Empowerment
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
Wild Indians: Native Perspectives on the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians by Pemima Yellow Bird
Native peoples are the intergenerational survivors of a holocaust, the continuing and ongoing effects of which we struggle with every day. Not a single one of us, from the oldest elder to the newest newborn,
Promoting Wellness on the Individual Level – a talk by Lauren Spiro
Rockville, Maryland, September 17-18, 2007 Lauren Spiro, Director of Public Policy, National Coalition of Mental Health Consumer/Survivor Organizations, www.ncmhcso.org Good morning. I want to thank Paolo del Vecchio and the Center for Mental Health Services
Ensuring Social Inclusion by Focusing on Personal and Community Wellness
This wellness resource manual was developed by Gina Zippo, the members of the Freehold Self-help Center and staff from the Institute for Wellness and Recovery Initiatives. Ensuring Social Inclusion by Focusing on Personal and Community
A Working Definition of Empowerment
"Empowerment" has become a popular term in mental health programs, yet it has lacked a clear definition. In a research project designed to measure empowerment in programs funded by and for mental health services