Empowerment
Free Slides from Self-Determination Summit Available
Learn more about self-determination in a time of economic uncertainty, with an emphasis on person-directed recovery, peer-run services, economic security, and transparency and accountability in behavioral health care. Featuring presentations from Debbie Whittle, NEC TAC
From the Ground Up: How to Build your own Recovery Center
This guide on how to build a peer-to-peer recovery center was developed by the addictions community but can apply to peer-to-peer mental health communities as well. The guide includes a letter to the mental health
PeerLink Evaluation Report – Recovery and Community Health
The last decade has experienced a substantial increase in the development of peer-provided services for adults with serious mental illness, yet empirical evidence supporting these interventions unfortunately lags behind their rapid proliferation. The following report
Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Dan Fisher testifies at a HHS sponsored virtual panel on certification level 2 of Electronic Health Records (EHR) Dan has learned that EHR can be segmented to preferentially protect MH and SA information. However, few
Challenging Prejudice and Discrimination Directed Towards People with Mental Health Challenges in Communities
By Lisa Archibald “NEARLY NINE OUT OF TEN PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILL HEALTH SAY THAT STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THEIR LIVES. SOCIETY IN GENERAL HAS STEREOTYPED VIEWS ABOUT MENTAL
In Our Own Voice – African-American Stories of Oppression, Survival and Recovery in Mental Health Systems by Vanessa Jackson
The author recognizes that language is important and political. Those of us who have been labeled by the psychiatric community have been denied a choice in how we are presented to the world. Through our