crisis respite program will offer compassionate alternative - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Tardive Dyskinesia and Tardive Dystonia: where you can turn for help - NEC Article 08/16/2006
Ten Ways to De-Stress Your Life - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Warm Lines: An alternative to hospitalization - NEC Article 02/16/2006

 

Trauma

  
Anna's story: The effects of sexual abuse, the system's failure to respond and the emergence of a new, trauma-based paradigm - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Coping with Tragedy - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Facts About Mental Health & Physical and Sexual Abuses - NEC Article 02/16/2006
Mental illness is a coping mechanism - NEC Article 02/16/2006

 

Articles in Spanish

  
Escuchando voces que deprimen: Recursos y Estrategias para ayudarse asi mismo (Translation of - Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies) 01/12/2007
Guia para recobrar la vida (1681KB, 35 pages) (Translation of - PACE - A Recovery Guide) (PDF 7395KB, 36 pages) 01/12/2007

 

Articles in German

  
8/19/2001 New York Post article by Dr. Fisher (Translation of - A Look At . . . Coping With Mental Illness - We've Been Misled by the Drug Industry) 01/12/2007

 

Articles in Japanese

  
PACE - A Recovery Guide (4608KB, 29 pages) (Translation of - PACE - A Recovery Guide) (PDF 7395KB, 36 pages) 01/12/2007

 

Articles in Icelandic

  
Trśin į bata (Translation of - Believing you can recover is vital to recovery from mental illness) 01/10/2007
Jįtningar óhlżšins sjśklings (Translation of - Confessions of a non-compliant patient) 01/10/2007
Lękning og bati eru raunveruleg (Translation of - Healing and recovery are real) 01/10/2007
Lyfin ein gįtu ekki komiš meš Robert aftur (Translation of - Meds Alone Couldn't Bring Robert Back) 01/10/2007
Viš erum meira en veikindi okkar (Translation of - We are more than our disorder) 01/10/2007
Vegvķsir aš bata (944KB, 30 pages) (Translation of - PACE - A Recovery Guide) (PDF 7395KB, 36 pages) 01/10/2007
Gešklofi: Eru lyf įvallt naušsynleg? (Translation of - Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?) 01/10/2007
Aš heyra erfišar raddir_Sjįlfshjįlp (Translation of - Hearing voices that are distressing: Self-help resources and strategies) 01/10/2007

 

Jobs Available

  
Jobs Available - National Empowerment Center 04/16/2008

 

Contact

  
Contact Information - National Empowerment Center 04/17/2008

 

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Recovery Through Peer Support Curriculum by Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD and Judi Chamberlin

Recovery Through Peer Providers Video by Amy Long, LPN and Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD

PACE Recovery Reader - Research studies, articles and book excerpts on recovery. All compiled into one publication!

Recovery Series - Complete PACE Set, All Four Items

PACE, Recovery Guide - Printed version of the PACE manual, available in English, Spanish and Japanese

Curricula

PACE, A Recovery Curriculum by Laurie Ahern and Daniel Fisher, MD PhD

Recovery Through Peer Support Curriculum by Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD and Judi Chamberlin

Hearing Voices Curriculum: Complete training and curriculum package by Patricia Deegan, PhD

Beyond the Coke and Smoke Syndrome by Patricia Deegan, PhD

DVD's/Videos

Recovery Through Peer Providers Video by Amy Long, LPN and Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD

Recovery is for Everyone by Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD

Recovery is a Journey of the Heart by Patricia E. Deegan, Ph.D.

People Say I'm Crazy by Jean Campbell

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Transforming Our System by Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD

Books

PACE Recovery Reader - Research studies, articles and book excerpts on recovery. All compiled into one publication!

On Our Own by Judi Chamberlin

Coping with Voices Booklet by Patricia Deegan, PhD - Self-help strategies for people who hear voices that are distressing

A New Vision of Recovery by Daniel Fisher, MD, PhD

Dante's Cure by Daniel Dorman, MD

PACE, Recovery Guide - Printed version of the PACE manual

A Fight to Be - A Psychologist's Experience From Both Sides Of The Locked Door

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Voices of Transformation: Developing Recovery-Based Consumer/Survivor Organizations

Hope & Heroes - Portraits of Integrity & Inspiration

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

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Set of Nine CD's of Hope and Recovery (all the above)

Hearing Voices Curriculum

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