Empowerment
Examining Root Causes of Trauma and the Way State Sanctioned Violence Disproportionately Impacts Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Communities of Color
This webinar, conducted by Casa Ruby LGBT Center and the TransWomen of Color Collective in partnership with NEC, discusses the ways that state sanctioned violence manifests in cycles of trauma that disproportionately impact trans and
Empowerment from Participation in Consumer-Run Organizations
Effects of participation in consumer-operated service programs on both personal and organizationally mediated empowerment: Results of multisite study by E. Sally Rogers, ScD; Gregory B. Teague, PhD; Carolyn Lichenstein, PhD; Jean Campbell, PhD; Asya Lyass,
In the Driver’s Seat: Guide to Self-Direction in Mental Health
The Bazelon Center and the UPENN Collaborative on Community Integration have produced a guide to help consumers and other advocates obtain policies that give consumers a primary role in their recovery planning and greater control
The Contribution of Self-Direction to Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services
This report focuses on adults diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI) served by the public mental health system. It aims to identify and describe the range of self-directed care programs for this group currently being
The Florida Self-Directed Care Program
One challenge of the mental health service system is to develop a driving philosophy that places the individual receiving services at the center of the system and specific programs that deliver on that philosophy.
Fact Sheets from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Basics Be an informed consumer En Español: Español Recursos Complementarios y Alternativos de Medicina para Pacientes y Consumidores (Spanish Complementary and Alternative Medicine Resources for Patients and Consumers)